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)
Coastal scenery
The natural scenery of the coast—white clouds in a clear blue sky, the horizon, the sound of the waves—has a captivating beauty, doesn’t it? Let’s try expressing that wonderful scene with torn-paper collage.
First, tear newspaper to create the base parts for the sea, the sandy beach, and the rocky areas.
Then add the colors of the waves and rocks, and use tissue paper to represent whitecaps; this will give your work much more depth and a three-dimensional feel.
It’s also lovely to use paint to depict the movement of the waves and the rugged texture of the rocks.
By all means, enjoy creating freely with a variety of art supplies and materials.
Sea and Yacht
Here’s an idea for a summery wall decoration that combines the sea and sailboats.
The sailboats are easy to make with origami, so they’re great for seniors to try.
Use two sheets of origami paper: one for the sail and one for the hull.
If you use double-sided or patterned paper, it will give the craft a stylish look.
It’s also fun to think about different color combinations for the sail and hull, so give it a try! When attaching them to the wall, a key tip is to slightly lift the sail part off the surface before sticking it down.
Adding clouds, waves, or seagulls will make it feel even more like summer.
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.
[For Seniors] Enjoy the Ocean Indoors: Wall Decoration Ideas (11–20)
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.
A fish with colorful scales
“Colorful Scaled Fish” is a three-dimensional summer wall decoration you can enjoy making with origami and construction paper.
Shape the fish’s body from construction paper, then cut origami or colored paper into circles, fold each one in half, and attach them one by one while keeping them slightly open to form the scales.
This simple touch makes the scales softly lift, creating a lifelike, three-dimensional effect as if it were a real fish.
Choosing a rainbow of scales is fun in itself and may spark reminiscing—“I saw a fish this color at the sea once”—and other memories.
It also works well as a reminiscence activity that revisits summers of the past, and the handwork offers great stimulation for the brain.
A school of completed fish swimming across the wall is sure to brighten the hearts of all who see it.