[For Seniors] Fall Wall Decoration Ideas
Autumn, with familiar events for seniors such as the Harvest Moon and autumn leaves, offers a vivid landscape that feels different from spring or summer, doesn’t it?
How about making autumn-themed wall decorations that let you feel the season indoors?
In this article, we introduce a variety of wall decoration ideas—from autumn flowers like maple leaves, ginkgo, and cosmos to seasonal delights like persimmons and mushrooms.
All the ideas are easy enough for seniors to make, so give them a try and decorate your home!
They’re also perfect as wall displays in care facilities and similar settings.
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[For Seniors] Fall Wall Decoration Ideas (91–100)
Autumn scenery
Chigiri-e using autumn colors like orange, pink, and yellow can really evoke the season.
For an autumn landscape chigiri-e, start by sketching Mount Fuji, a train, and autumn trees.
It’s best to draw the draft on a larger sheet of paper to make the work easier.
Tear washi paper into pieces for each part in advance.
Since washi is delicate, tear it gently.
Preparing washi that’s not too thick or too thin may make it easier for older adults to handle.
Enjoy the conversation as you create a beautiful autumn scene together.
Squirrel cheer
Let us introduce a wall decoration of squirrel cheerleaders that practically makes you hear them shouting “Do your best!” These cheerleaders and cheer girls form a team to cheer with pom-poms—but turning them into squirrels makes them twice as cute.
Instead of pom-poms, have them hold flowers made from tissue paper.
Please make lots of squirrels out of construction paper and decorate with them.
Many older adults will likely feel their hearts lifted by this adorable cheering squad.
If you create and add seasonal flowers and plants alongside the squirrel cheerleaders, it will also help older adults feel the seasons.
Chitose Ame (longevity candy)
Shichi-Go-San is a major November event celebrating children’s growth, isn’t it? Many of us have experienced it from different perspectives—our own childhood, accompanying our children, or taking our grandchildren to the shrine.
Speaking of Shichi-Go-San, one essential element is chitose-ame, whose charm also lies in its packaging adorned with auspicious designs.
Just placing lucky motifs such as cranes, turtles, and the pine-bamboo-plum trio around the “Chitose-ame” lettering instantly evokes the scene of Shichi-Go-San.
You could try recreating existing packages, or it might be fun to design your own auspicious chitose-ame bag and incorporate it into your decorations.
Two-toned cosmos flower folded from a single sheet
Here’s how to make a cosmos flower that shows both sides of the origami paper to create a two-toned bloom.
It’s a delicate process, but you only need origami paper, and the key is making small cuts at the end to create petal-like shapes.
There are many folding steps, but if you go slowly, it’s not too difficult.
It might be nice to fold them together during craft time at a facility and use them as wall decorations.
Using double-sided colored origami paper would also make the flowers colorful and beautiful.
Cosmos in 2 Minutes! Easy Version
Here’s a very easy way to make cosmos flowers using scrap materials.
Fold origami paper three times, then use pinking shears to make cuts on one side.
Snip between the petals with scissors, apply double-sided tape to the bottom, and roll a plastic bottle cap onto it to secure.
Stuff the inside of the bottle cap with crumpled yellow tissue paper, curl the petals, and you’re done.
If you’ve got lots of spare plastic bottle caps, why not take this opportunity to put them to use?
Frame of “Grapes and Cosmos”
Autumn is a season with many delicious fruits, and among them, grapes come in many varieties.
And when it comes to symbolic autumn flowers, cosmos are a classic.
Here’s an idea: frame and display these two together.
For the grapes, to create a three-dimensional look, cut several half-circle pieces of origami paper to the same size and assemble them as if making half of a paper ball.
Stack the origami sheets and trace the template from above, then cut them all at once for efficiency.
For the cosmos, use pink, red, white, and yellow paper; simply cut petal shapes and layer a few together.
Try decorating the basket with grape leaves and tendrils as well.
Moon-viewing hanging decoration
A hanging decoration perfect for autumn, featuring motifs related to the Harvest Moon! Make moon-viewing dumplings, rabbits, gentians (a representative autumn flower), and maple leaves out of origami or chiyogami paper, then tie them to strings.
If you stick a moon and pampas grass on the wall and hang the decoration in front of them, it creates depth and makes the display even more charming.
It’s also recommended to let seniors freely create autumn-themed motifs and hang them up together.
Be sure to make it as a group while enjoying lively conversations about autumn!
