It’s estimated that 56% of Americans plan on tackling some type of DIY project at their home (YouGov Business). Aside from the cost benefits of these projects, they allow for creativity while reducing stress and anxiety in seniors. Seniors can even find plenty of beautiful DIY projects to beautify their homes, starting with the bedroom.
Whether older adults are looking for aesthetic bedroom ideas or simply want to flex their creativity, DIY crafts are a guaranteed win for everyone. This article lists the best senior-friendly crafts for the bedroom.
Mason Jars
With mason jars, the sky is the limit where decorating is concerned. Mason jars come in various sizes and can be used to display candles, although battery-operated tealights are ideal.
Mason jars also make decorative lotion dispensers or soap dispensers for bathroom ensuites. They can easily be painted to match any color scheme and provide a relaxing way for seniors to decorate their bedrooms.
The best paint for mason jars is acrylic paint or chalk paint. Chalk paint is ideal since it works on a variety of surfaces and often doesn’t require any prep work.
Seniors should choose the color paint that best matches their bedroom’s aesthetic when painting the exterior of their mason jars. Once dry, they can add dispenser pumps, lids, and the soap or lotion of their choice.
Mason jars also make wonderful vases. Once painted, seniors simply need to let them dry and add their favorite flowers.
Covers for Throw Pillows
This craft is perfect for anyone who loves to sew, but it is also great for beginners. These throw pillow covers can spruce up any bed or add a touch of whimsy to a recliner or other bedroom chair.
This DIY project is also wonderful for anyone whose retirement lifestyle includes upcycling materials and working to reduce waste in landfills. Instead of purchasing new fabric, seniors can look for old scraps of fabric they’d like to turn into throw pillow covers or even visit thrift stores for fabric. This works to keep costs down, making this a perfect craft for anyone looking to save money.
Any type of fabric works for this inventive DIY project, but using old sweaters can create a variety of cozy cold-weather throw pillow covers. Seniors can even use old blankets, cutting them into scraps of fabric to repurpose as throw pillow covers. Anyone looking for no-sew pillow covers can use fabric tape instead.
Knitting and Crocheting
Seniors looking for beautiful bedroom crafts that have mental health benefits should consider knitting and crocheting. Some benefits of these senior-friendly crafts include:
- Anxiety relief
- Stress relief
- Reduction in insomnia
- Increase in self-esteem
- Relief from depression
Aside from the benefits of knitting and crocheting, these hobbies work to improve to enhance senior cognitive skills. Seniors can make large blankets for their beds, lap blankets to stay cozy all day long, throw pillow covers, throw blankets, costers for nightstands, socks, and just about anything else they can dream up.
Even better, homemade knitted and crocheted items make wonderful gift ideas for seniors looking to craft for family and friends. They can even crochet customer plant hangers, adding some greenery to any bedroom space.
Seniors looking to give back can knit and crochet for a cause, such as creating beautiful blankets for a children’s hospital. They can also make lap blankets for other older adults who might struggle with knitting and crocheting.
Scrapbooks
Scrapbooks make a wonderful addition to any bedroom. They let seniors look at their favorite photos anytime they want, fondly recalling memories all day long. Even better, scrapbooks work to help seniors connect memories and put faces to names, making them perfect for older adults.
Seniors can visit local craft stores to gather materials, making their scrapbooks as intricate as they’d like. They can decorate with different stickers and fabrics, working to create different pages throughout, each with its own theme. With scrapbooks, seniors can be as creative as they like, proudly displaying their memory books in their bedrooms.
Other types of scrapbooks include recipe scrapbooks. These are wonderful to give as gifts or to hand down from one generation to the next. Adding a beautiful bookshelf to any retiree’s bedroom is an excellent way of storing scrapbooks, especially when used for memory care.
Painting
Painting is a wonderful way for seniors to express their creativity. They can even take different painting classes to learn techniques while benefitting in the following ways:
- Improved self-esteem
- Improved focus
- Increase in communication and socialization skills
- Improved cognitive function and memory
- Improved mood and mental health
Retirees in assisted living communities can then proudly display their artwork inside their bedrooms, adding pops of color across different walls. Any seniors looking to take their painting skills to the next level can practice outside of the classroom, focusing on different landscapes and the world around them to create beautiful paintings for their homes or even gifts.
Pressed Flowers
Pressed flowers are a wonderful way of bringing the outside inside and one of the best home decoration ideas for seniors. Any older adults who have a garden — or simply a few flowers they’re looking to preserve and display — can press flowers to create lovely artwork for their bedroom walls.
All that seniors have to do is place flowers between wax paper or two sheets of white paper and put them in a heavy book. After a couple of weeks, their pressed flowers will be ready for display. They can put them in a frame to showcase their craft for fast and fun creative home transformations.
Aesthetic Bedroom Ideas and Crafts for Seniors
For seniors, there’s no shortage of aesthetic bedroom ideas and crafts they can easily create. Simply refer to this list and get crafting! When reusing old items from around the home, most of these DIY projects can be affordable to complete, working within any budget.
DIY projects for seniors are excellent for keeping older adults active, engaged, and involved with the world around them. The Capstone at Royal Palm also strives to keep seniors happy and cared for with our countless amenities, such as private bathrooms, kitchenettes, and all utilities included. Contact us today to learn more about our exclusive senior living community in Royal Palm Beach, FL, and how we can assist you or your loved ones.