[For Seniors] Crafts to Make in March! Recommended Project Ideas
March is full of delightful motifs like peach and cherry blossoms, as well as fun events such as Hinamatsuri (Girls’ Day).
In this article, we’ll introduce craft ideas recommended for seniors to enjoy in March! By mainly using soft colors like pink, white, and pale green for origami and construction paper, you can create bright, cheerful pieces—making both the crafting process and the finished display exciting.
When making origami crafts, adding patterned paper can change the atmosphere and give your work a unique touch! Feel free to use these ideas as references in care facilities such as day service centers.
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[For Seniors] Crafts You’ll Want to Make in March! Recommended Project Ideas (1–10)
tissue paper dandelionNEW!
By using tissue paper for the dandelion’s flower, you can create a soft impression and add a three-dimensional effect.
Make it and display it in your room to invite the spring breeze—everyone is sure to feel brighter.
First, paste a calendar on the lower half of the base construction paper.
Then design the top with dandelions and butterflies.
Make the dandelion leaves from construction paper and the butterflies from origami paper.
If you craft the butterflies in three dimensions as well, you can depict a scene of butterflies gracefully dancing over a spring meadow.
Three-dimensional Hina dolls made with paper coresNEW!
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This is a Hinamatsuri calendar you can make with familiar materials.
Incorporating Hinamatsuri—a holiday well-known to many older adults—into a craft project can spark fond memories and create a wonderful opportunity for communication with those around them.
Paste a March calendar onto colored construction paper and decorate it with cherry blossoms cut from origami paper.
Create the main characters—the empress (Ohinasama) and the emperor (Odairisama)—by attaching washi-patterned chiyogami and origami parts to toilet paper rolls.
Adding tissue paper at their feet gives a festive touch.
It’s an idea that will likely lift your spirits every time you look at the calendar.
ladybugNEW!
Here’s how to fold a ladybug to brighten up your spring calendar.
First, fold it into a triangle, then fold the left and right corners up to the top point.
Leave just the top layer and fold the tip forward toward you.
The part you flipped down will be the face.
Slightly fold the corners of that flipped section to the back.
Next, fold all four corners to the back.
Fold the top one by the same amount as the flipped section.
Fold the other three corners slightly to the back.
Finally, slightly fold the upper diagonal sections to the back, and you’re done! Add your favorite patterns with round stickers or pens.
[For Seniors] Crafts You’ll Want to Make in March! Recommended Project Ideas (11–20)
cloverNEW!
Vivid green clover makes a nice accent among colorful flowers, doesn’t it? So let’s bring a touch of spring by sticking a four-leaf clover—said to bring good luck—onto a calendar! First, fold the paper in half vertically to make a crease, then fold both sides toward that crease.
Next, fold vertically from the other direction to create a center crease.
Fold both sides in toward that crease to make a small square.
Add diagonal X-shaped creases, then open it partway to form a shape like two boats.
Following the creases, fold each corner into a square shape, make small cuts, and fold in all the corners to finish.
If you like, add drawings such as a ladybug for an extra touch.
honeybeeNEW!
Let’s make an origami honeybee flying around colorful flowers and turn it into a spring-themed calendar! Take yellow origami paper and make vertical and horizontal crease lines, then fold both ends toward the center.
Fold both short sides into triangles; on one side, fold the pointed corner inward, and on the other side, fold the folded corner back again to form the bee’s stinger.
For the bee’s wings, use two smaller sheets of origami paper.
Finally, glue the body and wings together, add black origami stripes, and stick on round stickers for the eyes to finish.
You could also draw flowers on the calendar and attach your honeybee there!
randoseru (Japanese elementary school backpack)NEW!
Spring is the season when fresh first graders with shiny randoseru backpacks start school.
Some seniors may have grandchildren entering school this spring.
How about celebrating the new students by making an origami randoseru and attaching it to a calendar, so you can feel the arrival of spring? Use 15 cm × 15 cm origami paper to make the backpack body, and two rectangular pieces of origami paper measuring 3.75 cm × 7.5 cm to make the shoulder straps.
Also, paste a piece of white origami inside the finished backpack body so you can write a message.
It might be nice to give your grandchild a calendar with a message as a gift!
peach blossomsNEW!
For the Peach Festival, peach blossoms are definitely a must! If you make peach blossoms out of origami and stick them on a calendar, you can create a full-on spring vibe.
First, fold the origami paper into a triangle twice to make diagonal X-shaped creases.
Then, from both ends toward the center of the once-folded triangle, and also fold the large corner down to make creases.
While folding in from the long edge toward the center, fold both ends along the creases you made.
Next, create creases to form the petal shapes, then open, make small cuts, and fold the corners to shape the petals.
Finish by drawing the pistil in the center with a white pen, and you’re done!