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[Childcare] Ideas for March wall decorations

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.
9 years of experience as a nursery school teacherShibata Risa
I am an active nursery school teacher with 9 years of experience. After graduating from university, I worked at a daycare center. The time I spent happily with children—playing piano, singing songs, and doing finger-play—are priceless memories to me. Currently, while raising three children of my own, I work at an after-school day service, engaging with children and providing individualized developmental support. Drawing on my diverse experiences as a childcare worker and as a mother, I hope to express and convey my thoughts through writing.

Here are some ideas for March wall decorations that are useful in childcare settings.

March is packed with end-of-year events—Hinamatsuri (Girls’ Day), farewell field trips, graduation, and preparations for moving up or starting school—so it’s easy to wonder what kind of wall displays to make and when to find the time.

The ideas introduced here focus on decorations that can be displayed as complete wall pieces or used as parts.

If you work on them little by little in your spare moments and put them up, your room will not only look more vibrant, but just seeing them will lift everyone’s spirits!

As the weather gradually warms, enjoy creating colorful wall displays to match the season.

[Childcare] Ideas for March wall decorations (41–50)

Tulips made with quilling

[Craft Idea] Tulip & Butterfly Quilling (April Spring) (Wall Decoration) (Elderly Recreation, Day Service, Occupational Therapy OT, Childcare, Creative Activity) (3D Decoration) (DIY)

Tulips made with quilling

Enjoy a special feel with curly patterns! Here are some tulip ideas you can make with quilling.

These are recommended for those who are tired of flat wall decorations or want to create tulips with a touch of humor.

Quilling is an art technique where you roll and bend thin strips of paper to create three-dimensional designs and patterns.

Cut paper into long, thin strips, roll them up, and shape them.

By combining designs like tulip flowers, butterflies, and leaves, you can create a striking wall display.

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[Childcare] March Wall Decoration Ideas (51–60)

dandelion

Easy and cute March wall decoration with pattern: “Dandelion”

dandelion

The dandelion wall decorations bring a warm sense of spring’s arrival.

Glue together yellow pieces cut to resemble the dandelion’s fine petals and green pieces cut in the shape of the involucre beneath the petals.

Once you’ve rounded the flower portion, attach it to the stem, add the leaves, and it’s done! If you decorate the wall with cute butterflies and honeybees fluttering around the flowers, spring will arrive in your classroom in no time.

After you’ve decorated the classroom, why not go on a walk to look for real dandelions?

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butterfly

[Craft Idea] Butterfly crafts (March/April spring) (origami) (senior recreation) (childcare/early learning) (wall decorations) (creative) (easy)

butterfly

The fluttering butterfly decorations around the flowers pair perfectly with other spring motifs like rapeseed blossoms and tulips! Cut your favorite colors and patterns of origami paper into three butterfly sizes—large, medium, and small—and add diagonal creases to the medium and small butterflies.

Make the body and antennae from different origami paper, and draw a face on the body.

Finally, layer and glue the large, medium, and small butterflies together, attach the body and antennae, and you’ll have a beautiful butterfly with a lovely, dimensional overlap of wings!

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Cherry blossom wall decoration made with origami

Cherry blossom wall decorations with origami! How about making some to display on your wall for the spring season? | DIY How to Make Paper Cherry Blossoms [Tukuru]

Cherry blossom wall decoration made with origami

Feel the Japanese spring indoors! Let me introduce a cherry blossom wall decoration made with origami.

What you’ll need: jute twine, paper tape, masking tape, scissors, green origami paper, light pink origami paper, brown origami paper, and a ruler.

By twisting and attaching the paper tape, you can create a round frame, and by making and attaching cherry blossoms and petals, you can give it a sense of movement—it’s a craft full of wonderful ideas.

It’s a great way to enjoy spring inside, so I highly recommend it!

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cherry blossom arch window

[Origami] Kirigami Flowers (25): Sakura Arch Window 🌸 Cherry Blossom Window

cherry blossom arch window

Cherry blossoms made as papercut art from folded origami.

By changing where you use scissors or a craft knife, you can create cherry blossoms in many different designs.

Try displaying the cherry blossom papercuts in an arched window made from origami.

If you make the window with blue origami paper, it will look like cherry blossoms blooming under a blue sky.

The blue sky seems to bless the children’s upcoming life at the kindergarten.

If you also make cherry blossom petals from origami and decorate the wall, it will look even more beautiful.

This is a craft you can adapt to flowers of other seasons as well, not just cherry blossoms.

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Tulips and Windmills

[Craft Idea] Tulips (March/April, spring) (wall decorations) (senior recreation/OT/day services) (early childhood education) (3D) (origami) (windmill) (DIY)

Tulips and Windmills

Let’s create a stylish wall decoration that evokes a foreign spring with tulips and windmills.

Prepare several pieces of paper cut into tulip petal shapes, then layer and glue them together with a soft, airy feel.

Add slightly curled edges to create a three-dimensional look, and finish by combining them with leaves and stems.

For the windmill, cut out each part—such as the rotor blades and the windmill windows—and glue them together.

Since the three-dimensional tulips involve more complex steps, the flat tulips introduced second may be more enjoyable for children to work on.

If you arrange the display so that a windmill can be seen beyond rows of colorful tulips, you can recreate a spring scene like something out of a picture book.

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Various kinds of rapeseed flowers

Nanohana, with its small yellow blossoms, is irresistibly cute.

How about incorporating nanohana into your crafts in various ways? Prepare fluffy yellow construction paper shaped like the whole flower, and try different techniques for the tiny blossoms: stamp them on with a regular stamp, make finger stamps, use round stickers, create torn-paper collages, or roll up tissue paper and glue it on—there are many expressive methods to play with.

Rolling and gluing tissue paper adds a three-dimensional feel, and finger stamping with a range of warm colors also looks lovely.

It’s perfect for wall decorations, too.

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