[For Seniors] Recommended September Origami to Feel the Autumn Season
Here are some recommended origami ideas for September recreation.
Let’s try making origami that reflects September, such as traditional Japanese events like Respect for the Aged Day and the Harvest Moon (Jugoya), as well as autumn-themed plants like cosmos flowers and acorns.
Origami can be done while seated, which makes it easier for many older adults to participate.
If it’s an origami activity that allows for conversation while crafting, it may also help older adults expand their social interactions.
Use this article as a reference to create wonderful pieces together with older adults.
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[For Seniors] Recommended September Origami to Feel Autumn (31–40)
Moon-Viewing Skewered Dumplings
Let’s make skewered dumplings for the Moon Viewing festival (Otsukimi) out of origami and add them to a September calendar.
If you divide one sheet of origami paper into four equal parts, you can make four skewers.
First, crease the cut piece of origami paper, then proceed with the folds.
Because these are made with smaller pieces of paper, you’ll use fine motor skills as you fold.
This can also be expected to help stimulate the brain.
Four delicious-looking origami skewered dumplings—some older adults may be reminded of past Moon Viewing celebrations.
This piece can be used not only for calendars, but also for wreaths and wall decorations.
Moon-viewing dumplings
During the moon-viewing season in September, some households knead dango flour and offer rice dumplings.
Since ready-made ones are widely available these days, perhaps making them at home has become less common.
Older adults may also have made dumplings and celebrated the Harvest Moon with their families.
Let’s try making rice dumplings out of origami that you can display on a September calendar.
We’ll fold the dumplings, a sheet of hanshi (thin paper), and a sanpō (offering stand).
By placing the dumplings on the sanpō, the piece will look even more realistic.
Through creating this craft, older adults might share stories about moon-viewing festivals they spent with their families.
dragonfly
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!
Gentian
Gentians are one of the representative flowers of autumn.
The deep blue blossoms are well-known, but there are also pink and white varieties, as well as ones with white and blue along the petal edges.
Please try folding and decorating your calendar with origami gentians.
Since gentian flowers bloom in clusters along the stem, make plenty of them with origami and decorate generously.
If any steps are complicated, have people around you lend a hand.
Older adults who enjoy origami will likely have fun making these.
You’ll end up with a lovely calendar that looks as if the gentians are in full bloom.
Full Moon Rabbit
Because the pattern on the full moon looks like a rabbit, we often associate rabbits with moon-viewing.
So let’s turn the Harvest Moon and a rabbit into a calendar.
With a single sheet of origami paper, you can create a piece featuring a rabbit against the full moon.
There are some detailed folding steps, so older adults who enjoy origami can really focus on the activity.
If it seems difficult, please support them by folding together.
Once it’s folded, draw eyes and a mouth on the rabbit’s face.
Adding the rabbit’s facial features will also bring out each older adult’s individuality in their work.