[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: Brightening Hinamatsuri. Wall Decoration Ideas (51–60)
Calendar in patchwork
This is a charming patchwork calendar that makes great use of lots of little square fabric scraps.
The quilted texture is soft and soothing—just looking at it is comforting, isn’t it? The colors and patterns that change day by day are pop and fun, and if you add snap buttons to each date piece, you can use it all year round.
When you attach the dates with the buttons, it’s even more enjoyable if you think of exciting events as you go—like “The 3rd is Hinamatsuri” or “The 14th is White Day!”
Eraser-stamp Hina dolls
How about making a gentle-looking Hina Doll calendar using eraser stamps made from various parts? Cut out the necessary pieces: connect rectangular parts to form the tiered stand, and use circular parts for the faces, and so on.
When stamping, it’s a good idea to wipe each part stamp with kneaded eraser to keep the colors from mixing.
The parts can be shared among several people, and regardless of drawing skill, you can simply stamp away in your favorite colors—pat, pat—to create an adorable set of Hina dolls.
Give it a try!
Cute Hina dolls made from a single sheet
It would be nice to have Hina dolls that elderly people can display in their own rooms.
Here’s a standing Hina doll set you can make from a single sheet of origami paper.
Prepare one sheet of origami paper each for the Odairi-sama (emperor) and Ohina-sama (empress), plus some glue.
You’ll fold corner to corner to create creases and build up the form.
There are a few slightly intricate steps, so it’s a project that seniors who enjoy origami can work on while having fun.
To make folding easier at the key steps, try marking the points with a pen or pencil.
Because it uses fine finger movements, it can also help with brain training.
Enjoy folding together while having a pleasant conversation with the older adults.
folding screen
If you’re making the Emperor and Empress dolls with origami for Hinamatsuri, adding a folding screen will make the display even more splendid.
You only need two sheets of gold origami paper, so give it a try! First, stack the two sheets and fold them in an accordion (zigzag).
Cut one end with scissors.
Open them up and simply connect the two pieces.
Because it’s accordion-folded, it can stand on its own! You can use it both flat and as a 3D piece, so be sure to include it in your Hinamatsuri decorations.
[For Seniors] Brighten Up Hinamatsuri: Wall Decoration Ideas (61–70)
Five Musicians
These are origami pieces of the Gonin-bayashi that liven up the Hina Princess and Prince.
The Gonin-bayashi are the musicians who perform Noh music, and each of the five holds a different instrument—that’s their hallmark! This origami is also great for group crafting, making it a recommended project for day-service activities.
Older adults can enjoy making it together while chatting.
Create the Gonin-bayashi’s faces, kimonos, and instruments separately, then glue them together at the end.
Feel free to have fun arranging the kimonos with your favorite colors and patterns.
The Emperor Doll and the Empress Doll in Origami
Let’s try folding a cute set of Hina dolls with origami! Fold the kimono, face, and head parts for both the Empress (Ohinasama) and the Emperor (Odairisama) separately.
Glue the face part onto the hair part, then attach them to the kimono part.
Add the small accessories you made separately, and finish by drawing the facial features.
To make them look even more like Hina dolls, try displaying them in creative ways—such as sticking them in a frame decorated with peach blossoms or standing them on a red base to resemble a tiered Hina stand.
Have fun with the display, too!
Paper lantern with origami
No Hina Doll display is complete without bonbori lanterns.
They’re an essential decoration that even appears right at the start of the children’s song “Ureshii Hinamatsuri.” In the past, bonbori were reportedly used as lighting at weddings held at night in Japan.
This time, let’s fold bonbori out of origami that gently illuminate the faces of the Emperor and Empress dolls.
The steps aren’t complicated, making it an easy project for older adults as well.
For the flame part of the bonbori, try using your favorite origami in bright or soft colors.