[January Childcare] Rabbit-Themed Wall Display Ideas

20 years of experience as a nursery teacher / kindergarten teacherhiyoko sensei
I’m Hiyoko-sensei, a former nursery school teacher from Hyogo Prefecture. Ever since I was five, my dream was to become a childcare worker, and before I knew it, 20 years had passed since I achieved that dream. Through singing and playing with the children, I kept working with the spirit of someone in their twenties, even as I increasingly felt my physical limits year by year (haha). From here on, I’d like to share helpful information carefully and thoughtfully, drawing on my on-site experience.
Nursery Teacher Mom Writertsukada moe
After working for five years at an after-school childcare club and three years at a nursery school, I began working as a freelance writer. I’m a mother of two children. Inspired by playing the flute in the school wind ensemble in elementary school, I joined a jazz club at university. I’ve also incorporated ukulele and piano performance into childcare. Playing, laughing, feeling sad, feeling frustrated—through all kinds of experiences, I want children to grow.

Rabbits often appear in picture books and songs, making them one of the animals most familiar to children.

They’re also frequently used as motifs in crafts.

So for teachers who are looking for January wall display ideas, how about creating a wall display that features rabbit motifs?

If you combine them with New Year–themed items like snow bunnies, fukuwarai, or daruma, children can also learn about New Year’s traditions.

We’re also sharing ideas you can make together with the children, so please use them as inspiration for your wall displays.

Because the children’s creations are treated as “artworks,” we use the term “seisaku (制作)” in the text.

[January Childcare] Wall decoration ideas with a rabbit motif (1–10)

Bunny stamp made from a toilet paper roll

Here’s a wall display idea made with cute bunny stamps.

For the stamps, use toilet paper rolls.

Use a round toilet paper roll as-is for the bunny’s face.

The key point is to use a flattened, oval-shaped toilet paper roll for the ears.

Stamp the eyes and nose with a cotton swab, and add a sticker for the mouth.

Mount the pieces on a backing sheet to create a perfect craft for January and the New Year.

You can also add more paint colors for the stamps or hand-draw the facial features for extra cuteness.

It’s a wall art activity that will showcase children’s unique personalities.

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Paper plate rabbit made with fallen leaves

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When the weather turns cold, lots of leaves fall from the trees in schoolyards and parks, don’t they? Why not use those fallen leaves to make a cute paper-plate rabbit? For the rabbit’s ears, of course, use the leaves.

After attaching the leaf ears to the paper plate, draw the facial features to finish.

You can also make the face using stickers, origami paper, or construction paper for a lovely result.

You can use the paper plate as a circle as is, or cut it into a rabbit shape—your ideas can lead to all kinds of fun creations.

You can even collect the leaves while taking a walk with the children.

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New Year wreath made with paper chain links

Let’s make a New Year wreath inspired by a shimenawa (traditional sacred rope).

We’ll use rings made from construction paper cut into short strips and looped.

Thread a string through the rings to form the wreath base.

Stick small pieces of washi-pattern origami or chiyogami onto the rings.

Add decorations like those used on shimenawa, and attach a rabbit made from construction paper to finish.

You could also make a larger wreath and have children stick on the parts.

It’s also a great idea to swap the rabbit for the zodiac animal of the year.

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[January Childcare] Rabbit-Themed Bulletin Board Ideas (11–20)

Rabbit daruma made with balloon stamps

Here’s a fun wall decoration featuring rabbits made with balloons.

You’ll add color to construction paper by stamping—using balloons as the stamps.

The balloons’ soft texture is enjoyable, and the feeling of squeezing and pressing them is fun too.

Kids are likely to be excited and really enjoy making balloon stamps.

You could also try using a wider variety of paints for the stamping.

Once the paper is colored, cut it into a daruma shape and attach the rabbit parts.

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Rabbit Mittens

How about a mitten wall decoration that’s perfect for chilly January? First, cut your favorite color construction paper into the shape of a mitten, and separately cut out shapes of a rabbit and a carrot from other sheets.

Punch holes around the edge of the mitten.

Thread your favorite yarn through these holes to make it look like a knitted mitten.

Then just glue the rabbit and carrot shapes on as the mitten’s pattern—done! Attach a piece of yarn to connect the two hands, and it’s complete.

Besides rabbits and carrots, it’s also fun to choose New Year–themed or wintry motifs for the mitten’s design!

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Rabbit’s first calligraphy of the year

The New Year wall display featuring rabbits doing kakizome is a perfect activity that lets each child’s individuality shine.

By letting the children draw freely within the limited space of the paper, a one-of-a-kind piece is created.

It’s also great that the finished works reflect each child’s stage of growth—from the age when they enjoy scribbling to the age when they think about and depict people and objects.

Tearing origami paper in various colors and pasting it around the drawing adds an even more original touch, resulting in a warm, inviting wall display.

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Rabbit Footprint Ema

How about a project that lets you see children’s growth at a glance using their footprints? First, have the children stamp their footprints on construction paper.

Once that’s done, cut along the outline of the footprints.

On a separate piece of construction paper, pre-cut the shapes for an ema plaque, rabbit eyes and ears, and decorations like plum blossoms and pine.

After that, all you have to do is assemble the parts.

Place the footprint with the heel at the top, then attach the pre-cut ear and eye pieces to turn it into a rabbit.

Leave a bit of space inside the ema so the children can write their resolutions or things they want to do this year!

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