[For Seniors] Heartwarming and Cozy: Perfect Wall Decoration Ideas for Winter in Care Facilities
Winter is a season that lifts the spirits, with plenty of exciting events like Christmas, New Year’s, and Setsubun.
Many care facilities plan recreation activities to match these holidays and events.
Here, we’ll introduce wall decoration ideas that help older adults enjoy the feeling of winter even more.
They’re also perfect as craft-based recreation to make together with seniors.
We’ve gathered many pieces that capture the unique feeling of the winter season, packed with creative ideas for designs, instructions, and materials! Use these ideas as inspiration and enjoy a wonderful time indoors where it’s warm.
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For Seniors: Heartwarming Wall Decoration Ideas Perfect for Winter Care Facilities (111–120)
Setsubun wreath
Making Setsubun wreaths sounds like an enjoyable activity for older adults.
Since the wreath base can be made with origami, it’s also a good exercise for dexterity.
Prepare parts like oni (demons), Otafuku (good-fortune figure), and beans, and let everyone stick them wherever they like.
Using parts sold at 100-yen shops is a great idea, too.
It will result in creations that showcase each person’s individuality.
Once the wreaths are finished and hung on the wall, they’ll create a lovely space that reflects the season.
Let’s all enjoy crafting together and welcome Setsubun in a warm, cheerful atmosphere.
Wall decoration of kadomatsu
How about a wall decoration of kadomatsu, a New Year’s tradition many of us are familiar with? Imagining what ornaments go into a kadomatsu can serve as brain training, and above all, it lets you enjoy the seasonal atmosphere.
The main bamboo parts of the kadomatsu are made by rolling origami paper around a round stick.
If you don’t have a suitable stick, you can substitute a thick pen—give it a try! Because this craft involves many fine steps, you’ll use your fingertips a lot.
You can also arrange the decorations however you like, so feel free to finish it with a design familiar to your region!
Kadomatsu
Based on the traditional Japanese belief that gods dwell in the treetops, kadomatsu are displayed at entrances during New Year’s as a yorishiro (a temporary resting place for the toshigami, or Year God).
As a quintessential New Year’s decoration, they make a perfect theme for January wall displays.
Just looking at them evokes the New Year spirit, and because they are considered auspicious, they’re also recommended as a craft activity for older adults.
With their vibrant colors, these festive wall decorations brighten the start of the year and evoke a lively New Year’s atmosphere for everyone.
snowman
When it comes to winter wall decorations, many people probably picture a snowman first.
Memories of making snowmen or having snowball fights on snowy days as a child tend to stay vivid no matter your age.
Going out after it snows can be risky, but wall decorations let you enjoy the season indoors, so they’re highly recommended.
Simple illustrations are cute on their own, and using cotton to recreate the texture of snow is fun too—making it a great craft and a charming interior accent.
Snowflakes
Ephemeral yet beautiful snowflakes have a mesmerizing charm you could gaze at forever, don’t they? The intricate forms created by nature evoke winter for people of all ages.
By simply folding paper a few times and making some cuts, you can create a symmetrical, snowflake-like shape when you unfold it, making it easy for seniors to craft as well.
While white and blue naturally suggest snow, using any colors you like will add a touch of winter too—these wall decorations let you enjoy snow from the comfort of your room.
snowy landscape
A wall decoration of a snowy landscape—something anyone would instantly recognize as winter—can bring a sense of the season even inside a care facility.
Ideas made solely from snow motifs like snowmen or igloos are great, but simply making houses and whitening just the roofs will also create the look of a snow-covered scene, which is highly recommended.
Since it can be completed just by cutting and pasting construction paper or origami, it should be easy for older adults to make as well.
By creating many pieces and combining them, you can express a large townscape—this is a wall decoration unique to winter.
A displayable, playable origami spinning top
When it comes to traditional New Year’s games, spinning tops come to mind! How about making a top out of origami, something everyone has played with? Since you fold it using multiple sheets of origami paper, it ends up looking colorful and cute.
And the tops you make aren’t just for decorating the wall—you can actually spin them and play.
If you spin them with friends or family, it’s sure to be a hit.
Try folding them together and have fun.
By the way, it’s said that spinning tops at New Year’s helps ward off evil spirits.
It also carries a meaning of bringing good luck.
