[For Senior Care Facilities] Easy! September Craft Ideas to Feel the Autumn Season

moon-viewing dumplings

Kimie Gangi: Nine wall decorations “How to make the Moon-Viewing Set” — moon-viewing dumplings, sanpō (offering stand), vase, pampas grass, and bellflowers, in 3D.

As the saying goes, “dumplings over flowers,” and tsukimi dango are also perfect for autumn wall decorations.

Try making three-dimensional tsukimi dango using construction paper or cardboard.

In addition to the dango, creating familiar tsukimi motifs like pampas grass and bellflowers will really heighten the moon-viewing mood! With their stylish, mature aesthetic, these decorations are great for seniors considering tsukimi decor at home, as well as for wall displays in senior care facilities.

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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 often imagine spring, but there are plenty of flowers that bloom in autumn too.

The iconic cosmos alone has many varieties, and there are flowers like chrysanthemum, balloon flower, and fragrant olive that are delightful both to look at and to smell.

Why not try turning such flowers into pressed flowers? In the past, the common method was to press them with a weight for several days to draw out the moisture, but these days you can use a microwave to make them easily and significantly shorten the time it takes.

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

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Aurora Acorn

[Easy, Natural Craft] Turn Acorns into Gemstones! How to Make Sparkling Aurora Acorns with Everyday Items

Let’s make aurora acorns using holographic film sold at 100-yen shops.

If you’re using acorns you picked up, be sure to prevent insects first by boiling them or using another sterilization method.

Start by removing the acorn caps and polishing the outside until it shines using a receipt.

Make a hole in the bottom with an awl, insert a toothpick or small stick for a handle, then brush on liquid laundry starch and decorate with holograms in your favorite colors.

Finish by applying another coat of laundry starch and putting the cap back on.

You’re done! Add a screw eye to turn it into a keychain or ornament.

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3D acorns made from construction paper

(Construction paper) Autumn decorations – cute! How to make acorns [DIY]

It’s said that during the Jomon period, when people’s diets centered on hunting and gathering, chestnuts and acorns were eaten in large quantities.

As time passed and diets became more abundant, the relatively low-sweetness acorns fell out of favor.

I’ve heard there are still people who enjoy acorn tofu today, but it isn’t all that common, is it? How is it in your region? Making slightly larger, three-dimensional acorns out of paper could be quite striking.

Since they’re made by combining many thin strips of paper, it might be nice to split up the work and make them together.

Used as decorations, they’re a craft that will liven up any room!

Acorn craft with drawing paper and paints

Acorn crafts 🎨

Here are some ideas for making acorns with marble art.

First, line a container with construction paper and place marbles coated with paint on top.

If you want to use several colors, increase the number of marbles and coat each one with a different color of paint.

Tilt the container to roll the marbles and create patterns, then let it dry and cut the construction paper into the shape of an acorn cap.

Place it over the acorn nut you made from construction paper and glue it in place to finish.

If you draw faces on the acorns, they’ll look like characters and turn out even cuter.

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Japanese pampas grass

[Origami] How to Make Susuki (Japanese Pampas Grass) / How To Make an Origami Japanese Pampas Grass

The harvest moon is celebrated in September.

It is an event to give thanks to the moon for the harvest while gazing at it.

Some older adults may spend the evening with family, offering rice dumplings and taro.

There is one more important offering for the harvest moon: pampas grass (susuki).

It has been believed to be a place where deities reside.

The key is to make it using kraft paper or double-sided colored origami paper.

Fold it and cut it into the shape of pampas grass.

Be sure to use scissors to make fine slits for the feathery seed heads, too.

If you also make pampas grass and display it together with your Harvest Moon piece on the calendar, it will look even more beautiful.

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dragonfly

[Made with a single sheet of origami] Easy and cute dragonfly folding method ◇ Origami dragonfly, tombo, akitsu, summer, autumn, insect ◇

Autumn skies are also a time when many dragonflies flit about, aren’t they? Some older folks may have even twirled a finger in front of a dragonfly perched on a branch to make its eyes spin.

Let’s make a calendar with dragonfly origami that brings back memories like that.

Using a single sheet of origami paper, we’ll fold both the dragonfly’s body and wings.

Of course, we’ll also make its distinctive eyes from the same sheet.

When you think of dragonflies, red or yellow might come to mind.

But if you use different kinds of origami paper, you’ll get a colorful result.

Give it a try!

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