For seniors: Enjoy the ocean indoors. Introducing ideas for wall decorations.
When you think of summer, many people immediately picture the “sea.” Let’s decorate the facility with a seaside theme so that older adults who can’t go out much can still enjoy the season.
This time, we’re introducing ideas for ocean-themed wall decorations that are perfect for senior care facilities.
Looking at the wall can help residents recall trips to the beach with family or friends in the past, connecting to reminiscence therapy.
Reminiscence therapy is said to stimulate the brain by retrieving and recalling memories, which can help improve cognitive function.
Many of these decorations are easy to make, so creating them together with older adults can be enjoyable as well.
Try decorating your facility with a lovely ocean scene!
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[For Seniors] Enjoy the Ocean Indoors: Wall Decoration Ideas (1–10)
Easy coloring! Stained-glass style of the sea
This is a stained-glass-style wall decoration with a cool, refreshing vibe.
Even if real stained glass feels daunting, you can easily make this with coloring pages, transparent cellophane, aluminum foil, and markers! It’s a great idea to copy when you want a wall display that’s a little different from the usual.
First, draw a draft on paper, place transparent cellophane over it, and trace the draft with a black marker.
Next, flip the cellophane over and color it in with markers.
Finally, crumple a sheet of aluminum foil, spread it back out, glue it down as if wrapping it with thick paper, and tape the colored cellophane on top—and you’re done! Try arranging various ocean-themed motifs like turtles, whales, and seashells.
Three-dimensional and cute pufferfish, jellyfish, and starfish
How about a wall decoration that combines uniquely shaped sea creatures like porcupinefish, jellyfish, and starfish? Just seeing these unusual ocean animals can be stimulating for older adults and make the display even more enjoyable.
Create the porcupinefish, jellyfish, and starfish by cutting and pasting construction paper.
Incorporate mountain and valley folds to give them a three-dimensional finish, which will add a sense of movement when displayed on the wall.
Using an ocean or sky as the background will make the wall pop, so give it a try!
Wreath of sea creatures
Let’s arrange the familiar Tanabata ring garlands to create sea creatures! Make sea animals like fish, jellyfish, and octopuses by coloring white paper bags.
Next, craft ring garlands in colors that match the bodies of the sea creatures and decorate with them.
The ring garlands can transform into body patterns, octopus legs, or even seaweed, so you can customize them freely! If you’re decorating a wall, you could imagine an underwater scene.
Since making ring garlands together is lively and fun, why not include this in a day service craft activity?
[For Seniors] Enjoy the Ocean Indoors: Wall Decoration Ideas (11–20)
Summer sea made with packing tape
How about a “Summer Sea” wall decoration made with packing tape, a material close at hand? By taking advantage of how the tape reflects light, it captures the sparkling feel of the summer ocean! It’s very easy to make.
Stick double-sided tape in several spots on a base sheet of drawing or poster paper, then apply flat packing tape over it.
By slightly overlapping the strips, you can create depth and shading in the water—give it a try! Adding a deep blue sky or towering summer clouds in the background, and placing a yacht or boat on the sea, would make it even more charming.
Hanging decorations of sea creatures
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Suzuran tape comes in a variety of colors.
It’s a flat plastic bag-type tape that expands the possibilities for crafts.
Prepare cutouts shaped like illustrations of sea creatures such as fish, octopuses, and jellyfish.
Attach them to several strands of Suzuran tape, hang them up, and you’re done.
Using blue or light blue Suzuran tape enhances the ocean atmosphere even more.
For the sea creatures, coloring pages are fine, or you can have seniors draw them.
You can also find sea creature illustrations online, which makes it easy to try.
Summer ocean wreath using 100-yen store materials
The “Summer Ocean Wreath,” made by sprinkling in charming items you can find at 100-yen shops, is a delightful craft that’s perfect for older adults, too.
Try arranging colorful materials—like life rings, sailboats, tetrapods, and artificial hydrangeas—however your heart desires.
Using a hot glue gun will secure them firmly in place, making it simple and approachable.
As the three-dimensional pieces come together, a cool, summery atmosphere spreads across the wall.
It’s a gentle seasonal decoration that brightens your mood just by looking at it.
Blot painting with aluminum foil
Here’s an introduction to a bleeding/flow painting technique that makes you feel cooler just by looking at it.
Usually, you brush water onto drawing paper and then touch it with a paint-loaded brush, right? This time, we’ll use aluminum foil.
Color on the aluminum foil with water-based markers.
Spray water over the colored area, focusing on the center; two to three sprays are enough.
Place drawing paper—on which you’ve already sketched sea creatures—on top of the foil.
Hold the paper down with your hand, then lift it to see the water-based marker bleed and tint the paper.
Once your bleeding painting is done, cut out the shapes with scissors and hang them on blue raffia (suzuran) tape to create an underwater atmosphere indoors.
Older adults are likely to enjoy the ocean world you’ve made inside.