For Seniors: Wall Decorations to Brighten Up February — Festive Ideas for Setsubun, Valentine’s Day, Plum Blossoms, and More
February wall decorations are a hands-on way to feel close to seasonal events like Setsubun and Valentine’s Day.
You can roll paper to make an ogre’s hair, or use a bamboo mat to craft realistic ehomaki sushi decorations.
As your hands are busy, the moments when lively conversations blossom about fun memories from February will surely be the most heartwarming of all.
This time, we’re sharing ideas for February-specific creations—from cute wreaths to Japanese-style ornaments.
Enjoy the fun of making and the joy of displaying while engaging your fingertips to stimulate the brain.
How about brightening up a senior facility or your home with wall art that evokes the coming of spring?
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For Seniors: February Wall Decorations. Festive Ideas for Setsubun, Valentine’s Day, Plum Blossoms, and More (71–80)
Mini shikishi decorations for Setsubun from the 100-yen shop
This is a wall decoration themed on oni (demons) that appear during Setsubun, one of Japan’s traditionally beloved seasonal events.
Why not create a seasonal decoration using items you can buy at 100-yen shops? Make the oni’s facial parts from construction paper, assemble them, and attach a soft cord to both sides.
After sticking paper that represents beans (like Lezac cardstock or colored construction paper) onto small square cards, decorate them with the oni parts using double-sided tape.
Scatter beans and other elements used in the oni-banishing scene across the cards, attach a ribbon at the top, and it’s complete.
Working on these detailed steps also serves as finger-movement training.
Cute heart wreath
This is a cute wreath with a row of heart motifs inside the ring, perfect for a Valentine’s Day vibe.
Use two sheets of origami with different colors on the front and back, cut each into four to make eight pieces in total, then assemble the parts into a wreath.
Fold each piece in half with the color you want for the hearts on the inside, then fold in half again into a triangle.
Insert the pieces into each other in order and form a circle.
Finally, open the inner sections of the ring to reveal the heart shapes, and it’s complete.
For a bolder look, make sure the color contrast is clear so the hearts stand out.
Origami holly and sardine
The classic Setsubun decoration that combines a sardine head with holly leaves is best known not so much for its talismanic power to ward off evil, but for its curious appearance.
Let’s make this “holly-sardine” using chopsticks and origami.
For the sardine head, use radial creases as a guide to fold it into a diamond shape, then tidy both ends to create a sharp, fish-like form.
Leaving a small gap at the tip is key—insert a chopstick there, and it will look as if the head is stuck onto a holly branch.
For the holly leaves, fold green origami into long, narrow strips, shape leaf tips at both ends, then attach them by wrapping them around the chopstick to complete the whole piece.
Setsubun: Oni (ogre) and Otafuku (good-fortune woman)
Let’s make origami featuring the essential oni (ogre) motif for Setsubun and the otafuku (good-luck woman) motif to emphasize a celebratory mood.
For the oni motif, use triangular creases as guides and shape it while keeping the horns in mind.
For the otafuku, make good use of the white reverse side, rounding it off while aiming for a cute look.
By choosing different colors of origami paper and drawing various facial expressions, you can create your own unique Setsubun decorations.
It’s also recommended to finish it off gorgeously by mounting them on a base like a lace paper doily.
Bean-Throwing Demon
The ogres that appear in Setsubun festivities come in many colors—red, blue, green, and more.
Why not make lots of colorful ogres out of construction paper and turn them into wall decorations? All you need for these festive wall ornaments is colored construction paper.
Make the ogre bodies in red, blue, green, etc., then cut out the facial features, horns, their signature shorts, and the beans for mamemaki with scissors.
By layering and pasting the individual pieces, you’ll get a three-dimensional look.
Let’s brighten up the walls of preschools, kindergartens, elementary schools, various facilities, and of course your home, with ogres sporting cute expressions.
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Otafuku, also known as a mask used in kyogen and kagura, is famous for its unique and cute face, and it’s considered a lucky motif! It’s also recommended as a Setsubun decoration, with fuku meaning “good fortune” in the phrase ‘Fuku wa uchi’ (Fortune in!).
Let’s make a super-simple Otafuku using just one sheet of origami.
If you use black origami paper, the black part will look just like hair.
Of course, feel free to enjoy making it with various colors of origami paper too! Displaying it together with an oni (demon) mask and other decorations will make your wall lively.
Give it a try!
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Let me introduce an origami Heart Wreath that’s perfect for Valentine’s Day decorations! You’ll make several heart-shaped pieces out of origami paper and connect them together.
There are some fine, detailed steps when folding the heart shape, so some people may find it a bit challenging at first.
But since you’re folding the same heart shape repeatedly, once you learn how to do it, it becomes easy.
Enjoy folding together with seniors as well.
You can display the finished wreath on a facility wall, or take it home and decorate your room—both look wonderful.
It’s an adorable wreath, so please give it a try!
