[For Seniors] Brighten Up Hinamatsuri: Wall Decoration Ideas
Wall decorations at senior facilities like day services change every month.
Many of them reflect the seasons, which really lifts the spirits.
This time, we’re featuring wall decorations for seniors with a focus on Hinamatsuri (Girls’ Day)! While many decorations center on the imperial dolls—the Odairi-sama and Ohina-sama—there are many different ways to make them.
Choose your favorite style.
If you display plum or peach blossoms together, the space will instantly feel like spring.
After you’ve made and put them up, enjoy Hinamatsuri together while admiring the wall decorations.
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[For Seniors] Decorating Hinamatsuri: Wall Decoration Ideas (21–30)
Peach Blossom Wreath Hina Dolls
When you think of March, you think of Hinamatsuri, right? Let’s try making a peach blossom wreath featuring hina dolls to set the festive mood.
For the wreath, cut out the center of a paper plate.
Once the base is ready, wrap it all the way around with pink lanyard tape (suzuran tape).
Staple the end so it doesn’t come loose.
Make the Empress (Ohina-sama) and Emperor (Odairi-sama) using construction paper and patterned origami.
Choose any origami patterns you like—the more personal, the lovelier it will be.
Craft peach blossoms and decorate the wreath to finish.
Use the flowers to cover the stapled area.
This piece, with its vivid plum blossoms, is so bright it’s uplifting just to look at.
Please use it as a reference!
Hanging ornament of fans
Fans, which are popular as lucky charms, are also recommended as decorations for the Doll’s Festival (Hinamatsuri).
This time, let’s make a hanging fan ornament together with seniors.
Prepare plain, gold, and traditional Japanese-pattern origami paper.
Attach thin strips of the gold and patterned paper to the plain sheet.
Make two identical pieces and accordion-fold them.
Stack the two pieces, staple them together, and when you open them, you’ll have a splendid fan.
Using a variety of colors and patterns lets you enjoy different arrangements.
The folding method is very simple, so try making it with seniors while also giving their fingers a gentle workout.
Fan and Hina dolls
Many senior care facilities change their wall displays every month.
There are likely many staff members wondering, “What should we do this month?” For March, how about making fans and Hina decorations? Prepare two sheets of Japanese-patterned origami paper inspired by the Empress (Ohina-sama) and the Emperor (Odairi-sama).
Fold them while referring to the video, and add details like a folding fan or a scepter.
Fold construction paper into a screen shape to create fans, then finish with pine and plum decorations.
Fans and Hina displays have long been cherished as auspicious items and will surely feel familiar to older adults.
The steps are very simple, so give it a try as a March craft activity!
Temari hanging ornaments
How about temari hanging ornaments to decorate your walls in March? This piece can be made with just origami paper and string, so it’s nice that you don’t need many supplies.
Cut both solid-color and traditional-pattern origami into circles, glue them together so the patterns alternate, then attach them to a string.
For the flowers, stack three sheets of origami and cut them into a flower shape to create a three-dimensional look.
Attach those to the string in the same way, and you’re done.
The gently swaying temari and flowers soothe the hearts of those who see them.
March still carries a lingering chill, but it’s lovely to spend the time feeling warm at heart while gazing at these colorful hanging decorations.
Hina dolls with cherry blossoms dancing
We try to come up with spring-themed wall decorations every year, but we’re starting to run out of ideas… If you’re a staff member wondering what to do next, here’s a recommendation: a hina doll display with fluttering cherry blossoms.
Make the Ohinasama and Odairisama out of origami, attach them to a fan-shaped base, and place them inside a clear plastic cup.
Add cherry blossom petals, pom-poms, or anything you like inside.
Then cover the cup with a balloon whose bottom you’ve cut off, and you’re done.
When you pull the balloon downward, you can enjoy the sight of the blossoms and pom-poms swirling around inside.
Attach a string and hang it up for a striking decoration.
Have fun using your imagination to decide how you want the final look to be!
flower decoration
“Flower decorations” perfectly suited to the Hina Matsuri.
Just a single decoration can change the atmosphere of a room! Let’s express the joy of spring’s arrival with wall decorations.
You can create plum blossoms by stapling strips of colored construction paper, or make three-dimensional plum blossoms by layering two types of petal shapes—both will evoke the season beautifully! They’ll look lovely hung from string or ribbon on a wall or by a window.
Of course, even displayed on their own, they’re sure to brighten up any plain wall.
Hanging decorations of plum and camellia
Seeing brightly colored flowers really makes you feel that spring has arrived, doesn’t it? For a craft activity in March, when there’s still a chill in the air, I recommend hanging decorations featuring plum blossoms and camellias.
Prepare some pom-pom balls and green floral wire.
You can buy these at 100-yen shops! Thread wire through five pink pom-poms, form a loop, then twist to secure and create a flower.
The key is to pull the pom-poms firmly together to close the gaps.
Tuck the twisted part inside so it doesn’t show.
Make a bush warbler using a green pom-pom and yellow felt, attach it to a string, and you’re done.
You’ve made a hanging decoration that instantly brightens up the room.
Try making it with older adults so they can feel the arrival of spring.