[For Seniors] Enjoy May: A Collection of Seasonal Craft and Wall Decoration Ideas

How to fold spring flowers

[Made with a single sheet of origami] Cute peach blossom folding method ◇ Origami Peach Blossom Spring Flower Hinamatsuri Hina Dolls ◇

How about making a wisteria decoration with purple origami, featuring cute, plump, three-dimensional blossoms? It may look complicated at first glance, but the folding is simple and follows the same steps as a crane up to a certain point.

Combine the center sections, fold the petal parts outward, and one petal is complete.

If you firmly tuck the folded triangular section inward, you’ll get wisteria that looks almost real.

Make about ten of these, then use green origami to create the stem and leaves.

Decorate your room for spring with realistic, beautiful wisteria.

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kashiwa mochi (oak leaf-wrapped rice cake)

Paper craft “Kashiwa-mochi” (with template) for May wall displays and indoor decorations

A May event: Children’s Day.

And when you think of Children’s Day…

you think of kashiwa mochi! This is a craft recreation where you make kashiwa mochi using colored construction paper.

For the mochi part, cut white paper into a daruma-like shape, fold it, and glue the edge where you’ve made a glue tab.

Make the upper circle larger so you get a plump, round mochi shape.

For the leaf, crease the edge firmly and bend it to add a three-dimensional look.

Put the two together, and you’ve got a delicious-looking kashiwa mochi!

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Hanging Decorations of Wisteria Flowers

Let’s make an origami wisteria flower hanging decoration—a refreshing floral ornament that sways by the window 🎶

Wisteria begins to bloom around April and reaches its peak in May.

The sight of pale purple blossoms—known as “fuji-iro”—hanging from trellises and swaying in the wind is truly wonderful.

We’ll fold wisteria flowers using origami sheets divided into four.

The folding steps and paper pieces are small, but since you’ll be making the same flower many times, you’ll gradually get the hang of it.

Once you’ve made a lot of flowers, use a needle and thread to string them together.

Thread about ten flowers to make one strand, and bundle four to six strands to instantly create the look of wisteria.

Finally, attach leaves at the base of the flowers, and you’re done.

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A large carp streamer wall display

[Wall Decoration] May Dynamic Carp Streamers [Activities for the Elderly] Carp streamer

Let’s try making a large koinobori wall decoration using chiyogami with traditional Japanese patterns.

We’ll create each koinobori scale using two sheets: one plain origami sheet and one chiyogami sheet.

Since the koinobori will be big, the scales should also be on the larger side.

It might be nice to have older adults make each scale one by one.

While seated, they can work on the scales and perhaps enjoy conversations with others during the process.

Use a large sheet of paper to make the koinobori’s body and attach the scales.

Also create the koinobori’s face and tail fin, and display it on the wall.

You could also make a female carp and baby carps in the same way, if you like.

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Carp streamers in wet-on-wet painting

Do you know the craft technique called “bleeding painting”? You color with water-based markers, then drop water on top so the ink gently bleeds and creates a soft, blurred design.

Let it dry as is, then start making your piece.

For the base, materials that handle water well—like coffee filters or toilet paper tubes—are recommended.

How about cutting one end of a paper tube into a tail fin to make a koinobori (carp streamer)? After the bleeding painting dries, attach an eye, thread a string through, and hang it—your koinobori will sway gently in the breeze.

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carnation

Special Feature | Three Types of Carnation Paper Flowers to Make for Mother's Day – DIY: 3 Ideas for Paper Carnations

For Mother’s Day, let’s make and give carnations as a gift! It’s also a lovely idea for a husband to give to his wife, or to present to the staff at a care facility who always help you.

There are many ways to make them: use tissue paper to create fluffy carnations, or cut multiple flower shapes out of construction paper and layer them to form a three-dimensional carnation.

Try making several to create a bouquet, or combine them with other crafts as decorations.

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