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] Wall Decorations to Color February: Festive Ideas for Setsubun, Valentine’s Day, Plum Blossoms, and More (41–50)
String Art of Oni for Setsubun
String art is an art form where you create pictures and patterns using nails hammered into a wooden board and thread.
First, decide on a design and sketch it on paper to determine where to place the nails.
Then align the sketch with the wooden board, hammer in the nails, and wrap the thread to create an oni (ogre/demon) motif.
String art can also depict letters, so it might be nice to make the word “Setsubun” to go with it.
Display the finished piece in your room to enhance the Setsubun atmosphere.
Because it uses fine motor skills and encourages focused work, string art is perfect for indoor activities during the cold season.
Otafuku Decorations: Setsubun Crafts
Here’s an idea for making an Otafuku (Okame) face using origami.
Use origami paper to create the hair, cheeks, and a floral hair ornament, then glue them onto a backing sheet.
Finish by drawing the eyes and mouth with a pen.
The key point of this idea is to lightly sketch each part on the origami first and then tear the shapes by hand instead of cutting them with scissors.
This gives the piece a warm, handcrafted feel.
For the floral hair ornament, use origami with traditional Japanese patterns to make it look festive.
You can also write a seasonal phrase like “God of Good Fortune” on the backing to match Setsubun.
Handmade Setsubun wreath with yarn
Here’s an idea for making a wreath using yarn balls.
First, crumple tissues into balls and wrap yarn around them.
These will become oni (demon) faces, and you’ll connect the faces to form the wreath, so make as many as needed for your desired size.
Create the oni faces and horns by cutting pieces from felt and gluing them on.
You can make all the balls into oni faces, or mix in designs inspired by their iconic pants patterns and beans.
Finally, add plum blossoms made from felt to finish it off.
Hanging decorations of plum and camellia
Let’s try making a hanging decoration inspired by plum blossoms and camellias, which are also known as flowers that herald spring.
If you use craft pom-poms, you can create cute flowers.
Insert wire through five pom-poms and form them into a ring.
Both pom-poms and wire are available at 100-yen shops.
Thread a string through the ring and embed a yellow pom-pom in the center.
Creating these adorable plum blossoms and camellias is likely to soothe older adults’ hearts.
Some may also feel the arrival of spring.
If you use green pom-poms, you can even make a bush warbler, so try making one together as well.
plum blossoms
Plum blossoms have long been familiar to the Japanese.
They’re beautiful to admire, and their fruit can be eaten to help maintain health—truly a versatile tree! Why not use plum blossoms, which bloom around February, as a wall decoration? Fold two circular pieces of construction paper in half, then layer them together with another circle cut in half to create a plum flower.
Cut the tips off cotton swabs, paint them gold, and arrange them as stamens.
The retro, stylish look makes it lovely on its own or as a component of Setsubun decorations.
Camellia wall hanging
Camellia wall hangings are a lovely craft that heralds the end of winter.
It’s nice that they can be made with simple steps, like cutting paper into petal shapes or rolling tissue paper.
They seem approachable for older adults as well.
The process of making the flowers bloom in your hands can also stimulate creativity.
It’s great that each person can work at their own pace.
Seeing the finished camellia wall hanging may bring a sense of reward, joy, and accomplishment.
Through crafting, it’s wonderful to feel the changing seasons even while in a facility.
Let’s brighten daycare hours with camellia flowers.
Plum blossom mobile
Plum blossoms are well known as flowers that herald early spring.
Even in the cold season, they bear small, delicate blooms.
Why not make a wall decoration so you can enjoy plum blossoms indoors? By combining two types of long, narrow paper strips cut to different lengths, you can easily create plum flowers.
You can also cut paper into circles to form petal shapes, and by layering two of them, you’ll get plum blossoms with a different feel! If you’re decorating a wall, we recommend making lots of these and turning them into a mobile.
Of course, they also look great on their own, so feel free to get creative.