Recommended November craft ideas for day service centers

Maple leaves made with tsumami-zaiku

How to Make Maple Tsumami-Zaiku (Kanzashi) Fabric Flowers | DIY Handmade

Once you start to feel the autumn breeze, you’ll want to bring autumn-themed activities into your day-service craft sessions! How about trying handmade maple leaves using tsumami-zaiku, a traditional Japanese craft that evokes a classic aesthetic? Tsumami-zaiku is a technique passed down since the Edo period, where small pieces of fabric are folded and pinched, then combined to create shapes.

Because it involves delicate work, it can help older adults with dementia prevention and fine motor training.

It’s perfect for autumn décor and as a charming accent for accessories, making it a lovely gift as well.

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Pressed flowers with autumn wildflowers

Pressed Flower Card in Just 1 Minute with a Microwave | C CHANNEL DIY

When we think of pressed flowers, we tend to picture spring, but there are plenty of flowers that bloom in autumn as well.

There are many varieties of the well-known cosmos, and flowers like chrysanthemums, balloon flowers, and fragrant olive offer both beauty and fragrance to enjoy.

How about turning those flowers into pressed flowers? In the past, the popular method was to place a weight on them for several days to remove moisture, but these days you can easily use a microwave, which greatly shortens the finishing time.

You can display pressed flowers in frames, or—since it’s the season for reading—turn them into bookmarks.

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Cosmos Flowers Made with Tissue Paper

Kimie Gangi’s September wall display: “Cosmos flowers made with tissue paper.”

Cosmos flowers are resistant to disease and don’t require special care.

In autumn, large cosmos fields are becoming new tourist attractions.

In the Kanto region, Hama-rikyu Gardens and Showa Kinen Park are famous, and in Kansai, Blume no Oka in the Shiga Agricultural Park and the Yume Cosmos Garden in Kyoto are well-known.

Let’s try making cosmos with tissue paper.

The slightly rough texture of tissue paper suits cosmos perfectly.

The steps are fairly few, so even beginners can manage.

It would be great to make so many that they rival a real cosmos field.

Dragonfly made of disposable chopsticks and origami

[Elderly Recreation] Dragonfly Decoration [Autumn Craft]

In autumn, red dragonflies zip energetically over the rice fields, don’t they? This craft makes a three-dimensional dragonfly using chopsticks, paper cord, and origami.

Fold a chopstick in half, apply glue, then clamp it with a clothespin to hold it in place.

For the dragonfly’s eyes, tightly wind the paper cord into a spiral; the key is to add glue at the end so the finished eye shape doesn’t come apart.

For the wings, patterned origami is recommended.

Once you assemble all the parts, it’s complete.

There are many steps and a variety of motions to try, so definitely consider incorporating this activity.

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Halloween decorations

Reusing milk cartons for Halloween decorations [Senior Activity]

Halloween, a major autumn event that quickly took root during the Heisei era.

Every year the news talks about the wild scenes in Shibuya and Shinjuku in Tokyo.

Well, as long as people enjoy themselves without causing trouble to others, I’m fine with it.

How about trying some Halloween decorations? An easy and slightly spooky option is a pumpkin head craft.

We’ll reuse milk cartons to make it, so it’s eco-friendly too.

There’s a step where you need to cut the milk carton into long, thin pieces, so if you’re not confident with blades, please ask someone else to help you.

Using a paper carton, an apple tree and a persimmon tree

[Senior Recreation] Apple Tree, Persimmon Tree [Autumn Craft] Apple tree and persimmon tree

As autumn draws to a close, it’s about the time when apples start tasting their best.

In addition to classics like Fuji, Jonagold, and Tsugaru, newer varieties such as Beni Midori, Hirosaki University Misaki, and Kurenai no Yume have begun to appear on the market.

What’s your favorite apple? Let’s try making one using a milk carton.

Once you get through the step of cutting the carton into thin strips, most of the remaining work is just rolling paper.

Don’t worry if you’re not especially handy.

You can make a persimmon in much the same way, too.

Dragonfly craft

Dragonflies ~crafts of dragonflies~ (with templates) (September, autumn) (easy craft) (wall decoration) (senior recreational activity) (creative occupational therapy) (preschool/early education) (origami)

The sight of dragonflies darting about against the backdrop of a sunset is one of the quintessential scenes that evokes autumn, isn’t it? Let’s recreate that landscape of dragonflies silhouetted by the setting sun using origami.

The key is how to make the dragonfly: roll a strip of red origami paper into a slender tube for the body, then attach parts like the eyes and wings to give it a three-dimensional look.

Next, paste elements like the setting sun and plants such as pampas grass onto a backing sheet, and layer the dragonflies on top to complete the scene.

Choosing different colors for the dragonflies to create your own unique style is another fun aspect.

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