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

Koinobori (carp streamer) made from a paper bag

[Koinobori Craft] Decorate a Paper Bag! May Craft Project [Kids’ Crafts] #shorts

Let’s decorate a paper bag and make a koi-nobori (carp streamer) bag.

Any kind of paper bag will work—store-bought or ones you have on hand.

Use shiny or patterned origami paper to create scales for the koi’s body.

You can also use shapes stamped with patterns for the tail fin or the scales.

Stick on eyes made from construction paper, and it’s complete.

Try making lots and decorating a wall with them.

It’s also a great idea to put a gift inside the koi-nobori bag and give it to your grandchild.

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Koinobori wall decoration

[Elderly Recreation] May Carp Streamer Wall Decoration [Easy Craft] Carp streamer

This is a wall decoration of carp streamers made with paper cups that even seniors can easily enjoy.

Cut a paper cup into four equal parts to create the body of each carp streamer.

The idea is that one paper cup makes four carp streamers.

Try using beautifully patterned chiyogami to represent the scales! Make a stick and a pinwheel with origami, and display them together to complete an impressive carp streamer wall decoration.

At a day-care service, why not make them while sharing childhood memories?

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Making a calendar with coloring pages

Speaking of May, there are events like Children’s Day and Mother’s Day, aren’t there? Let’s make a coloring calendar that evokes the month of May.

Coloring uses fine motor skills, which is said to stimulate and activate the brain.

That’s likely why many senior care facilities incorporate coloring, isn’t it? Coloring pages featuring carp streamers (koinobori), carnations, or sports day—perfect for May—might be a great fit.

Coloring is also said to help you refresh and reset your mood.

Looking at a calendar you colored and created yourself should also give you a sense of accomplishment.

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Making a hydrangea calendar

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Hydrangeas bloom with beautiful colors like purple, blue, and pink.

Let’s make a hydrangea calendar using tissue paper.

Prepare a styrofoam base.

Take small squares of tissue paper and insert them into the base using cotton swabs that have been cut short.

Just stick the swab into the center of the tissue paper, and it will look like a hydrangea.

It’s a simple method, but you’ll end up with a calendar featuring three-dimensional hydrangeas.

By the way, hydrangea colors change depending on the soil condition—whether it’s acidic or alkaline.

It might be nice to share this kind of trivia while making the calendar.

Try creating it together while enjoying the time with older adults.

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Making a wisteria-flower calendar

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Making a May calendar ✨ It features wisteria! The wisteria at the nearby park has been blooming quite a lot too 😆Minami Ward, Nagoya CityCommunity-based day serviceTranslation#SafranSakuramotomachiCaregiving#WelfareCalendar#MayWisteria flowers

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In May, you sometimes see wisteria trellises in parks and at temples, don’t you? Some older adults may even look forward to wisteria flowers and trellises when spring arrives.

With that in mind, here’s a calendar project featuring wisteria.

Make individual wisteria blossoms with origami and attach them to the calendar.

If you create plenty of blossoms, you can make a calendar that evokes a wisteria trellis.

This way, even older adults who find it difficult to go out can recall the beauty of wisteria through making the calendar.

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Making a carp streamer calendar

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May original calendar 💓 We tried making koi-shaped streamers! How about having fun making a calendar at home?Fun for both adults and childrenCreated by parent and childMaking a calendar at home#fypシ#ttca1Translation#IWantToGoViral

Koinobori (Yaneyori Takai) – Junko Nakagawa

Some households probably still display carp streamers (koinobori) for Children’s Day and the Boys’ Festival.

These days, fewer families raise koinobori, though.

Still, some older adults may remember putting them up at home.

Here’s a koinobori calendar that might bring back those memories.

We’ll make carp streamers out of origami rolled into a tube.

For the scales, use flower-shaped punch-outs made from origami paper.

You can make adorable koinobori.

Using red or blue origami is classic, but creating them with your favorite patterns will make for a fun project.

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Making a May wall calendar

Making a May calendar

When May arrives, some of you may picture a refreshing blue sky with carp streamers swimming grandly across it.

There are likely older adults who used to raise carp streamers at home, too.

Here is a calendar featuring carp streamers that will bring back memories of May.

Make carp streamers out of origami or construction paper and attach them to the calendar backing.

For the scales, use glue to stick on origami or construction paper cut into scale shapes one by one, or cut round stickers in half and apply them as scales.

Using your hands so much also helps stimulate the brain.

If you add paper kashiwa-mochi made from construction paper to the calendar as well, you’ll have a piece that feels even more like May.

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