[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] Coloring Spring at Care Facilities: Wall Decoration Ideas (91–100)
Samurai helmet ornament
Here’s a helmet you can make with origami by folding just four times.
It’s easy, so it’s perfect for a quick activity with seniors.
Cut the origami paper into a rectangle, then fold it into the shape of a helmet.
If you use double-sided colored paper or traditional Japanese patterns, it will look even more helmet-like.
The folding method is simple, so it should be easy for seniors to try.
Finish by adding a crest to the front of the helmet with origami.
You can display it on a wreath as is, or paste it onto a backing sheet for a lovely look.
Koinobori and Kintaro
These adorable, chubby-looking wall decorations feature a koi-nobori (carp streamer) and Kintaro! They have a three-dimensional finish thanks to the use of toilet paper rolls.
You flatten the roll, then let it spring back slightly to make use of that gently curved shape.
Kintaro is expressed with colored origami paper cut to form his bobbed hair and red apron.
For the koi-nobori, cut sections of the toilet paper roll, stack them in order, and glue them together to create the long, horizontal body.
The finished pieces are compact, so you can display them anywhere without worrying about space.
Hanging decorations for Children’s Day
Speaking of May, it’s Children’s Day.
Let’s make a hanging decoration to boost the festive mood! This idea uses felt, but since you assemble it by gluing instead of sewing, it’s easy for seniors to try as well.
First, make a template—thick paper or cardstock works fine.
Trace the template onto the felt and cut it out.
Carefully finish each piece by gluing it together.
Try making lots of Children’s Day–themed motifs like carp streamers (koinobori), oak leaf rice cakes (kashiwa mochi), samurai helmets (kabuto), and festival banners.
They’re so cute that your grandchildren would love receiving them as a gift!
Dandelions and butterflies
When spring comes, you may have chances to see dandelions blooming in fields and along rivers.
Dandelions have long been familiar in Japan, so they’re likely a flower many older adults know well.
Let’s try making dandelions out of yarn and decorating the wall with them.
You can make pom-poms from yarn and add paper leaves to create dandelions.
It also looks nice to link together leaves with attached dandelions and hang them as a garland.
You can craft butterflies from construction paper, too, and either hang them as mobiles or put them directly on the wall—they’ll look lovely either way.
Another recommended idea is to attach your dandelion crafts to a calendar.
As they work on the project, some older adults may even recall personal stories related to dandelions.
butterfly
In May, when warm days continue, you’ll often see new buds opening and flowers blooming.
You may also spot butterflies flitting around flower beds in fields and parks.
Let’s make spring-heralding butterflies with origami.
We’ll create a butterfly by combining two sheets folded in an accordion (fan) style.
By adjusting the folding method, you can make the reverse side look like a pattern on the butterfly.
The steps are simple, so many older adults should find it approachable.
And as they work, they can also enjoy the feeling of spring.
Once finished, try hanging them up or decorating a wall with them.
Swaying hanging ornaments
Here’s an introduction to a cherry blossom hanging decoration that looks beautiful as it sways in the breeze.
Cut origami or construction paper into rectangles and accordion-fold it five times.
Trim any excess and staple the center.
Draw cherry blossom petals on the accordion-folded piece and cut them out.
Apply glue to the center, stick the parts together, and shape it.
Attach a string to the back to finish.
If you make and hang many blossoms, it will look even more lovely.
It seems like you could make plenty of blossoms while chatting with seniors.
Please use this as a reference for making decorations.
Chinese milk vetch
A wall decoration featuring bright pink Chinese milk vetch blossoms.
Since it requires precise hand movements, it’s recommended for seniors who want to try more advanced origami.
Cut the petal pieces according to the template and lightly score the fold lines.
For the stem, make all the fold lines valley folds, then overlap both edges and glue them securely in place.
For the flower pieces, alternate valley and mountain folds starting from the lower fold line to create a three-dimensional shape.
Where the fold lines split into three, make mountain folds from both sides and push the center line inward into a valley fold.
By pressing down the lightly made mountain folds and creasing them more deeply, the flower shape will hold firmly.
Finally, glue together the petals, stem, and leaves to complete the piece.
