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Moon-Viewing Wall Decor Ideas for Seniors

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Many older adults may want to enjoy the beautiful full moon during Otsukimi, also known as the Harvest Moon viewing.

In this article, we introduce wall decoration ideas for Otsukimi that you can enjoy indoors.

We’ve gathered helpful ideas for creating wall displays, including how to make essential elements like pampas grass (susuki), moon-viewing rice dumplings (tsukimi dango), and the full moon, as well as wall design ideas that use these parts.

Please make use of these ideas when creating Otsukimi wall displays at senior care facilities and similar settings.

We also recommend making them together with the residents.

[For Seniors] Moon-Viewing Wall Decoration Ideas (1–10)

Autumn leaves and a full moon seen from the window

Making autumn decorations: Moon-Viewing (for a care facility)

Autumn leaves and a full moon seen from the window

This is a wall decoration that recreates a moonlit night glimpsed through a shoji-opened window, depicting a charmingly Japanese scene.

Prepare a large sheet of navy-toned paper and cut a circular opening for the window.

On slightly less than half of the cut-out circle, paste white paper patterned with a lattice to represent the shoji.

In the remaining space, attach motifs like the moon, clouds, and autumn leaves.

Once the window portion is complete, finish by adding rounded tissue-paper “tsukimi dango” around it and pampas grass with yarn tips to suggest the plumes.

It’s also recommended to work together with seniors on rounding the tissue paper and attaching the yarn.

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Bouncing moon-viewing rabbit

Kimie Gangi Autumn Wall Decorations: “Jugoya Moon Viewing Rabbits” with Rabbit Templates

Bouncing moon-viewing rabbit

This is a beautiful wall decoration featuring the silhouette of rabbits dancing under the moonlight.

On the upper part of a navy-blue backing sheet, attach a large moon cut in a circle from yellow construction paper.

Arrange cosmos flowers along the bottom, and add autumnal motifs such as pampas grass and bellflowers.

Create several lively, leaping rabbits using a template.

Place black rabbits on the moon and white rabbits in the night sky to complete the piece.

Seeing this beautiful wall display might make many people feel like looking up at the night sky.

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Bellflowers and the Full Moon

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Bellflowers and the Full Moon

Counted among the seven flowers of autumn, the balloon flower (kikyo) is one of those blossoms that evoke the season.

It often appears alongside pampas grass in moon-viewing scenes.

Fold origami, cut it into the shape of petals, and unfold it to create parts for the balloon flower.

The key is not to open it completely—use the creases to give it a three-dimensional form.

Next, attach the flower and leaf pieces to a backing sheet decorated with patterns that suggest grasses and pampas grass.

Add the moon and softly drifting clouds around it, and you’ll have a finished depiction of the full moon night sky.

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[For Seniors] Moon-Viewing Wall Decor Ideas (11–20)

Torn-paper collage: Moon-viewing rabbit

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Otsukimi (moon-viewing) is one of Japan’s long-standing traditions.

So, let’s make a moon-viewing scene with a rabbit for the September calendar using torn-paper collage.

Because you use your fingertips to tear and paste the paper onto a backing sheet, this kind of collage can also serve as brain training.

The September moon-viewing is known as Jūgoya or the Harvest Moon and is held on the full moon around September 15.

It became cherished as an autumn harvest festival, and because people offered taro as a prayer for a good harvest, it came to be called Imomeigetsu (“Taro Moon”).

Many older adults may also be very familiar with September’s moon-viewing.

Try making it while chatting about Otsukimi.

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raccoon dog

[One Sheet of Origami] Easy and Cute Mini Raccoon Dog (Tanuki) Folding Method (Step-by-Step Guide)

raccoon dog

The moon and tanuki are said to be closely connected.

It’s believed that tanuki gather on moonlit nights, drumming on their bellies like taiko and dancing.

On the night of the harvest moon, when offerings like rice dumplings and taro are placed out, you might even hear their lively dance.

Try incorporating tanuki into your September calendar craft—fold a tanuki with origami and paste it onto the calendar as decoration.

As you work, some older adults may be reminded of the children’s song “Shōjōji no Tanukibayashi.”

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Rabbit making mochi

[Moon-Viewing Origami] How to Fold Rabbits Pounding Mochi 2 (Origami no Jikan)

Rabbit making mochi

As in the children’s song “Usagi,” which celebrates the night of the mid-autumn full moon in September, moon viewing is often associated with rabbits.

Indeed, the patterns on the full moon’s surface look like a rabbit pounding rice cakes.

Let’s try making a September calendar featuring an origami design of a rabbit pounding mochi.

Even older adults are likely to smile as they create these cute rabbit origami pieces.

You might also enjoy lively conversations about moon viewing while you work.

It’s also recommended to craft the full moon, pampas grass, and more with origami and paste them onto the calendar.

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Japanese pampas grass

[Origami] How to Make Susuki (Japanese Pampas Grass) / How To Make an Origami Japanese Pampas Grass

Japanese pampas grass

The harvest moon is celebrated in September.

It is an event to give thanks to the moon for the harvest while gazing at it.

Some older adults may spend the evening with family, offering rice dumplings and taro.

There is one more important offering for the harvest moon: pampas grass (susuki).

It has been believed to be a place where deities reside.

The key is to make it using kraft paper or double-sided colored origami paper.

Fold it and cut it into the shape of pampas grass.

Be sure to use scissors to make fine slits for the feathery seed heads, too.

If you also make pampas grass and display it together with your Harvest Moon piece on the calendar, it will look even more beautiful.

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