[For Seniors] Ideas for Winter Wall Decorations and Hanging Ornaments: Introducing Projects That Are Easy to Try
The cold season has arrived.
This time, we’d like to share ideas for winter wall decorations to create a warm atmosphere together with older adults.
There are plenty of projects that capture the changing season—not just Christmas, but also New Year’s kadomatsu, Mount Fuji, snowflakes, and more.
Why not make winter memories by enjoying crafts together using colorful origami and tissue paper? It’s also effective as finger-mobility rehabilitation, and displaying the finished pieces will brighten up the facility’s atmosphere.
Enjoy giving it a try!
- Recommended winter wall decorations for seniors: heartwarming ideas
- For seniors: Year-round ideas for wall decorations
- [For Seniors] Heartwarming and Cozy: Perfect Wall Decoration Ideas for Winter in Care Facilities
- For seniors: Decorate the December wall with a tree. Easy ideas using origami and yarn.
- [For Seniors] Decorate your January wall with rabbits! Packed with ideas like snowball fights, New Year’s festivities, and rice cake pounding
- For Seniors: Wall Decorations to Brighten Up February — Festive Ideas for Setsubun, Valentine’s Day, Plum Blossoms, and More
- [For Seniors] Recommended Wall Decorations and Crafts for January
- For seniors: Snowman crafts to brighten January wall displays—fun ideas using origami, paper plates, and papercutting.
- [For Seniors] Easy Origami Recommended for Winter
- [For Seniors] Lovely Decorations Made with Construction Paper: Ideas to Brighten Up Your Room
- [For Seniors] Brighten Up Hinamatsuri: Wall Decoration Ideas
- For Seniors: Fun and Engaging December Event and Recreation Ideas
- [For Seniors] Brighten Up December Walls! Christmas Decoration Ideas
[For Seniors] Winter Wall and Hanging Decoration Ideas: Easy-to-Try Projects (91–100)
Kadomatsu
Kadomatsu are decorations that symbolize the New Year, but they’re often taken down right after the first three days, so some people might say, “I didn’t go out during the New Year holidays, so I didn’t get to see them.” For those people, it might be nice to decorate the walls with New Year motifs like kadomatsu until around mid-January.
Buying or making a splendid kadomatsu can be quite a task, but wall decorations made simply by cutting and layering colored paper are easy to put together.
When you can feel the New Year spirit, it inspires a positive mindset—like, “Let’s have a fun and energetic year!”
Snowflakes
Let’s make snowflakes that go perfectly with winter motifs like Christmas trees and snowmen! Fold a piece of origami paper into a triangle, then fold the two end corners up at a diagonal.
Fold it in half, sketch a pattern using a paper-cutting template for reference, and cut it out to reveal a beautiful, symmetrical snowflake motif.
There are many methods—from simple ones that only require a few cuts to intricately detailed designs—so try a variety of patterns at a comfortable level for you!
[For Seniors] Winter Wall Decorations and Hanging Ornament Ideas: Introducing Easy-to-Try Projects (101–110)
oni; demon; ogre; spirit (depending on context)
Oni only really come up in conversation about once a year, around Setsubun.
Why not make some oni wall decorations for bean-throwing day? They’re easy to create by cutting out and assembling the parts—face, eyes, hair, horns, and so on.
It’s also a great activity to do together by asking seniors to help with cutting and pasting the parts.
Another fun idea is to prepare everything except the facial features, then have people draw the eyes, nose, and mouth, and display a lineup of oni with a variety of expressive faces on the wall.
Heart pattern
A heart garland made with origami is a heartfelt activity that brings joy to older adults.
Using brightly colored paper and moving the hands lifts the spirit, and working together fosters communication.
As everyone shows one another their creations, it also becomes a chance to deepen connections through shared memories.
When the finished heart garland is displayed on the wall, it brightens up the winter indoor space.
The warmth of something handmade brings coziness to the winter environment and adds color to everyday life.
In addition, the fine movements of the fingers help with daily health maintenance.
The time spent creating together with older adults is a precious moment for everyone who gathers there.
Heart mobile
During the winter season, creating heart-shaped mobiles can bring warmth to a space.
Cutting construction paper into heart shapes and forming them into three-dimensional designs stimulates the sensibilities of older adults during the making process and deepens their attachment to the work.
The heart motif serves as a material for sharing emotionally rich moments, and hanging the pieces from the ceiling adds a gentle motion to the room.
Varying the color palette helps express each older adult’s individuality, and making the pieces with origami provides fine motor training through detailed handwork.
Beautiful wall decorations offer a place to express creativity along with everyday joy and create important opportunities for interaction.
Rose heart wreath
This rose heart wreath is perfect for a group craft activity where many people work together to complete a single piece.
You’ll make three-dimensional rose flowers out of origami and then decorate the wall with those parts to create a vibrant display.
For the roses, you’ll use kirigami to create multiple petal pieces and assemble them into rose blooms.
Making two sizes of roses—large and small—adds a sense of movement when displayed on the wall! Because this project involves detailed work, it’s also effective for seniors’ finger dexterity training and dementia prevention.
It’s a fun craft where you arrange each piece into a heart shape while considering the overall balance!
holly sprat
The holly-and-sardine decoration displayed for Setsubun carries the meaning of warding off evil and wishing for good health.
It’s said that the holly’s thorns pierce the demons’ eyes, and the smell of smoke from grilling sardines drives them away.
Since you can’t actually display a grilled sardine, why not make the sardine’s head and tail and holly leaves out of origami, use a paper straw for the bones, and decorate the wall with them? While ogres (oni) and Setsubun beans tend to get all the attention, a holly-and-sardine decoration could be a good opportunity to reflect on the traditional customs of Japan that have been passed down through the ages.