[For Seniors] Crafts to Make in March! Recommended Project Ideas

cherry blossoms in full bloom

[Beginner Work Video] Creating a March Full-Bloom Cherry Blossom Calendar

When spring comes, even 100-yen shops line their shelves with items featuring springlike motifs such as cherry blossoms, wisteria, and strawberries.

So why not try making a calendar using items like design sheets—transparent film paper—letter paper, or origami? Here’s how: attach double-sided tape to all four sides of the design sheet, stick it onto slightly larger letter paper, and then collage on a calendar and decorations like flowers.

The soft patterns create a springlike feel and instantly brighten up your room!

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Cherry blossom corsage

[No-Sew] Make a Cherry Blossom Corsage with Felt / Entrance Ceremony / How to Make a Felt Cherry Blossom Corsage

Let’s make a small, cute cherry blossom corsage.

This one is made with felt, and since you can assemble it without sewing, it’s great for recreational activities for seniors.

Cut small pieces of felt and make slits to form the cherry blossom petals.

Attach wire to flower stamens (flower peps), then secure them to the petals.

Use a glue gun to shape the flower so it looks three-dimensional.

Make the calyx with green felt and wrap brown floral tape around the wire.

Bundle several cherry blossoms made in the same way to complete the piece.

It’s a perfect motif for the cherry blossom season, as well as entrance and graduation ceremonies.

It would also make a delightful gift for a grandchild.

Try making this piece and give it to someone special.

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Making the April calendar

[Calendar Making] A classic event at our day service. We choose a seasonal theme and create next month’s calendar. (Shōwa Wago-kai Social Welfare Corporation)

How about making calendars as one of your monthly recreation activities? Both the process of discussing and choosing seasonal motifs and the actual crafting after the plan is set are sure to be lively and fun! Using your hands can have a positive effect on cognitive function, and working together to create something—then seeing what you made actually being used—will likely bring great joy! Even things that were difficult before can improve in quality as you repeat the activity.

Give it a try!

Strawberry wreath

[100-yen shop DIY] Handmade Strawberry Wreath with Felt / No Pattern Needed / Easy / Spring / felt / handmade / craft / wreath / strawberry

Here’s a spring-like strawberry wreath you can make with supplies from a 100-yen shop.

First, prepare the wreath base.

Apply glue and wrap yarn around it so there are no gaps.

For the strawberries, use red felt—you can also use red gingham fabric.

Cut the felt into circles, then fold each circle in half and cut.

Stitch small seed patterns with thread.

Fold each half-circle in half again, sew along the top edge, open it once to stuff with filling, then close it up.

Make the calyx from green felt and glue it on to finish the strawberry.

Use more green felt for leaves and white felt for flowers, then glue them onto the wreath to complete it.

The arrangement can create many different looks, so you’ll end up with a unique wreath of your own.

Give it a try!

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a flower bouquet

Origami how to fold flowers, bouquet, Mother’s Day – how to make a paper flower bouquet

A bouquet of colorful flowers conveys a happy vibe and feels perfect for spring.

This project shows how to make those flowers with origami, then bundle them into a colorful, three-dimensional bouquet.

The key is how each flower is made: first crease it by folding toward the center, then use those creases as guides to shape it so the petals open up.

You’ll be making many fine creases, so some wrinkles will appear along the way—but that might also add to the flowers’ softness.

Try using different origami papers and aim for a bright, colorful bouquet.

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Bee

[Origami] Easy and Cute Bee Folding Tutorial / Origami Bee Honeybee Insect Spring Origami

April, when we can feel the warmth, is also the time when insects become active.

It’s a season when many flowers bloom, so you’ll often see bees flying around fields and meadows.

Bees can seem scary because they sting, but how about cute honeybees? Some older adults might enjoy folding them with origami.

We’ll fold the face and body using separate sheets of paper.

Giving the overall shape a round look will make the piece feel cuter.

Add antennae and wings, and don’t forget to draw the black stripes that are characteristic of bees.

You can display it on the wall together with flower crafts, or attach it to other pieces like a wreath—both are recommended.

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Nakajima Junko

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Plum Blossoms Made with Origami

[Origami] Easy way to fold a plum blossom. Perfect for New Year’s, Setsubun, and spring decorations in January and February [Origami World]

Plum blossoms are one of the flowers that are at their best in March.

Let’s try folding an origami plum so we can enjoy the feeling of the season.

Since plum blossoms have five petals, fold the origami paper and cut it to make a pentagon.

Then fold it into the shape of plum petals and use scissors to refine the form.

There are some intricate steps, but for seniors who enjoy origami, it’s a very rewarding project.

If any seniors find it difficult, please support them by folding together, and so on.

The finished piece has many uses—you can attach it to a wreath or display it on the wall.

By the way, cherry and peach blossoms, which bloom around the same time, also have five petals, so you can adapt this plum origami to make those as well.

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