[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] Brighten Up Hinamatsuri: Wall Decoration Ideas (41–50)
peach blossoms
If you’re unsure how to decorate for Hinamatsuri (Girls’ Day), try making peach blossoms! It’s said that we began displaying these flowers because they bloom right around the time of the festival in the old lunar calendar.
Peach blossoms made from paper flowers might be best suited for those who are good with their hands, but they’re also great for seniors as finger dexterity exercises.
You can make just the flowers, or challenge yourself by adding branches for a larger piece.
By changing the materials—origami paper, felt, fabric, and so on—you can create peach blossoms with a different look and feel.
For Seniors: Brightening Hinamatsuri. Wall Decoration Ideas (51–60)
Hanging Hina dolls made from paper plates and paper cups
How about making hanging Hina ornaments with paper plates and paper cups for Hinamatsuri (Girls’ Day)? You’ll need paper cups, paper plates, scissors, pens, stickers, and so on.
First, put stickers on the paper cups.
Then make some slits with scissors and decorate them cutely.
It’s also recommended to draw pictures and add fabric or ribbons for extra flair.
It’s great for seniors to make them together while sharing memories of Hinamatsuri, as it helps stimulate the brain.
Once finished, displaying them by the window might make them stand out nicely.
Cute hanging decoration made from 100-yen-shop materials: ball ornaments
Speaking of Hinamatsuri (Girls’ Day), it really conveys the gentle warmth of parents’ love for their children, doesn’t it? Older adults may also feel like reminiscing when they see hanging decorations.
Let’s make a must-have hanging ornament for the Peach Festival.
This time, we’ll introduce an easy, simple ball-style hanging ornament you can put together with items from a 100-yen shop.
First, prepare various decorative balls.
Having both deep and pale colors will create a stylish design, so it’s recommended.
One thing to be careful about is when you thread a needle through the decorative balls during assembly.
It’s best to do this together with a staff member.
Once it’s finished, showing it to little children will likely make them very happy.
Fluffy wall-hanging Hina dolls
Here’s a cute idea for round, plump hina dolls that are perfect as wall decorations! First, apply glue to the bottom of a paper plate and stick on some cotton.
Next, cut colored construction paper to make the hina doll parts, glue them together, and draw the faces.
Finally, attach the dolls onto the cotton and decorate with pom-poms to resemble hina-arare, and you’re done! It’s best to choose a deep paper plate so it can hold plenty of cotton.
When displaying on the wall, attach a ribbon to the back of the paper plate.
plum blossoms
Plum blossoms have long been beloved by the Japanese as flowers that herald the arrival of spring.
Because they announce the start of the season, they are considered auspicious.
Their Chinese characters also carry the meaning of bringing abundance, which adds to their good fortune.
As flowers to accompany Hina dolls, which are displayed with wishes for children’s health and growth, plum blossoms are a perfect choice.
This origami plum blossom is easy to make with simple steps.
There is a step where you use scissors to shape the petals, so please handle them with care.
Make lots of them and enjoy arranging them in different ways, such as creating a garland or making a wreath by attaching them to a backing.
Hina dolls made with clear pockets
These are Hina dolls that anyone can easily make using clear pockets you can buy at 100-yen shops! It’s a craft that will be a hit when made together with seniors at day service centers, so give it a try.
Crumple up tissue paper into balls, stuff them into a clear pocket, shape it into a triangle, and secure it with tape to create the body of the doll.
Then just attach the pre-made doll faces, and you’re done! It’s also fine to have the seniors draw the faces themselves.
Create your own unique Hina dolls!
mobile
This is a Hinamatsuri mobile that’s easy to make—just cut and paste! For the round parts inspired by bonbori lanterns, take several circles of origami paper, fold each one in half, and glue the side surfaces together.
For the peach blossoms, cut paper into flower shapes, fold each in half, and glue the sides together the same way.
To make the fan, accordion-fold a strip of origami paper and glue one end so it doesn’t open.
Attach each motif to yarn or string and hang it in your room.
It looks adorable as it flutters, so displaying it by a window or anywhere a breeze can reach is highly recommended!
