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Spring wall decorations: A roundup of recommended motifs for nurseries and kindergartens

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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: A roundup of recommended motifs for nurseries and kindergartens (21–30)

Hina dolls

Hinamatsuri: I tried making a wall display of a five-tier Hina doll set!!

Hina dolls

These days, compact Hina displays that blend into modern interiors are popular, so children may have fewer chances to see an impressive five-tier arrangement.

If they’ve never seen one in person, even hearing the song about the “Goninbayashi’s flutes and drums” can make it hard to picture.

In that case, why not recreate the traditional tiered Hina display on your classroom wall? As the children look at the Three Court Ladies and the Five Musicians lined up beneath the Emperor and Empress dolls, it’s a great opportunity to share stories about Hina dolls with them!

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Easter egg

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Easter egg

Easter eggs have become quite popular in Japan, too.

Just looking at the colorful eggs is enough to lift your spirits.

Since the motif itself is so cute, even children who aren’t familiar with Easter festivities will enjoy them.

Use combinations of masking tape to decorate the eggs.

You can find plenty at 100-yen shops, so gather some pretty tapes and have fun creating patterns.

If you also make a rabbit—the animal said to carry the Easter eggs—it will turn out even cuter.

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Hirakawa Masako (Bōkarisuto: Sakata Mizumako)

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koinobori (carp streamers)

[Easy craft with drawing paper & origami] I made a large carp streamer wall decoration! Free template — Children’s Day, May Boys’ Festival

koinobori (carp streamers)

Large koinobori (carp streamers) are a popular spring motif among children.

Since you can make big ones for the classroom wall, let those dynamic carp swim across the wall.

Because the shapes are simple and large, it’s best to use bold pieces of colored construction paper or origami paper.

There are ready-made templates online for cutting and pasting, so if you think creating one from scratch might be difficult, try looking for existing templates.

Also, if the children draw patterns on the scales with crayons, you can create a one-of-a-kind, original koinobori.

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Hirakawa Masako (Bōkarisuto: Sakata Mizumako)

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strawberry

[Craft Idea] Strawberries (April–May, Spring) (Wall Decorations) (Senior Recreation/OT/Daycare) (Early Childhood Education) (Origami) (Group Craft Activity) (DIY/Papercraft)

strawberry

When it comes to spring fruits kids love, strawberries are a favorite.

Cut red paper into strawberry shapes, then dot the seeds in black.

Drawing the seeds is a task you can enjoy together with the children.

Make small cuts at the top of the strawberry, glue them down, and give it a three-dimensional look.

Be sure to set up a nice spacious area and decorate with plenty of strawberries.

Since the calyx and leaves have complex shapes and take time to cut, stack several sheets of paper, staple them together, and cut them all at once to work more efficiently.

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Hirakawa Masako (Bōkarisuto: Sakata Mizumako)

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Tulip wall decoration

Easy origami you can make right away! Tulip wall decoration — explained with audio

Tulip wall decoration

Make use of paper plates! Here’s an idea for a wall decoration made by attaching tulips.

It’s perfect for those who want to create small decorations due to the size of the classroom or limited display space.

You can also hang them not only on walls but on doors, lockers, or shoe racks.

You’ll need: decorative paper plates, origami paper, ribbon, glue or tape, tissue paper, twist ties, and scissors.

Displaying colorful tulip creations in the room will brighten up the space!

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Making dandelions with plastic raffia (suzuran tape)

Make dandelion crafts easy! How to create them in 3D (recommended for 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old classes)

Making dandelions with plastic raffia (suzuran tape)

Here’s a craft project for making dandelions with yellow raffia tape.

Wrap the raffia tape around a piece of cardboard to give the dandelion volume.

About 10 wraps creates a nice, full dandelion.

Remove the tape from the cardboard, tie the center, and then split the strands while imagining the dandelion’s petals.

Stick the raffia tape together with double-sided tape, draw the leaves with crayons, and you’re done! It might also be fun to draw your favorite insects and flowers around it.

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Perfect for decoration! Tulips

[Origami] Spring Tulip (Second Version) made together with a 3-year-old child

Perfect for decoration! Tulips

Here’s an idea for making a tulip using two sheets of origami paper.

You’ll make the flower and the stem/leaves separately, and each part takes only five folds.

For the flower: fold the paper into a triangle twice, then unfold one fold.

With the image of crossing the left and right corners along the center line, fold them up and overlap.

Tuck the bottom corner slightly to the back to finish the flower.

For the stem and leaves: take the other sheet, fold it into a triangle once and open it.

Fold the two left edges along the crease you just made.

Fold the paper in half along the first crease, turn the narrow pointed end upward, and fold up the bottom part to complete the stem and leaves.

Glue them together and use as wall decorations, etc.

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