[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)
program fan
Having uchiwa fans at a sports day is handy for cheering and even during events.
Plus, try attaching the sports day program to the fan.
That way, older participants can easily see what event is coming next.
Even after the sports day ends, everyone can look back and see which events took place.
It can spark conversations with family once people get home, and some may enjoy reminiscing as they look it over.
If you’re going to make them, we recommend using empty milk cartons.
Cut the carton into a circle and attach construction paper.
Make two of these, place a stick between them, and glue them together.
Finally, attach the program to the front of the fan, and you’re done.
It’s easy to make, so give it a try!
Animal beanbag toss competition
At sports festivals, it’s quite common to have a ball-tossing game, isn’t it? It’s a competition where you pick up beanbags or balls from the ground and toss them into a basket, and it’s exciting to watch, too.
Let’s make a wall decoration that transforms that lively scene into animals playing the ball-toss game.
Create animals like elephants, rabbits, mice, and bears using construction paper or origami.
Of course, make the basket and the balls to go into the basket to display along with the animals.
It’s also recommended to add international flags, the kind used as festive decorations, to make the atmosphere even more colorful and cheerful.
A running girl
Events like sports days feature running competitions such as relays and sprints.
When looking at a wall decoration of a girl running, some older adults might be reminded of their own childhood or their children’s sports days.
Try creating a running figure using construction paper or origami.
As you make it, the cute image of a running girl might spark lively conversations and fond memories of sports days among older adults.
It could be fun to give the running girl different expressions, like a big smile or a look of determined effort.
Please feel free to use this as inspiration.
Pumpkins made of yarn
This is a yarn pumpkin craft that’s perfect for October Halloween decorations.
Wrap yarn round and round a toilet paper roll.
The wrapped yarn will become the pumpkin, so adjust the number of wraps to match the size of pumpkin you want to make.
The wrapping step also gives older adults a chance to move their fingers a lot.
Tie around the middle of the wrapped yarn with a single piece of yarn to form a round shape.
Attach a green pipe cleaner on top of the circular yarn to finish.
Make lots of them to use as parts for a garland or hanging decorations.
chrysanthemum flower
There are many varieties of chrysanthemums, aren’t there? Because there are so many types, their peak viewing season lasts throughout most of the year, except during the cold winter months.
Chrysanthemums have long been familiar flowers in Japan, so many older adults likely feel a close connection to them.
Here, we’ll introduce a wall decoration made with origami chrysanthemums.
Fold the origami paper and cut it so that it forms petal shapes.
Open and refold the paper, tie a string at the center, and adjust the petals to finish.
The number of petals will change depending on how you fold the paper.
You can also make beautiful chrysanthemums by creating petals from strip-shaped construction paper and gluing them together.
Let’s decorate with various kinds of chrysanthemums to brighten up the facility.
Being in a room with chrysanthemums is sure to bring a sense of calm to older adults.
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.
