Spring wall decorations: A roundup of recommended motifs for nurseries and kindergartens
At daycare centers and kindergartens, you make fun wall displays every month, right?
Spring wall displays are full of cute motifs.
For teachers who are unsure which ones to use, here’s a roundup of wall display ideas perfect for spring, from March to May!
Cherry blossoms, colorful flowers, and adorable spring insects will brighten up the classroom.
If you make them together with the children, the fun doubles!
You can also combine several motifs to create original decorations.
Try expressing the excitement of spring on your walls!
Spring wall decorations: Recommended motifs for nurseries and kindergartens (1–10)
Perfect for walls too! Origami cherry treeNEW!
Have each child make one cherry blossom tree so we can turn the room into a famous cherry blossom spot! Prepare five small origami sheets (7.5 cm × 7.5 cm) for the cherry blossoms and one brown origami sheet cut in half (15 cm × 7.5 cm).
For the cherry blossoms, fold the square in half vertically, make X-shaped crease lines on one side, then fold it along those creases into a triangle-like shape.
Next, draw a petal-like outline, cut along the line, and open it up to complete a cherry blossom.
Make five of these.
For the tree trunk, take the brown origami, fold it in half and open it, then fold both ends toward the center, and slightly flare out the root area—done! Glue the cherry blossoms onto the tree to finish.
Cherry blossoms made with origami and a staplerNEW!
This project will make you want to create cherry blossoms in all sorts of colors and decorate with them.
First, fold a sheet of origami paper into an accordion and then fold it in half; staple it along the crease.
Fold it in half again at the stapled section and cut it into a shape like a cherry blossom petal.
Next, cut off one of the petals.
Then, open it up while shaping the remaining petals into a cherry blossom.
Slip a finger into the center and push outward as you open it to help the shape settle nicely.
Make lots of them and combine them with a tree trunk made from brown construction paper, then try decorating your wall.
Cherry blossoms for indoor hanami (flower viewing)
How about making a wall decoration so you can enjoy cherry blossom viewing indoors? Let’s fill an entire wall with flowers and have fun.
All you need is tissue paper you can buy at a 100-yen shop.
Stack five sheets and fold them accordion-style.
After folding, staple the center, then gently separate the layers so they don’t tear.
Once all the layers are fluffed out, you’ll have a large, round flower base.
Next, make sakura blossoms from origami and stick them on top.
Create the tree trunk with brown paper, attach the flower section, and you’re done.
Making a few in different colors will add depth.
3D horsetail
Let me introduce a wall display featuring horsetails that appear from the soil in spring.
Place a horsetail template on construction paper and cut along it.
For the head of the horsetail, make slits with a craft knife and glue the pieces together with slight overlaps to create tiers—it might make it look more like a real horsetail.
It also helps to shape the paper so it has a rounded, three-dimensional look.
By making stems of different lengths and gluing long and short ones together, you’ll end up with horsetails of varying heights, which can give an even stronger sense of spring.
Once you’ve attached the horsetails to the ground you made, it’s complete!
Honeybees and a flower field
Shall we make a spring-themed wall decoration of a flower field with bees flying overhead? First, create a template, place it on yellow origami paper, and make the bee’s body.
Draw the black stripes and face with a black colored pencil or felt-tip pen.
Use the template to make the wings all at once as well.
For the flowers, fold the paper into a circle shape and cut; to add a three-dimensional look, use a pencil to gently curl them.
Vary the cutting style and colors for different flowers to create a rich, varied flower field.
Arrange and glue everything neatly onto a colored construction-paper backing to finish.
Sakura Clockwork Wall
There are many types of wall decorations, but a trick wall where cherry blossoms bloom is quite rare, isn’t it? First, prepare a cherry tree with only the trunk and no flowers, and make slits where you want the flowers to appear.
For the flowers, mark circles on white construction paper and add small “horns” (tabs), then draw cherry blossoms inside the circles.
Cut a slit from the tip of each horn to the center, and insert only one side into the trunk.
If you take the protruding horn and twist it around, the flower will bloom.
It’s also fun to make them bloom one by one in time with the cherry blossom season.
A cute flower made from one sheet of tissue paper
Here’s how to make a cute flower using just one sheet of tissue paper.
First, fold the tissue paper into an accordion.
Then fold it in half.
After folding, round off the edges with scissors.
Staple the center, and gently open up the flower.
Once it’s opened, press down the center to finish.
You can make lots of flowers to decorate a wall, add leaves to make a bouquet, or cut the edges into points to turn it into a dandelion—there are many ways to arrange them, so give it a try!