[Respect for the Aged Day] Mural decorations to brighten the celebration. Simple handmade ideas to try
How about spending a fun time together while creating wall decorations for a Respect-for-the-Aged celebration? This time, we’re sharing lovely mural-making ideas that you can create together with older adults.
Using familiar materials like construction paper and newspapers, you can make vibrant pieces featuring cranes and turtles—the symbols of longevity—as well as seasonal flowers.
The process naturally sparks conversation and fills the space with smiles.
Once the artworks are displayed, the entire facility will be wrapped in a brighter atmosphere.
Please use this as inspiration for creating warm, heartwarming memories.
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Respect-for-the-Aged Day: Mural ideas to brighten the celebration. Simple handmade ideas (21–30)
Wall decoration – Crane
Cranes are a symbol of longevity, right? With the wish that seniors will stay healthy and live long, how about making crane wall decorations for Respect for the Aged Day? Prepare four colors of construction paper: white, black, red, and yellow.
Use white for the crane’s body, black for the patterns and eyes, red for the head marking, and yellow for the beak.
Simply combine and paste these pieces together to complete the crane.
You can make many and decorate a lot, or create one large crane—both are great options! You could also draw the eyes and patterns with a marker instead of using construction paper.
Folding fans and paper fans
On Respect for the Aged Day, which comes once a year, you’ll want to brighten the atmosphere with festive decorations.
Why not make fan and paper fan decorations that are perfect for the occasion? The steps are simple, so older adults can enjoy making them easily.
You’ll need patterned and plain origami paper, plus some string.
Glue the patterned and plain sheets together, then accordion-fold them.
Fold the strip in half and glue the center to hold it, and combine two folded pieces to complete a hand fan.
If you combine two of those fans, you’ll have a paper rosette! It’s a very easy craft, but it uses the fingertips a lot, making it great finger exercise for seniors.
Try making them with your favorite patterns!
Respect-for-the-Aged Day: Mural ideas to brighten the celebration. Simple handmade ideas (31–40)
Respect for the Aged Day card written in brush calligraphy
Let’s prepare the perfect cards for Respect-for-the-Aged Day to express our daily gratitude and how much we love them.
If you place a personalized message card at each seat where seniors will sit at the celebration, they’re sure to be delighted! The idea we’re introducing this time uses brush lettering, but feel free to enjoy the decorations however you like.
You can aim for careful, beautiful handwriting, or boldly stylize the kanji and combine them with illustrations—that would be lovely, too.
Add colors and drawings to create bright, beautiful cards.
butterfly
This butterfly decoration looks like an intricate, three-dimensional piece, but it’s actually very easy to make! Cut construction paper into the shape of a butterfly and mark the areas you want to indent.
Using a ballpoint pen that no longer writes, press firmly along the marks to create creases, then indent those areas and flatten the center to fix it in place with glue.
For the antennae, use a hairpin with rounded tips.
Secure the hairpin at the center with a thin strip of paper, and in no time, your butterfly is complete.
Connect and display! Yell flag
These are connectable cheer flags that let you enjoy cheering with lots of energy! Their vibrant look is sure to lift the spirits of older adults as well.
Try designing your flags by attaching paper streamers or beads to your favorite color of cellophane.
The act of imagining your design stimulates the brain and can be effective for dementia prevention.
Display everyone’s creations on the wall and enjoy the Respect for the Aged Day celebration.
Cosmos wreath
A “cosmos flower wreath” is a great gift for seniors.
By expressing the autumn-symbolizing cosmos in colorful origami, simply displaying it in a room can bring in the feel of the season.
Each carefully folded blossom makes it a warm, heartfelt present.
If you share the making process with others, you can also enjoy the fun of origami and the pleasant texture of paper.
Because origami uses fine motor skills, it can stimulate brain activity and potentially enhance thinking and imagination.
Adding a heartfelt message card will convey your feelings even more, so it’s highly recommended.
Great as a gift too! An origami crane wreath
Cranes are also famous as symbols of longevity.
How about making a crane-themed wreath for Respect-for-the-Aged Day? You can assemble folded paper cranes like a puzzle to form a wreath, use a paper plate and attach the cranes to it, draw pictures of cranes—the methods are endless.
Try swapping them with friends or displaying them at Respect-for-the-Aged Day events.
Using origami with traditional Japanese patterns will give your wreath an even more stylish finish!