[For Seniors] Color Your Care Facility’s Spring: Wall Decoration Ideas
In many elderly care facilities, such as day service centers, wall decorations are changed each month to match the season.
It’s also enjoyable to have the seniors help make them and decorate together.
In this article, we’ll share spring wall decoration ideas designed for older adults!
There are many motifs that come to mind when you think of spring: cute flowers like cherry blossoms and dandelions, and themes related to the Doll Festival (Hinamatsuri), among others.
A common feature is that they’re bright and charming.
Use lovely wall decorations that bring a sense of spring indoors to brighten up your facility’s walls.
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[For Seniors] Brighten Up Spring at Care Facilities: Wall Decoration Ideas (71–80)
Wisteria flowers made with origami
Here’s an idea for wisteria flowers that will instantly brighten up a room when hung from walls or the ceiling.
Prepare origami paper in purple, light purple, yellow-green, and green, then fold the flowers and leaves.
Make the flowers using origami cut in half.
Fold the paper in half lengthwise, unfold it, and then fold both edges inward along the center crease.
Some of the steps are a bit detailed, but using your hands skillfully can help prevent cognitive decline.
The more wisteria flowers you make, the fuller and more beautiful the result will be, so please have the seniors divide the work and create them together.
Simple wisteria flower
Introducing a wisteria flower made by combining many small flower parts.
Cut a standard sheet of origami paper into quarters and fold it as you would when making a crane.
Once you open and fold both sides only on the surface that will become the front of the flower, the blossom is complete.
Make lots of flowers and leaves and assemble them to create a lovely hanging wisteria decoration.
Because this project requires many parts, it’s perfect for recreational activities in senior care facilities.
Get everyone involved and enjoy making it together!
chrysanthemum flower
There are many varieties of chrysanthemums, aren’t there? Because there are so many types, their peak viewing season lasts throughout most of the year, except during the cold winter months.
Chrysanthemums have long been familiar flowers in Japan, so many older adults likely feel a close connection to them.
Here, we’ll introduce a wall decoration made with origami chrysanthemums.
Fold the origami paper and cut it so that it forms petal shapes.
Open and refold the paper, tie a string at the center, and adjust the petals to finish.
The number of petals will change depending on how you fold the paper.
You can also make beautiful chrysanthemums by creating petals from strip-shaped construction paper and gluing them together.
Let’s decorate with various kinds of chrysanthemums to brighten up the facility.
Being in a room with chrysanthemums is sure to bring a sense of calm to older adults.
Crane and turtle amulet-style ornament
Cranes and turtles are classic decorations imbued with wishes for longevity, and they really convey a distinctly Japanese atmosphere.
How about experiencing the wishes and splendor embedded in such crane and turtle designs through a charm-like ornament? Firmly fold the base paper to create a three-dimensional amulet, then add crane and turtle motifs along with fine embellishments.
Since the crane and turtle serve as the elements that convey your wishes, make them prominently large in the design, and use the surrounding decorations to help them stand out—that’s the key point.
Bouquet of carnations
Carnations are a popular flower for Mother’s Day gifts.
Their frilly blooms are adorable, and they’re great for bouquets and arrangements, so they come highly recommended.
Each carnation color also has a lovely meaning: red symbolizes deep love, pink signifies kindness, and orange represents happiness, among others.
How about choosing your favorite colors to create the carnation bouquet introduced here? Prepare construction paper, measure and cut it to size.
Simply glue together the petals and stems to assemble a beautiful bouquet! Adding a ribbon will make it even more elegant.
Tulips at the mall
These are tulips made from chenille stems (pipe cleaners) with lovely spring colors.
First, make the petals.
Use 30 cm pipe cleaners.
Prepare green and your preferred flower color.
Fold a pipe cleaner in half, combine two pieces, and twist them together.
Slide the twisted section downward, twist again, then fold the end upward to secure and shape it.
Make three petals like this.
Next, make the leaf.
Fold a green pipe cleaner in two, layer the two sides together and twist, slide it downward, shape it, and secure.
Use a hot glue gun to attach the petals and fasten them to a wire.
Fix the leaf with floral tape to finish.
Preparation and steps are simple, so this craft is also recommended for activities and recreation in senior care facilities.
Samurai Boy’s Day doll wreath
Gogatsu-ningyo (May dolls) are often displayed by parents to wish for their children’s healthy growth.
It’s said this tradition comes from samurai who used to display helmets to ward off misfortune.
Today, I’ll introduce a wreath version of these May dolls.
Many people might think making May dolls is very difficult, but this May-doll wreath can be easily made using only materials from a 100-yen shop.
Just thread pom-poms onto wire and your wreath will be finished in no time! You can also assemble the May dolls from pom-poms and complete them with decorations like origami.