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[Graduation from Kindergarten] Make the venue festive! Ideas for balloon wall displays and decorations

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 as a kindergarten teacher for 10 years and as an after-school childcare instructor for 7 years, then took a position as a music teacher at an international school in Singapore. In addition to music education, I engaged in activities that introduced Japanese culture, traditional games, and recreational activities, working with many children. Later, through freelance writing, planning, and editing at Shogakukan, I met many delightful adults and experienced the joy of communicating and sharing. Drawing on the perspective cultivated in the field of education and my experience as an editor, I provide practical information with an emphasis on both input and output, mainly in areas related to music and children. My hobbies include instruments, singing, handicrafts, toys, drawing, traditional games, the outdoors, and books. My special skill is 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.

Many teachers are likely looking for hot-air balloon ideas to brighten up the walls for the kindergarten graduation ceremony.

Because it’s a special day celebrating the children’s send-off, you want the venue to look wonderful.

Wall decorations of hot-air balloons made from familiar materials like origami paper, tissue paper, and construction paper feel warm and are perfect for a graduation ceremony.

We’ll introduce a variety of ideas, such as springlike designs adorned with cherry blossoms, colorful rainbow balloons, and balloons seen through a window.

Some designs let you place the children’s photos or self-portraits in the balloons, so you can create decorations that will make lasting memories.

Please use these ideas as inspiration!

[Graduation Ceremony] Brighten up the venue! Collection of Balloon Wall & Decoration Ideas (11–20)

A hot air balloon made with tissue paper

Here’s an idea for making hot air balloons out of tissue paper that will warm your heart with its gentle colors.

You can make them without using glue, so even infants can enjoy this craft! Draw a hot air balloon on paper, then place torn pieces of tissue paper over the balloon part.

Once you’ve covered it, spray water over the whole area so it soaks in well.

After drying for half a day to a full day, you can peel it off beautifully! A soft tint of the tissue paper color remains on the balloon after peeling, and it looks so lovely.

It’s simple to make, so give it a try and display your creation!

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Balloon made with wax-resist painting

Let’s decorate the graduation ceremony wall with adorable wax-resist balloon art you can make with children! Cut white drawing paper into the shape of a balloon, and draw patterns with crayons.

Then paint over everything with diluted watercolor—the way the paint beads off is so much fun to watch! Attach a basket made from colored construction paper, and it’s complete.

If the children can use scissors, you can have them draw the outline of the balloon and cut it out themselves.

Even if they don’t follow the sample exactly, their individuality will shine through in the unique shapes, making wonderful artworks.

Be sure to display them on the graduation ceremony wall!

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Rainbow-colored balloon

Colorful hot air balloons are exciting just to look at, aren’t they? This time, let’s make these colorful balloons using pastels! Shave the pastels, put the powder on your fingertip, and draw lots of circles on drawing paper.

Once you’re done, cut them into balloon shapes and outline the edges with pipe cleaners.

Make a basket out of drawing paper, then connect the balloon and basket with the pipe cleaners to finish! It’s adorable to make many and decorate a wall, or hang them with thread or fishing line.

If you add children’s self-portraits or photos in the basket part, it becomes even cuter!

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Fluffy, cute cherry blossom hot air balloons

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Fluffy, cute cherry blossom hot air balloons

How about a dynamic hot-air-balloon wall display idea? First, cut colored construction paper to make four fence posts.

Adjust the length and size freely to match the display area you want.

Attach the four posts to the wall with a slight curve, then connect them to a basket made from construction paper using paper tape, and you’re done.

It’s cute as-is, but it will look even more charming if you scatter paper cherry blossoms and leaves on the balloons, or have butterflies fluttering around.

It’s a wonderful idea to make a graduation ceremony venue look vibrant and festive!

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Hot air balloon made of origami

How to Make an Origami Balloon

Hot air balloon made of origami

Here’s how to make a small, cute hot air balloon out of origami.

Prepare one sheet of origami paper for the balloon part and one sheet for the basket.

For the balloon, fold the corners inward to round it, imagining the shape of a hot air balloon.

The basket is a bit more complex, so please refer to the video while folding.

You can place origami animals in the basket, so when you display it on a wall, it will make a graduation ceremony venue look cute and festive.

Give it a try!

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Cherry Blossom Balloon

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Cherry Blossom Balloon

How about decorating your graduation ceremony with cherry blossom balloons, where the petals become the balloon? You’ll make cherry blossom petals out of origami; if you follow instructions for making an origami star, it will go smoothly! When making a star you cut diagonally, but since these are petals, cut them into cherry blossom petal shapes.

Open it up to reveal a cherry blossom.

Next, stack five sheets of tissue paper, cut them into four equal parts, and make a flower.

Cut both ends diagonally and open it up.

Then cut five strips of gold origami paper, glue the ends of each strip together to form five petal loops.

Attach them on top of the origami cherry blossom you made first, and place the tissue paper flower in the center to finish! Make lots of them, stick them on the wall, and arrange them into a hot-air balloon shape using a basket and string!

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[Graduation Ceremony] Brighten Up the Venue! Ideas for Balloon Wall Decorations (21–30)

Mini bouquet of tulipsNEW!

Let’s make colorful tulips using origami.

First, fold the paper into a “zabuton” base, then fold it into a triangle twice.

Next, squash the pocketed part into a square, and shape it into a tulip by folding the left and right corners.

Once the tulip is formed, slightly cut the bottom corner, insert a rolled stem, and attach leaves to finish.

Wrap each tulip individually, then arrange them together on the wall as a bouquet.

If you make them easy to remove, you can give them to the children as gifts at the end of the graduation ceremony.

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