[For Seniors] Day-service activities also recommended! Craft ideas for November
November, when autumn deepens and you can feel the chill in the air.
For many older adults, it’s a season when they spend less time outdoors going for walks.
So this time, we’re introducing craft activities with the theme of “11” that can be done indoors.
We’ve prepared projects featuring seasonal foods and flowers that are at their best in November.
They can be enjoyed as decorations on facility walls or taken home as interior decor.
There are also projects that can be used to play games after they’re made.
By all means, try the games together with the older adults.
Some older adults may find it difficult to sense the passage of time or the seasons.
Through November-themed crafts, let’s help them savor the season.
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[For Seniors] Day service activities also recommended! Craft ideas for November (41–50)
Grapes made with tissue paper
Let’s make a big bunch of grapes using soft tissue paper! The steps are simple, so it should be a fun autumn craft activity for a day service.
First, stack sheets of tissue paper that have been cut in half and fold them in an accordion.
Cut the folded stack into two, staple the center, and carefully open it up.
Make several of these tissue paper pieces, then glue them together in the shape of grapes to complete the fruit.
You can also cut branches, tendrils, and leaves from construction paper to decorate—so charming! If you make it with a large group, you can even take on a bigger project like a wall display.
grape clip
These stylish grape-themed clips use 100-yen store bead stickers and ribbons.
They’re great for craft activities at day-service centers, and the practical clips will be useful at home even after the craft is done.
Make loops from four ribbons of different lengths, stick them together with double-sided tape, and decorate with bead stickers.
Glue the ribbons onto a wooden clothespin, then place a ribbon shaped like a leaf at the very top to finish.
You can arrange them with various ribbon colors and materials to create a chic, cute piece for adults.
Grape wall decoration
For cute character decorations with a grape motif, pay attention to the choice of base colors and the placement of the facial features.
If the grape motif isn’t clear from the outline alone, adding shadows to the grapes can create a sense of depth and make it more recognizable.
Also, creating bases in different colors and arranging them together can effectively convey a bountiful autumn harvest and a lively atmosphere.
For the backgrounds where each character will be placed, choose bright colors like green so that the grape purple stands out.
Grapes & Cherries
These are soft, rounded parts shaped by gently forming a square sheet of origami.
Arrange small purple circles in a triangle to make grapes, or attach a stem to red circles to make cherries.
The key is a soft appearance—don’t press the creases too hard; fold gently to add a raised, three-dimensional look.
When making grapes, the arrangement and layering also matter; changing the order you place them helps create a sense of volume.
Combining various colors instead of using just one can also produce depth through color gradation.
Maple leaf wall decoration
These maple leaf wall decorations are great for group crafts at day service centers.
All you need is origami paper, so it’s inexpensive and low-effort—that’s the key point! You can make the leaves by folding the origami, cutting along a traced outline, and unfolding.
They’ll look like slightly three-dimensional, realistic autumn leaves.
It’s also nice to customize: use gradient origami, or crumple the paper first and then cut it.
They look lovely mounted on backgrounds like washi or colored paper, and creating many pieces to decorate an entire wall makes for a stunning large-scale display!
Origami apple
This is an origami piece inspired by apples that become more delicious from autumn to winter.
The branch and leaf parts attached at the end add a cute touch.
The simple steps fold along four-section creases as a guide, and the key is to reduce corners and create roundness.
Keeping symmetry in mind and folding both sides the same way leads to a beautifully rounded overall shape.
It’s also recommended to make the branch and leaf parts deliberately sharp, as that will emphasize the roundness of the main body.
Grapes made with toilet paper rolls
It’s a three-dimensional craft that looks like grapes placed on a plate.
Cut construction paper into a circle to represent a plate, then arrange circular rings made from cut toilet paper rolls into the shape of a grape cluster.
Stuff the circular rings with origami paper in grape colors, and finally attach a stem-shaped piece of construction paper to finish.
Be mindful of how you arrange the rings and choose color combinations that resemble grapes, such as purple and green.
The motion of crumpling the origami paper by hand also helps strengthen fine motor skills.