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[Childcare] Let's make and display in May! Wall Decoration Craft Ideas
When we think of May, it’s that pleasant season between spring and the rainy season, isn’t it?
That said, when it comes to May wall displays, many teachers may be struggling to come up with motifs.
You want to decorate with a fresh, May-like vibe, right?
Beyond Children’s Day, we’ve gathered a variety of ideas—materials and recyclables, colorful elements that capture the season, and both flat and three-dimensional shapes—so you can create wonderful wall displays that convey the vibrant time of year.
Please use them for inspiration.
We’d be happy if, through these projects, children develop an interest in the seasons and traditional events.
[Childcare] Let’s make and display them in May! Wall decoration craft ideas (1–10)
Cute frog wall hanging decorationNEW!
Here’s a hanging scroll–style idea I recommend for anyone looking for a Japanese-style wall decoration.
The design is simple—a frog and a lotus flower—but the dimensional finish will make kids want to reach out and touch it.
Cut the frog’s parts from green construction paper, mount them on cardstock for sturdiness, then assemble.
A key point is adding thickness to the body with kitchen paper.
The lotus flower is made by combining pieces cut from origami paper.
If you gently stroke the tips of the petals with a rod-shaped tool to create an arch, it instantly feels more lifelike.
It’s a bit of extra work, but I recommend not skipping this step.
Tear and stick, then do the laundry
Here’s a craft activity called “Tear-and-Stick Laundry.” Prepare a wide, horizontal base sheet, clothing templates, tissue paper, string, clothespins, trees, scissors, glue, and tape.
Start by tearing the tissue paper and gluing it onto the clothing templates.
Talking with the children about what colors they want for the clothes can help them picture the result more easily.
Next, tape the string onto the horizontal base sheet, attach the trees and clothespins, and clip the finished clothes onto the clothespins—done! Drawing spring plants and insects around the scene with crayons can make it even cuter.
Puffy scales! Cute koinobori (carp streamer)
This is a wall decoration of carp streamers that makes you want to touch the plump, three-dimensional scales.
You complete it by attaching origami-made scales to a carp streamer base cut from construction paper.
To achieve a three-dimensional look for the scales, cut them into teardrop shapes, make a slit, then slightly overlap and glue the two sides of the slit.
At this point, the key is to have the lower part of each scale sink in with the colored side concave, and the upper part rise with the colored side convex.
Using traditional Japanese-patterned origami for the upper parts adds a festive touch.
Carp streamer decoration made with Japanese-style origami!
Carp streamers swimming through your room! This is a garland you can make just by cutting and pasting origami.
Overlap and glue a 2 cm × 7.5 cm piece of origami (for the face) onto the left side of a 7.5 cm × 8 cm piece (for the body).
Fold it in half, then cut the right side to create the tail fin.
After that, attach the parts for the eye, pectoral fin, and dorsal fin to finish.
The inside of the carp streamer is hollow, so thread twine or similar through to connect them and complete the garland.
It looks cuter if you pinch the top and bottom slightly to give it a bit of a three-dimensional shape rather than leaving it flat!
Connected/decorative carp streamers you can string together
These are origami carp streamers that you can make in quantity, line up, and display.
Apply glue along one edge of the origami paper, roll it into a tube, and stick it together.
Gently flatten it, then cut the tail fin into a triangle.
Next, attach the eyes and scale pieces made by cutting origami paper.
Connect thin, folded strips of origami to make a string, thread it through holes you’ve punched at the ends of the streamers, and you’re done—carp streamers swimming side by side! If you make them in different sizes and line them up, they’ll look just like a family.
It’s also fun to do the rolling and pasting of the parts together with children.
Wiggly, wriggling carp streamer
When you sway its body from side to side, it looks just like a snake! This is a fun, wiggly carp streamer.
First, cut the construction paper in half and connect the pieces vertically to make it longer.
Fold it accordion-style into four sections to make it long and narrow, then snip slits with scissors to create the scales.
Open the paper and make mountain-and-valley folds between the scales to turn it into a wiggly carp streamer.
Draw eyes on the face area, then trim part of the lower section to form the tail fin.
Add patterns to the scales, and it’s done!
Swim with the wind! Hanging carp streamers
Feel soothed by the way it gently sways in the breeze.
Let’s try making a carp streamer with origami.
First, cut the origami paper into three equal strips so each measures 15 cm by 5 cm.
Take one of the strips, fold it lengthwise into thirds, then make alternating slits from the top and bottom at 0.5 mm intervals.
Leave 3 cm on both the left and right ends, as these will be the face and the tail fin.
Once the slits are made, gently open the paper and carefully spread each woven section one by one.
Attach an eye on the left side you left intact, then cut the right side with scissors to form the tail fin, and you’re done.
If you make a slit in the face and thread a string through it, you can hang it as a decoration.