[For Seniors] Enjoy at Day Service: A Roundup of May Craft Ideas

Tulip wreath

[Origami] How to Make a Tulip Wreath

Tulips are one of the flowers that color the spring season, and their rich variety of hues conveys the excitement of spring.

This is a wreath that captures that springtime joy by arranging colorful tulips on a circular base.

It’s recommended to make the wreath base in green to evoke leaves; create triangular pieces and insert adjacent pieces into the gaps to form a circle.

Then just add tulips and other decorations to the base to finish.

To make the tulips really stand out, it’s important to use folds to give them a three-dimensional look.

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Rose wall hanging

How to make rose flowers and leaves #dayservice #daycare #daycareforolderadults #dayrehab #caregiving #olderadults #easycrafts #craftactivity #rose #rollingcoloredpaper

We’d like to introduce an original rose wall decoration made by rolling paper.

Prepare colored paper for the flowers and leaves.

For the flower, take a strip of colored paper cut thinly: randomly pleat (accordion-fold) two-thirds of the strip, leaving the remaining one-third unpleated.

Starting from the unpleated end, roll the paper; when you finish rolling, glue the end to secure it, and the flower is complete.

For the leaves, similarly roll thin strips of colored paper from one end, glue to secure, then pinch and shape them with your fingers.

For the stem, cut a long, narrow strip and lightly roll it to add a gentle curve.

Arrange and glue the flowers, stems, and leaves onto your choice of backing or base, balancing the layout, and you’re done in no time! Since there are no difficult steps, this craft can also be used as finger dexterity training in senior care facilities.

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Gogatsu Ningyo (Boys’ Day dolls)

[Felt] How to Make Boys’ Festival Dolls [No Sewing Required] For Children’s Day 🎏 to go with carp streamers…

Let’s make a cute Boys’ Festival doll out of felt without sewing.

Use decorative balls (pom-poms) from the 100-yen shop and glue on the armor and other parts.

Use a pom-pom for the face, too, and place a helmet on top.

If cutting small pieces seems difficult, you can prepare just the parts in advance and have people simply assemble them.

It’s fun because the expression of the doll will vary depending on the maker.

Give it a try!

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Hirakawa Masako (Bōkarisuto: Sakata Mizumako)

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Koinobori (carp streamers) hung up for decoration

[Still in time!] How to Make a Tsumami-Zaiku Carp Streamer (Koinobori) [Hanging Decoration]

We’d like to introduce a hanging carp streamer decoration made with soft-textured chirimen (crepe) fabric.

The carp’s scales are created using tsumami-zaiku.

Tsumami-zaiku involves folding small pieces of fabric and shaping them with tweezers.

Through making this project, older adults can get plenty of fine-motor hand activity.

Even if you don’t use chirimen, it should still turn out cute with ordinary fabric.

You can attach a string to hang the finished piece, or turn it into a garland or wreath—your ideas can expand the possibilities of the project.

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Nakajima Junko

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Small flower bouquet

[No pattern needed] No difficult steps! Mini tulip bouquet made with felt / How to make a felt tulip / Felt flower / Tulip bouquet

You can make a bouquet of tulip flowers from felt with just a few simple steps.

All you need is felt in your favorite colors, glue, and a ribbon.

First, cut the felt into narrow strips and prepare the parts for the flowers, stems, and leaves.

For the flowers, make small slits in the felt and round off the corners, then overlap the pieces slightly, glue them, and roll them up.

For the stems, roll the felt into long, thin tubes.

Cut the leaves into leaf shapes and attach everything together with glue to finish.

A single stem is cute on its own, but if you make several and tie them with a ribbon, you’ll have a spring-like bouquet.

If you prepare the felt in advance, this craft can also be used for recreation at senior facilities or as finger and hand rehabilitation.

Give it a try!

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vase mat

Vase mat and coasters made with string and paper plates (Monthly Day, August 2021) #craft #elderly #nursingCare #dayService #easy #handKnitting

After taping a string to the back of the plate, slot it into a slit and wrap the thread around the front and back alternately.

Once you’ve passed thread through all the slits, stitch along the center as if weaving into those threads.

Using a single color is fine, but you can also tie on a different color mid-way and weave it in to combine colors.

When it reaches a good size, remove all the strings from the paper plate and tie the extended strings at the base.

Trim any excess length and you’re done.

Choose your favorite colors and make a vase mat that’s uniquely yours.

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Koinobori hanging decoration

[Easy] 🎏 How to Make Koinobori (Carp Streamers) 🎏 Just cut and paste ✨ [100-yen shop origami] How to make carp-shaped streamers

Koinobori look magnificent as they swim grandly through the sky and are a seasonal symbol of spring and early summer.

Let’s make a hanging decoration so you can enjoy koinobori indoors, too.

Use washi-patterned origami or regular origami to create the body of the koinobori and add the eyes.

Then thread the koinobori onto a string, make the fins and tail, and you’re done.

If you make several koinobori and hang them on the same string, it’s like seeing the magoi (black carp), higoi (red carp), and more together.

Watching the gently swaying indoor koinobori hanging decoration, some older adults may feel the arrival of May.

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Nakajima Junko

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