[For Seniors] Enjoy at Day Service: A Roundup of May Craft Ideas
May is a lovely season of fresh green leaves, isn’t it?
Here are some easy craft ideas perfect for day-service activities in May.
May is full of events like Children’s Day and Mother’s Day.We’ve gathered craft ideas that tie in with those occasions.
Many of the projects introduced here can be taken home and displayed, so you can enjoy looking at them at home.
They also make great gifts for your grandchildren.
Some can even be used for a garden tea party or a stroll, so be sure to give them a try.
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[For Seniors] Enjoy at Day Service: Summary of May Craft Ideas (1–10)
Carnations made of felt
Mother’s Day is in May.
Some of you may have given carnations on Mother’s Day, or perhaps there are seniors who have received them.
Here is a carnation craft that’s perfect for a May project.
Use a circular template and cut matching pieces from felt.
Make small slits around the edge of the felt circles.
Poke a hole in the center of the felt and thread a wire through it.
Use a hot glue gun to attach the felt to the wire.
Layer several felt circles to form the petals.
Create leaves and tape them to the wire, which will serve as the stem, to finish.
You can make several carnations and arrange them into a bouquet.
Koinobori and wisteria flowers
Here’s a decoration using paper plates featuring carp streamers (koinobori) and wisteria flowers.
Make the koinobori and wisteria out of origami.
Wisteria flowers are purple, right? If you vary the shade of the purple origami—from lighter to darker—it will look even more beautiful.
It’s also nice to make lots of origami wisteria and arrange them like a wisteria trellis.
Some older adults go to see wisteria in the spring, so it could spark a lively conversation about those outings.
Cut out the center of a paper plate and attach paper with a sky pattern.
This will make it look like koinobori swimming magnificently in the sky.
Hang it on the wall for a piece that evokes the feeling of May.
Freestanding Hanging Decoration of Koinobori (Carp Streamers)
In May craft classes, you might make origami carp streamers (koinobori), right? You can simply display them as they are, but you’d probably like to showcase the carp streamers that seniors worked so hard on in a lovely way.
So here’s an idea for a hanging ornament stand that can display origami koinobori.
Cut the origami paper into rectangles, attach strings, and hang them like a scroll from the top.
Use a straw to hang the origami backing.
Make a base as well, attach the carp streamers, and it’s complete.
It’s an elegant, stand-type koinobori decoration.
Since it can sit on a table, seniors can enjoy looking at it and feel the spirit of May.
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Koinobori hanging ornament made from felt
Let’s try making a cute hanging carp streamer decoration out of felt.
Layer felt fabric to create the pinwheel and the carp’s body.
Make the carp’s scales from felt as well, and vary the color tones—using lighter and darker shades—to make it even cuter.
You can also add kashiwa-mochi and flowers to hang alongside.
Besides a hanging mobile, a garland with the carp streamers attached horizontally to a string is also recommended.
While crafting, you’ll likely have fun chatting about past May memories and stories from Children’s Day.
Be sure to try making these together with older adults, too.
Carp streamer ornament
Here’s an introduction to a decorative koi-nobori ornament that also works as interior décor.
Cut koi-shaped and streamer-shaped patterns from construction paper, then attach felt pieces to them.
Since you’ll use glue, there’s no need for needles or thread.
By sticking felt onto the construction paper, you can also create three-dimensional pieces.
If you attach them to a rod, you can make koi that look like they’re really swimming in the sky.
They look great mounted on a wall or added to a wreath.
They’re also a lovely decoration for seniors’ homes.
A koi-nobori display that can be placed on a surface
Here’s a carp streamer (koinobori) craft using felt and chirimen fabric scraps.
Since you’ll attach the pieces with a hot glue gun, there’s no sewing required.
Make the koinobori’s body from felt and add patterns with chirimen fabric.
I recommend preparing plenty of felt in various colors—you can create a colorful and cute koinobori.
Attach a wire and fix the koinobori to a bamboo skewer or bamboo rod.
It’ll look just like the real thing, and older adults are likely to be very pleased with it.
Paper tag of tulip
Let me introduce some paper tags with lovely spring colors.
First, tie a ribbon.
Using a fork helps you make a neat bow.
Next, make the tulips.
Apply glue to a piece of wire and fix a bead in place.
Make five of these.
Then cut flower shapes out of construction paper, punch a hole in the center, and shape them nicely.
Make five of these as well.
Thread each flower onto the wire from the bottom and glue it so that it wraps around the bead.
Bundle the five together and wrap them with a strip of construction paper to hold them.
Make leaves out of construction paper and glue them to the wire, and your bouquet is ready.
Finally, attach the bouquet and the ribbon to a tag-shaped piece of paper, and you’re done.
How about adding a touch of gratitude for a Mother’s Day gift? Give it a try!
