[For Seniors] Decorate your January wall with rabbits! Packed with ideas like snowball fights, New Year’s festivities, and rice cake pounding
Rabbits that brighten up January’s wall displays are a popular motif that instantly lifts the mood of a room.
Create a New Year’s atmosphere with a kimono-clad rabbit sitting neatly, a wreath made from fluffy yarn, or a snow rabbit crafted in 3D by crumpling tissues—all perfect for expressing the feel of winter and the festive spirit of the New Year.
Making these together with older adults keeps hands active and conversation lively, creating a time full of smiles.
It’s also lovely to admire the finished decorations and reminisce about days gone by.
This winter, why not try your hand at heartwarming rabbit-themed wall art?
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For Seniors: Decorate the January Wall with Rabbits! Packed with Ideas like Snowball Fights, New Year’s, and Mochi Pounding (11–20)
A rabbit playing in the snow
This is a “snow-playing bunny” craft with a lively, picture-book-like design that’s super cute.
The process is simple—mainly cutting colored paper to make parts—so it’s easy for seniors to create as well.
If you’re making it in a facility, preparing templates can help everything go smoothly.
When displaying it on a wall, adding lots of bunnies or crafting other animals together will make the space feel lively.
Using your fingertips also doubles as brain training, so it’s a win-win.
Give it a try for inspiration!
Osechi and rabbits
When it comes to New Year’s, it’s all about osechi! Just thinking about kazunoko, black soybeans, and sweet chestnut paste makes my mouth water.
This idea is to make osechi and a rabbit out of colored construction paper.
The result is very colorful, instantly brightening up your room! Using paper with a washi-like texture gives it an even more auspicious feel.
We also recommend crafting shimenawa and kadomatsu decorations to create a lively atmosphere around it!
A rabbit figure skating
Alongside skiing and snowboarding, one of the quintessential winter sports is figure skating.
Some seniors may even look forward to the season when world championships are broadcast on TV.
Watching skaters dance across the ice is truly beautiful, isn’t it? Here’s an idea: let’s make a figure-skating rabbit out of cardstock.
It turns out adorably, so your grandchildren might love it! It would be fun to make it together, too!
A rabbit soaking in a hot spring
When the weather turns cold, nothing beats a hot spring! Just imagine soaking up to your shoulders, relaxing and unwinding—it warms your heart, doesn’t it? Here’s a wall decoration featuring a rabbit enjoying a hot spring.
It’s seasonal and super cute.
All you need to do is cut and glue thick paper, so the steps are simple.
To capture the feel of a hot spring, I recommend giving the stone arrangement pieces some three-dimensional depth.
And if you place not only a rabbit but plenty of the zodiac animals too, it gives off an even more auspicious vibe.
A rabbit wearing a kimono
Many older people may go to make their first shrine visit of the New Year wearing kimono! Here’s a craft idea: a rabbit cutely dressed in a kimono, Japan’s traditional clothing.
Putting a kimono on the rabbit instantly gives it a Japanese vibe.
Cut colored construction paper to make the rabbit’s face, kimono, and limbs separately.
If you’re decorating a wall, it’s recommended to create and display New Year motifs together, such as kadomatsu, the first sunrise, or a shrine.
Please use this as a reference!
Rabbit Kagami-mochi
Here’s how to make a “Rabbit Kagami Mochi,” an adorable rabbit imagined as mochi.
Origami is also great for finger dexterity training for seniors! Make a cute rabbit and start the new year on a cheerful note.
There aren’t any particularly difficult folds, but the key is to carefully fold and shape the rabbit’s ears with fine, precise folds.
Finish by folding it into two tiers like traditional kagami mochi and drawing the face—then you’re done! If you also make the sanpō (the ceremonial stand) and the daidai (bitter orange) out of origami, it really brings out the New Year atmosphere.
[For Seniors] Decorate your January wall with rabbits! Packed with ideas like snowball fights, New Year’s celebrations, and mochi pounding (21–30)
Daruma rabbit
Let’s make a “Daruma Rabbit” by combining a cozy rabbit with the lucky Daruma doll! It’s a perfect craft for seniors who want to start the new year in a cheerful mood.
There aren’t any difficult steps, and it’s easy for anyone to make.
Create the Daruma body and the rabbit ears separately.
Once you finish, draw the rabbit’s face and ears, and add decorations to the Daruma—then it’s done! Layer round stickers into flower shapes and stick them on for a lovely touch.
You can also enjoy adding your own flair, like using origami with patterns you like.