Prioritize older adults’ mental and emotional well-being by engaging them in activities like arts and crafts. Craft ideas for seniors, like painting, crocheting, scrapbooking, etc., are a fantastic way to improve their cognitive and motor function. Aside from keeping them physically and mentally active by making art, it can also help ease their boredom.
This post will explore some fun and easy craft ideas to do with seniors.
Try These Craft Ideas for Seniors
Rock Painting
Rock painting is an easy craft idea, perfect for seniors. All you need are acrylic paints and some paintbrushes to get started. If you want to make it more fun for seniors, you can give them a theme to follow. By the end of the activity, they can collect the rocks they painted and use them as decoration.
Photo Collage Board
Keep memories alive by making a photo collage board. It can allow older adults to relive great moments of their lives with their loved ones. Just get a cork or wooden board and gather pictures of family or friends, letters, notes, etc. The seniors can then glue them onto the board. Once everything is in place, they can use decorations like ribbons, sequins, or stickers to spruce up their collage board.
Glass Gem Suncatchers
You’ll feel like you’re walking in the sunshine with these illuminating glass gem suncatchers. Suncatchers are fun decorations placed on windows or anywhere that can hit the sun. Once the sun hits the suncatchers, they reflect a beautiful array of colors. It’s easy to do, and you only need a few materials.
Pinecone Flower Board
Make a flower board using pinecones and hang it on your wall or for table decoration. You’ll need dry pinecones cut halfway down into the bottom. Once you have your half-bottom pinecones, you can use acrylic or spray paint to color them to make them look more like a flower. Get wooden sticks or fake flower stems, then glue the pinecones and stems to a wooden board. You can also add more decorations to your liking.
Themed Terrariums
Create miniature gardens in a glass jar. To add an extra layer of fun to your terrariums, you can create various ones with different themes. If you want a fairy garden-themed terrarium, add some mini sculptures of fairies, deer, mushrooms, etc. You can use fake snow as the base for a Christmas Terrarium, then add small pines, snowmen, Santa Claus, and more.
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