[For Seniors] Spring Wall Decorations: A Collection of Ideas to Brighten Up Your Room

Hanging decorations for Children’s Day

[Felt] How to Make a Children’s Day Hanging Decoration (No Sewing) — Just Cut and Glue! Perfect with Koinobori 🎏✨

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!

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lily of the valley

[Wall Decorations] How to Make “Lily of the Valley”! Easy with Free Templates! Flowers Spring May June Construction Paper Crafts Wall Decor Papercraft Paper Craft

A wall decoration of lilies of the valley that are at their best in May.

Attach the leaf pieces and the slender stems that form gentle curves, then apply glue where the flowers will hang.

Make rounded, plump lily-of-the-valley pieces out of construction paper and stick them onto the stems to complete a wall decoration that feels both simple and elegant.

Bright, eye-catching flowers like spring rapeseed blossoms and tulips, or summer sunflowers, are of course lovely, but the slightly understated charm of lilies of the valley is adorable too.

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bamboo shoot

Introducing an easy way to fold a bamboo shoot with origami! Why not fold some during the spring season and use them as decorations? [Ori-Tsuku]

Bamboo shoots, which you often see around springtime.

It’s the season when they’re sold not only in bamboo groves but also at supermarkets and greengrocers.

Bamboo shoots are one of spring’s seasonal flavors.

Some older adults may look forward to freshly harvested bamboo shoots in spring.

Let’s make a calendar that perfectly matches the spring image using bamboo shoots.

Make bamboo shoots out of origami or construction paper and stick them onto a calendar.

You’ll create a calendar with a spring feel.

You can also use the bamboo-shoot pieces made from origami or construction paper to make wreaths and other various crafts.

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dandelion

Easy and cute March wall decoration with pattern: “Dandelion”

When you spot dandelions by the roadside, it really feels like spring is on its way, doesn’t it? March still brings plenty of cold days, but while we eagerly await the warmer weather, why not try making a dandelion wall decoration? Create the yellow flower, the green stem, and the calyx from colored construction paper, glue the pieces together, and then decorate the wall with them alongside little butterflies fluttering around the dandelions.

Dandelions may seem complicated in shape, but they’re easy to make if you use craft templates.

It’s also a great idea to pre-cut the parts and ask older adults to assemble them into dandelions!

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Carp streamers made with chirimen (crepe) craft

[Stylish ✨] How to Make a Koinobori 🎏 [Indoor Decoration] Chirimen Craft

Chirimen fabric is often leftover from cutting kimonos, and these days you can even find it at 100-yen shops.

Chirimen has a refined texture that’s both soft and supple.

Here’s how to make a carp streamer (koinobori) decoration using chirimen fabric.

Draw the koinobori pattern on the back side of the chirimen, then place another piece of chirimen of the same size on top.

Pin the two pieces so they don’t shift and sew them together.

Once you’ve finished sewing, trim the excess, turn it inside out, and stuff it with cotton.

Add the head, eyes, and fins to finish.

It’s a project that sewing-loving seniors can also enjoy making.

Azaleas and butterflies

[Craft Idea] Azaleas and Butterflies (May Wall Decoration) (Elderly Recreation, Occupational Therapy OT, Day Service, Childcare) (Origami, Flowers, 3D, Easy Craft, Origami DIY) Azalea and Butterfly Wall Decoration

Azaleas, which bloom in vivid pinks and purples, are at their best from mid-April to mid-May.

As a May wall decoration idea, how about making azaleas and butterflies? Let’s fold azaleas using red and pink origami.

First, make crease lines and use them as guides as you fold.

While the paper is still folded, cut it with scissors into the shape of petals.

Then use the scissors to round and shape the cut petals.

For the butterflies, using washi-patterned origami will really make them stand out.

Butterflies fluttering over a brightly colored field of azaleas is sure to lift the spirits of anyone who sees it.

Please use this as a reference!

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Wisteria in a tsumami-zaiku style

Kimie Gangi’s May wall decoration Tsumami-zaiku style “Wisteria made with tissue paper” Ver. 3

These are wisteria flowers made from tissue paper using the tsumami-zaiku technique.

First, stack four purple and four white sheets of tissue paper alternately.

Staple them along the diagonal, then cut out three large squares and two small squares.

Fold each square into a triangle.

Align the folded pieces and clip them together with a clothespin, apply glue to the cut edge, and smooth it with your finger.

Before the glue dries, release them and fold back the edges slightly.

Use a pointed tool to open the pouch-like part and shape it into petals.

Create several strands of these airy, beautiful wisteria flowers in varying lengths and bundle them together.

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