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[Graduation Ceremony] A Collection of Ideas for Handmade Bouquets and Floral Decorations to Brighten the Walls

10 years as a kindergarten teacher / elementary school teacher / junior and senior high school teacher / childminderkepiko
Graduated from Kunitachi College of Music, Faculty of Music (now: Department of Music Culture and Education, Early Childhood Music Education major). In elementary school, my homeroom teacher was Jun Kusaba, a game researcher. After graduating from university, I worked for 10 years as a kindergarten teacher and for 7 years as an after-school childcare instructor, then took a post as a music teacher at an international school in Singapore. In addition to music education, I also engaged in activities that shared Japanese culture, traditional games, and recreational play, working with many children. Afterwards, through freelance writing, planning, and editing work at Shogakukan, I met many delightful adults and experienced the joy of communicating and conveying ideas. Leveraging the perspective cultivated in educational settings and my experience as an editor, I aim to deliver practical information—focusing on fields related to music and children—that values both input and output. Hobbies include instruments, singing, handcrafts, toys, drawing, traditional play, the outdoors, books, DIY, and crafts. Special skill: spinning-top tricks.
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.

Here are bouquet ideas to brighten the wall décor for your preschool graduation ceremony.

Using familiar materials like tissue paper, origami paper, and yarn, handmade bouquets can make the venue feel festive while conveying warm wishes to the graduating children.

When you carefully craft flowers one by one and tie them together, you’ll create a one-of-a-kind, special wall decoration.

We’ve gathered a variety of ideas—from projects that current students can work on together, to more dimensional decorations crafted by teachers.

Please use these as inspiration to create a memorable graduation ceremony!

[Graduation Ceremony] A Collection of DIY Bouquet and Flower Decoration Ideas to Brighten the Walls (21–30)

Flowers made with balloons

Celebrate kindergarten/elementary school entrance—perfect for thank-you party decorations. Easy! Flower balloons for spring parties/photo booths/Easter parties too. 100-yen shop ideas: DAISO/Seria/CANDO.

Flowers made with balloons

Here’s an idea for a flower you can make with seven balloons! Use five balloons for the petals and two for the center.

Inflate the petal balloons into a teardrop shape, and inflate the center balloons into round shapes smaller than the petals.

After inflating, split the petal balloons into a group of two and a group of three, and tie the necks together in each group.

Tie the two center balloons together as well so they form a single unit.

Then combine these three parts and arrange them into a flower shape—that’s it! Celebrate the children’s new beginnings with this spring-perfect decoration!

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Balloon cherry blossoms

[Wall Decorations] Easy with Origami Cherry Blossoms! How to Make “Balloon Sakura” – Spring Craft for Preschools, Recreation for Elderly Care, Paper Craft

Balloon cherry blossoms

Cut out four strips of drawing paper and line them up vertically, then fold up about 1 cm along the bottom edge of each.

Next, glue them together at angles so the fold lines form curves.

This will be the envelope of the hot air balloon, so decorate it by attaching cherry blossoms and leaf pieces.

Once decorated, round off the top and bottom corners at both ends of the drawing paper.

Staple the top of the paper so the envelope looks puffy.

Finally, connect this envelope to the basket, display it on the wall, and finish by decorating around it with butterflies and cherry blossom petals!

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[Graduation Ceremony] A Collection of Handmade Bouquet & Flower Decoration Ideas to Brighten the Walls (31–40)

Garland made with paper strips

Cute cherry blossom decorations made with paper strips (with voice commentary) — How to make cute cherry blossom flower decorations using paper and staples

Garland made with paper strips

Let’s celebrate the children’s new beginnings with a cherry blossom garland! You’ll need construction paper strips measuring 30 cm × 2 cm and 20 cm × 2 cm.

First, accordion-fold both strips with a width of 5 cm per fold.

Then, change the mountain folds to valley folds and tuck them inward by about 0.5 cm.

Next, use a stapler to connect the ends of the two pieces: staple both ends 1 cm up from the bottom.

Make sure the sections you just folded into valleys gather toward the center when you join them.

Staple the remaining three mountain-fold sections at the same position, and also staple just below the creases at the five points where the mountain folds gather in the center.

Finally, flip the paper over to reverse the front and back, and your cherry blossom is complete! Make several and string them on a cord to finish the garland.

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Giant paper flower

Giant Paper Flowers – Easy DIY! [Paper Flower] How to Make Giant Paper Flowers

Giant paper flower

Giant paper flowers with striking, oversized blooms are perfect as a graduation ceremony backdrop to celebrate a new beginning.

Let’s make them using five large and five medium petals, plus three small petals.

Prepare a base by cutting a large circle, then, working from the outside in, glue the petals in order—large, medium, then small—shaping the flower as you go while keeping the balance.

To finish, roll a strip of yellow paper with small slits cut into it to form the stamens, and glue it in the center.

For the petals, curling the tips with a pencil to create rounded edges adds elegance and a three-dimensional look—highly recommended!

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Sakura curtain made with tissue paper

Easy Tissue Paper Sakura Curtain – Perfect for Graduation/Preschool Graduation, Wall Decorations, Parties, Weddings, Crafts, and Senior Activities

Sakura curtain made with tissue paper

The gradient of the tissue paper is beautiful! Here’s how to make a cherry blossom curtain using tissue paper.

You’ll need four colors of tissue paper, scissors, glue, twine, and decorative stickers.

First, let’s make the cherry blossoms to decorate the top of the curtain with tissue paper.

Adding a decorative sticker to the center of each flower makes it look more festive.

Next, cut the four colors of tissue paper into petal shapes and thread them with a needle.

Finally, spread out the petals while checking the balance, and you’re done! To keep the petals from moving, you can glue them in place.

Give it a try!

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Three-dimensional flowers made from colored construction paper

Three-dimensional flowers made from your favorite color construction paper have a soft, vibrant charm and are truly captivating.

Cut circles out of the colored paper you like and layer and glue them to form the petals.

For the center of the flower, use tissue paper, buttons, or beads to add dimension.

You can also curl the tips of the petals with a pencil to give the flowers a more sumptuous look.

It’s also recommended to make lots of flowers to create a flower-field effect or turn them into ceiling decorations to brighten up the venue for the preschool graduation ceremony.

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cherry blossom arch window

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cherry blossom arch window

An idea to see cherry blossoms through the window! Let me introduce you to the cherry blossom arch window.

What you’ll need are cherry blossom cutouts, light blue origami paper, pink origami paper, a pencil, scissors, tape, double-sided tape, and a compass.

Depending on the region and weather, there are places where the cherry blossoms haven’t bloomed yet by the time of the preschool graduation ceremony, but with this idea, it will look like big cherry blossoms are blooming on the windows where everyone spent time together.

It’s also nice to make the cherry blossom cutouts together with the children.

It’s sure to become a wonderful memory of the graduation ceremony!

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