15 Best Summer Crafts for Seniors to Make This Season
Do you need easy summer crafts for senior citizens? These art projects for seniors are cheerful, and so simple to make! Fun arts and crafts for seniors to make at home or in assisted living this season.
Easy, Cheerful Summer Crafts Seniors Will Actually Love Making
If you work with seniors, care for an older loved one, or are just looking for something fun and low-pressure to make with your elderly parent or grandparent —I think you’re going to love this list.
I put together these easy summer crafts for seniors with one goal: simple enough to be relaxing, but not ridiculously simple that it doesn’t feel worth making.
I didn’t want them to feel ‘childish,’ but I also didn’t want them to be too complex.
In this roundup, there are no complicated instructions, no expensive supplies, and nothing that requires steady hands or perfect eyesight. Just fun, cheerful, summery crafts that seniors will feel proud of when they’re done.
These easy arts and crafts for seniors work just as well at your kitchen table as they do in an assisted living activity room. From painted pots and pressed flowers to seashell projects and tissue paper crafts, every project on this list is doable.
If you are an activities coordinator at a facility planning a group activity or just a mom looking for simple crafts that you and your kids can make with the grandparents, I hope you’ll find something that you’ll all love making together.
15 Easy Summer Crafts for Senior Citizens – Ideas They’ll Love
This is a very simple paint project, and it allows seniors to have a 'plant' without the hassle of caring for one! Try these beautiful flower suncatchers with seniors using laminating sheets, tissue paper, and a free template—a perfect summer craft! These DIY glass bead suncatchers are beautiful and SO EASY to make! Simply press glass beads into clear glue and allow to dry! I think seniors will love to look at these in their windows. This adorable lady bug painted flower pot is made using fingerprints! What a fun and tactile activity for seniors! Nostalgic finger painting, for sure! Create beautiful summer butterflies with tissue paper and pipe cleaners! What a cheerful addition to their space. Rainbow Button Frames are a fun idea - any color buttons will work! I'm sure seniors will love having photos of their loved ones nearby, in such pretty frames. Here's another fun way to use buttons - as art! This is a sweet and simple way for seniors to create their own summer art to display. Decoupage is always a fun craft - these pretty seashells create the base for a lovely trinket tray! These bookmarks come out so lovely! Pressed flowers, Mod Podge, and acrylic bookmarks are all you need! Who doesn't need a fan in the summer? These adorable fruit themed fans are useful and fun to make! How sweet is this? What senior wouldn't love a craft that you can make in a tea cup and saucer! Sweet little fairy garden! I love this idea! Not only is it super cute but it's perfect for a night light! A painted mason jar and felt leaves make this come together! Another fun and nostalgic tactile craft! Paint a simple sand and sea background and add footprints! Such a fun idea! Using polymer clay, these plaques exude an elegant feel to a simple craft! Using fun summer themed scrapbook paper, create lovely and useful glass pebble magnets! Seniors will love to create beautiful coffee filter flowers with this easy tutorial. Lots of fun ways to customize with colors! This easy DIY seashell wreath is made with the prettiest treasures from the ocean, on a grapevine wreath. Simple and a lovely addition to their door. This wall hanging is a perfect way to create with seashells! It's a simple craft that brings the beach vibes indoors. These handmade fruit-stamped tea towels are so fun! This fun easy DIY project uses real fruit to create unique patterns that are stunning!
DIY Rock Cactus Craft
Flower Suncatchers
DIY Suncatchers with Glass Beads
Fingerprint Flower Pot
Tissue Paper Butterflies
Rainbow Button Frames
Button Flowers Canvas
Decoupage Seashells Using Napkins
Easy DIY Pressed Flower Bookmark
Fruit Paper Fan Craft for Kids
DIY Cup Garden
DIY Pineapple Night Light
Footprints in the Sand (Beach Canvas)
Pressed Flower Clay Plaques
Glass Pebble Magnets
Coffee Filter Flowers
Easy DIY Seashell Wreath
Wall Hanging Seashell Craft
Fruit Stamped Tea Towels
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