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

Carnations made of fabric

Easy Fabric Carnations [Mother’s Day]

Here’s an introduction to an easy carnation craft made from fabric.

May is when we celebrate Mother’s Day.

Speaking of Mother’s Day, carnations are given to express gratitude and appreciation.

Some older adults may also receive carnations on Mother’s Day, right? This kind of carnation craft is perfect for May.

Cut the fabric into circles using pinking shears.

The cut edges will become jagged or wavy, like the tips of carnation petals.

Thread a wire through the center of the fabric and sew it in place.

Add leaves and a calyx, then wrap the wire with floral tape to finish.

It’s also cute to make the petals with fabrics in polka dots or checks.

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Nakajima Junko

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Koinobori garland

[Easy & Cute Craft Tutorial] How to Make an Origami Koinobori Garland / Papercraft

Cut paper such as origami, chiyogami, or wrapping paper to make a carp streamer garland that brightens up Children’s Day! It’s also perfect for decorating walls in senior care facilities.

The method is very simple: cut your favorite patterned paper into koi-shaped streamers, fold back the mouth section, and decorate with masking tape of your choice.

For the carp’s eyes, round stickers make it easy.

Finally, thread a string through the folded mouth section and secure it with cellophane tape—and you’re done! Display lots of carp streamers in different patterns for a lively and stylish garland.

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Hydrangea torn-paper collage

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Hydrangeas are one of the flowers that represent the rainy season.

This time, we’re introducing an idea for expressing them using chigiri-e, a collage technique where you paste finely torn pieces of paper.

There are many colors that can represent hydrangeas—blue, light blue, indigo, ultramarine, and purple.

Once you’ve prepared your preferred colors, tear them into pieces as small as possible.

If you paste them so they follow the outline and spread outward from the center, it’s easier to express the shape of the flower.

The hands contain many nerves and sensors and are often called a second brain.

The stimulation gained by using the fingers is sent to the brain and can be expected to help activate brain function.

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Koinobori made from a paper roll

Crafting with toilet paper rolls: Easy! Koinobori (carp streamers). How to make stylish and cute koinobori! Perfect decorations for Children's Day. May 5 is Tango no Sekku (Boys' Festival). First festival celebration. Reuse. Recycle.

Would you like to make a cute carp streamer that gently sways when hung on the wall, using a toilet paper roll? Press down on the top of the paper roll to make a crease, then start attaching origami paper.

Cut the origami slightly larger than the area that will show, and fold any excess over to the back.

On top of the origami, glue on the carp’s eyes and scales made from colored paper.

In the same way, try making the black carp, the child carp streamers, and the streamer ribbons, changing the sizes and colors.

Finally, bundle everything together with twine, and it’s done.

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utatane

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carp streamer

[Children’s Day Craft] Colorful Tissue-Paper Koinobori [May Project]

May 5th is Children’s Day, isn’t it? How about giving your grandchild a carp streamer as a gift to wish them healthy, vigorous growth? This time, let’s make a koi nobori using tissue paper.

First, cut a plastic bag into a shallow V-shape.

Then tear colorful tissue paper by hand.

There’s no set size, so it’s nice that you can tear it freely.

Put the pieces into the plastic bag and give it a shake.

Attach an eye, and you’ve got a splendid carp streamer! It’s great because you can display it in a room and it’s easy to carry around.

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Nanaka

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Dandelion wreath

Introducing how to make a three-dimensional dandelion wreath decoration with origami! Why not try making it as a spring decoration for April and May? [Tsukuru-mon]

Spring is the season when the weather warms and many flowers begin to appear, and you’ll likely spot more dandelions as well.

This craft recreates dandelions—a quintessential spring flower—using origami and combines them into a wreath-like shape.

To make the dandelion flowers, fold a strip of origami paper in half and then fold it again to make it narrower, cut fine slits along the edge, roll it up, then spread and shape it.

The wreath base is made by assembling triangular units, and it’s recommended to use green to evoke leaves.

Finally, combine all the parts and add decorative elements like leaf pieces to complete the project.

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Koinobori made with tsumami-zaiku

[Tsumami Zaiku] Let’s make carp streamers to display in a frame! Children’s Day – Tango no Sekku

Koinobori carp streamers swimming majestically across the fresh May skies.

In some areas lately, chances to see koinobori have been decreasing.

For many older adults, Children’s Day and the Boys’ Festival may bring to mind these carp streamers.

So let’s make a koinobori frame decoration that looks as if it’s really swimming.

If you use the tsumami-zaiku technique for the koinobori’s body, it will give a scaly look.

Tsumami-zaiku is one of Japan’s traditional crafts.

The maru-tsumami, made by folding small pieces of fabric into triangles, seems perfect for the scales.

Craftwork that uses your fingers can also be expected to stimulate the brain.

If you also make iris flowers with tsumami-zaiku and arrange them in the frame, it will turn out even more lovely.

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Nakajima Junko

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