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

Social worker / Care workermoko
My name is Moko, a mother of three who admired my mother and worked in the care industry as a care worker and as a medical social worker (MSW) in a hospital. I will be drawing on my previous experience to write mainly about caregiving. Thank you in advance.
Certified Care Worker / Former Day Service StaffAbe Eri
I worked at a day service for seven years and obtained my Certified Care Worker qualification in 2019. I have provided meal assistance and bathing assistance, as well as led recreational activities that involve physical movement and cognitive stimulation. I enjoy drawing and crafting. My motto is: “With a smile, anything is possible!” and I try to live joyfully every day. I’m also doting on my beloved Chihuahua.

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.

[For Seniors] Brightening Spring at Care Facilities: Wall Decoration Ideas (111–120)

Koinobori and Kintaro

Crafting with toilet paper rolls and origami: Easy! Carp streamers (Koinobori) and Kintaro. How to make stylish and cute Koinobori! Perfect for Children's Day decorations. May 5 is Tango no Sekku (Boys’ Festival). First festival celebration. Reuse. Recycle. Wall decorations.

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.

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[For Seniors] Brightening Spring in Care Facilities: Wall Decoration Idea Collection (121–130)

Koinobori garland

[Easy & Cute Craft Tutorial] How to Make an Origami Koinobori Garland / Papercraft

Koinobori garland

Cut paper such as origami, chiyogami, or wrapping paper to make a carp streamer garland that brightens up Children’s Day! It’s also perfect for decorating walls in senior care facilities.

The method is very simple: cut your favorite patterned paper into koi-shaped streamers, fold back the mouth section, and decorate with masking tape of your choice.

For the carp’s eyes, round stickers make it easy.

Finally, thread a string through the folded mouth section and secure it with cellophane tape—and you’re done! Display lots of carp streamers in different patterns for a lively and stylish garland.

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Dandelions and butterflies

Dandelion flowers and butterflies made with yarn and paper (with audio commentary)

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.

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Swaying hanging ornaments

[Easy] Origami ✨Hanging Sakura Decoration 🌸 [3D ✨Weeping Cherry Blossoms] Also great for Hinamatsuri 🎎 Paper Craft DIY Cherry Blossoms. Origami

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.

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Chinese milk vetch

April Wall Decorations: “Chinese Milk Vetch” — Cute Spring Bulletin Board Made from Paper

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.

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Carnation wreath

[Origami] Carnation Wreath — Paper Carnation Wreath

Carnation wreath

Carnations have long been loved as flowers for Mother’s Day.

Why not recreate their distinctive ruffled petals in a paper flower wreath? In a day-care setting, several people can work together to make each flower.

Fold origami paper, then use pinking shears to cut a circle.

One sheet of origami yields four petals.

Add plenty of creases to each piece, then press it over a glue cap to create wrinkles—this gives the petals a carnation-like texture.

Stack and secure the pieces to complete the flower.

Finally, cut construction paper into a donut shape for the wreath base, attach the flowers, and you’ll have a delicate, stylish wreath.

You can also add a pop of green with leaves as an accent.

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lily of the valley

[Craft Idea] Lily of the Valley (April–May, spring) (Wall decorations, senior recreation, occupational therapy OT, day service) (Three-dimensional flower craft) (Easy craft, origami DIY, creative)

lily of the valley

Lily of the valley blooms around April to May and is strongly associated with heralding the arrival of spring.

In this project, we’ll recreate this quintessential spring flower with origami, making the bell-shaped blossoms in three dimensions.

First, cut white origami paper into a flat shape like spread petals, then attach it to a long, rolled stem piece.

From there, overlap and adjust each petal to form the bell shape.

Once the flower components are complete, attach them to a backing sheet decorated with leaves and other parts to finish.

Aim for a design where the flowers appear to pop out.

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