[For Seniors] Color Your Care Facility’s Spring: Wall Decoration Ideas

Tree of Flowers and Butterflies

A beautiful wooden wall decoration adorned with flowers and butterflies.

Cut construction paper into the shape of a thick tree trunk and attach it to a wall or backing board.

Then simply arrange and stick on origami flowers and butterfly pieces in a balanced way! Paper-cut style butterflies or flowers that resemble tsumami-zaiku are great, but it’s also recommended to display origami flowers made together with seniors.

Adding the origami pieces they folded themselves to the facility’s wall display may help them feel a stronger attachment to it.

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From the 100-yen shop! Hanging butterfly decoration

[Simple ✨ Origami] How to make a butterfly 💕 Hanging decoration / Wall decoration | Easy how to make a paper butterfly. Paper crafts. Origami

Crafts you can make with materials from the 100-yen shop are so handy and appreciated, aren’t they? How about making a hanging butterfly decoration using various origami papers? Fold a sheet of origami in half, layer two pieces together, and cut out a butterfly shape.

Keep the cut-out piece to use as a template.

Place the template on lace-patterned origami, cut it slightly smaller, then layer and glue it onto the colored paper butterfly.

Thread twine through the center and arrange butterflies of different colors and sizes.

Whether you make it colorful or use a chic color scheme, it will be a beautiful hanging decoration.

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Making the April calendar

[Calendar Making] A classic event at our day service. We choose a seasonal theme and create next month’s calendar. (Shōwa Wago-kai Social Welfare Corporation)

How about making calendars as one of your monthly recreation activities? Both the process of discussing and choosing seasonal motifs and the actual crafting after the plan is set are sure to be lively and fun! Using your hands can have a positive effect on cognitive function, and working together to create something—then seeing what you made actually being used—will likely bring great joy! Even things that were difficult before can improve in quality as you repeat the activity.

Give it a try!

Iris

Easy origami iris (ayame/hanashōbu/kakitsubata) folding instructions | origami flower

Ayame (Japanese iris) is a beautiful flower with deep purple blossoms that bloom from early to mid-May.

As one of May’s representative flowers, how about folding an ayame with origami? You could use larger origami paper to make a wall decoration for May, or, conversely, use smaller paper to fold many and create a lovely display.

It’s also nice to glue them onto a colored backing sheet or arrange them in a photo frame.

By varying the shades of purple slightly to add light and dark to the petals, you can bring out an even more charming, iris-like look.

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Spring flower wreath

[Cut and paste only] Spring wreath made with felt / 100-yen shop DIY / How to make a felt wreath / cherry blossom wreath / spring wreath

Introducing a spring-like floral wreath you can make with materials from a 100-yen shop.

Wrap yarn around the wreath base so there are no gaps, and attach a hanging string with glue.

For decorations, use yarn balls made by wrapping yarn around tissue paper, along with felt flowers.

To make the flowers, cut the felt into small triangles and glue them together.

When you open up the connected felt, the flower is complete.

It’s fun to add your favorite embellishments like ribbons to create a one-of-a-kind wreath.

Since the steps are simple, it’s also recommended as a recreational activity in senior facilities.

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kashiwa mochi (rice cake wrapped in oak leaves)

Paper craft “Kashiwa-mochi” (with template) for May wall displays and indoor decorations

Kashiwa mochi is a traditional Japanese sweet made by wrapping a rice cake in oak leaves.

Because oak trees do not shed their old leaves until new shoots have grown, the leaves are said to symbolize prosperity for one’s descendants.

How about making kashiwa mochi as a wall decoration to celebrate the season? Since it has a three-dimensional finish, you can not only hang it on the wall but also display it standing.

Cut construction paper for both the rice cake part and the oak leaf part.

Shape the rice cake into a plump, round form, and fold the oak leaf with alternating mountain and valley folds to give it a three-dimensional look.

Finally, glue the pieces together and it’s done! It will look lovely displayed together with other Children’s Day items.

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helmet

[Children's Day] How to Make a Samurai Helmet

Many of you may have fond memories of displaying a samurai helmet (kabuto) to celebrate Children’s Day.

The kabuto is said to symbolize protection for children from illnesses, accidents, and other dangers.

Here we introduce a wall decoration featuring kabuto that you can make with colored construction paper.

You can sketch the design on the paper and cut it with scissors, but if you first make a template from thin paper like origami, it’s convenient because you can mass-produce them.

Just cut the construction paper according to the template and glue the pieces together! Staff can prepare construction paper traced from the template, and have older adults do the assembling as an activity, too.

Let’s liven up your walls with colorful kabuto decorations!

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