[Childcare] Ideas for January wall decorations
In this article, we introduce January wall decoration ideas that are useful both in childcare settings and at home! For children, January is full of fun—New Year’s Day otoshidama gifts, traditional New Year’s games, playing in the snow, and more.
Let’s create an original wall display that incorporates all the fun events of January! We’ve gathered New Year–themed ideas like ema wishing plaques, hanetsuki paddles, and shishimai lion dances, as well as wall art projects you can make together with children.
Create a bright, festive display that’s perfect for welcoming the New Year!
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[Childcare] January Wall Decoration Ideas (11–20)
Battledore (hagoita) made with origami
Perfect as a January decoration! Here’s how to make a battledore (hagoita) using an origami collage.
First, cut a sheet of origami paper into nine equal pieces, and use a black pen to draw a battledore on the cardstock that will serve as the base.
Next, glue the cut pieces of origami wherever you like.
It’s actually best to let them stick out past the outline.
Feel free to use any patterns you like, such as metallic gold or silver, or washi.
Since the black pen lines will show through, trim along the battledore’s shape with scissors.
Attach a cardstock handle for the battledore with glue, and make a three-dimensional shuttlecock using colored plastic cord or similar.
The tip of the shuttlecock also looks cute if you use a round nut or a larger bead, so that’s recommended.
Once you glue everything onto the base, it’s complete!
Penguins made with footprint stamps
Penguin footprint art and torn-paper collages are so much fun! Here’s a project for a cheerful wall display you can make with kids.
You’ll need colored construction paper, origami paper, a pencil, round stickers, glue, and white paint or an ink pad.
Use the paint and construction paper to take prints of each child’s feet.
The trick is to use only a little water.
Press firmly to make clear prints, then draw the penguins’ eyes and beaks on the round stickers.
Once the paint dries, cut the footprints into penguin shapes.
Have the children tear the origami paper and glue the pieces onto a prepared background to look like ice.
Let them place the eye and beak stickers wherever they like—and it’s done!
Folding Screen of Sparkling Sea Bream
Make it with finger stamps and torn-paper collage! Here’s a fun January wall display to create with kids: a sea bream folding screen.
You’ll need construction paper cut into a sea bream shape, paint, gold origami paper, and glue or other adhesives.
First, use finger-painted stamps to make plum blossom patterns all over yellow construction paper.
Glue torn pieces of gold origami onto the sea bream-shaped colored paper, and add an eye made from a round sticker.
Accordion-fold the yellow paper with the finger stamps, apply double-sided tape, and you’re done! You can use any color of origami you like, and chiyogami patterned paper is also cute—highly recommended.
How to make cute Seven Lucky Gods daruma dolls!
Perfect for wall decorations! Let’s make some cute Seven Lucky Daruma.
You’ll need construction paper cut to 6×15 cm and white paper for the face base.
First, create a glue tab along one of the short edges, then fold the construction paper in half to make a crease.
Next, align the crease with the glue tab fold and fold the paper again, then cut slits from the folded side with scissors.
The slit section becomes the body, and the remaining section is the head.
Glue the tab at the boundary between the body and head, draw a face on the white paper, cut it into an oval, and attach it.
Finally, fold in the corners of the construction paper to round them off, and you’re done! Make seven of them inspired by the Seven Lucky Gods and display them.
Daruma with decalcomania
Here’s a craft idea for making a Daruma using the decalcomania technique.
First, fold a sheet of red construction paper in half, then apply paints in colors you like on just one side.
Once the paint is on, close the paper along the fold and rub it with your hand like an iron to transfer the paint to the other side.
That’s the decalcomania part.
After the paint dries, place a Daruma template on top, trace the outline with a pen, and cut out the Daruma shape with scissors.
Finally, add the facial features to complete your Daruma! You can also glue the Daruma onto a backing sheet and decorate it with origami to make it look like the cover of the “Daruma-san” picture book series—it turns out really cute.