For Seniors: Brighten Up the Nursing Home with Festive Christmas Decorations!

House of Chimneys

[1 Sheet Origami] Christmas Easy Cute Chimney House Folding Method (Slow/Step-by-Step Tutorial)

There’s also the story that Santa Claus comes down the chimney at Christmas, isn’t there? It’s exciting to imagine him arriving at night in a sleigh pulled by reindeer.

The chimney is what Santa uses to deliver presents to the children inside the house.

Let’s try making a house with a chimney out of origami and add it to a calendar.

You can make both the house and the chimney from a single sheet of origami paper.

The folding method is simple, so it may be easy for seniors to make, too.

By changing the folding steps, you can create versions with different chimney positions and house colors.

Try making a piece that suits the preferences of the seniors.

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Santa Claus and Presents

With You Mizonokuchi: December Calendar Craft – Christmas

The gold coins that Saint Nicholas threw into poor households happened to land in stockings that were drying by the fireplace.

Thanks to those coins, everyone became happy.

From this anecdote came the custom of putting Christmas presents in stockings.

It’s a lovely story, isn’t it? Did you also receive presents in your stockings when you were children? Let’s use Santa and presents as decorations for the calendar.

Presents can be box-shaped, a big sack, or of course the stocking type—anything is OK! It would be great to create a colorful calendar!

poinsettia

[Christmas Origami] Easy and Cute Poinsettia Folding Method / Winter Origami Flower - Origami Poinsettia

When you think of plants in December, what comes to mind first? If you’re into gardening, you might say pansies or cyclamen.

Kale for New Year’s is also quite charming, isn’t it? But after all, December really means poinsettias.

These days there are white and even green poinsettias, so you can choose a color to match your mood.

A poinsettia-themed calendar would surely boost the Christmas spirit.

You can make poinsettias by cutting colored paper, but it seems you can also make them with origami—so if you like origami, give it a try!

Christmas tree

Sky-blue tissue paper Christmas tree – Paper Christmas Tree

How about making a fluffy, stylish Christmas tree using tissue paper? First, cut tissue paper in your favorite color into a rectangular piece about one-quarter the original size, then fold it in half lengthwise to make it long and narrow.

Make lots of slits along the folded edge.

After cutting the slits, open it up once, fold it back in the opposite direction of the original crease, and glue it in place.

Make several of these, then take a cone-shaped tree base made from construction paper and wrap and glue the tissue paper around it in tiers.

Finally, decorate with beads and stickers, and you’re done.

You’ll end up with a very whimsical, cute tree, so give it a try!

100-yen shop snowman and reindeer

[Easy Christmas Decoration] How to Make a Snowman with a Reindeer on Top - Winter Craft Project, 100-Yen Shop DIY, Activity for Seniors | How to Make a Felt Christmas Ornament

It’s a cute mascot with a reindeer peeking out from behind a snowman.

Attach evenly cut, narrow strips of paper to a plastic cup base to form the snowman’s round shape.

Then stack two circles and add the facial features and other parts to complete the snowman.

The reindeer is simple—just cut the parts from construction paper and layer them to create a three-dimensional look through the paper overlaps.

Leaving gaps in the snowman is also an important point; letting light pass through conveys a soft, gentle feel.

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Fluffy tissue-paper poinsettia wall decoration

Kimie Gangi December wall decoration: “Fluffy Poinsettia” — A hearty poinsettia decoration

Let’s softly craft a poinsettia—an essential for Christmas—using tissue paper.

Fold the tissue paper in an accordion (screen-fold) style, then fold it in half, secure the center, cut it, and gently open it while adding creases to shape the leaves.

Make these pieces with both red and green tissue paper, layer and glue them together, and place yellow in the center to finish.

The angle of each leaf is also important; because they spread softly in various directions, the piece gains a strong three-dimensional presence.

It would look beautiful not only as a wall decoration but also as a tabletop ornament.

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Cute Santa and an origami Christmas tree

How to make a cute Santa with a fluffy paper beard and an origami Christmas tree / How to make a cute Santa Claus and Christmas tree with paper

Just by putting a little decoration in your room, you can instantly get into the Christmas spirit with these “cute Santa and origami Christmas trees.” The charm of this craft is that you can make it with familiar materials like colored construction paper, origami paper, and toilet paper rolls! For both crafts, the main steps involve cutting and pasting colored paper or origami.

A key point is using toilet paper for Santa’s hat and outfit’s white trim, as well as his beard! For the beard in particular, the toilet paper is torn by hand to give it a fluffy finish.

If you’re incorporating this into a day-service craft activity, it might go smoothly if you assign roles and have everyone divide up the tasks.

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