March brings more warm days, and it’s a lovely season when colorful flowers like cherry blossoms, dandelions, and clover begin to bloom.
Many people may feel the arrival of spring and spend their days with excitement.
In this article, we’ll introduce wall decoration ideas for older adults.
There are plenty of opportunities to decorate in care facilities such as day service centers, so please use these ideas as a reference.
Let’s decorate your room with cute creations and enjoy an early taste of spring!
[For Seniors] Recommended in March! Wall Decoration Ideas (1–10)
flower(s)
How about decorating an entire wall with springtime flowers you can easily make from origami? The method is super simple: make two parts by accordion-folding the paper, rounding the corners, and folding each piece in half, then glue them together and fan them out 360 degrees.
You’ll get a cute, fluttery-looking flower.
You can stick them on the wall as they are, or create a tree trunk and arrange them around it to look like cherry blossoms—both turn out beautifully.
With few steps and a simple folding process, it’s an activity that even older adults can enjoy with ease.
Hanging decoration of plum blossoms
Let’s make spring-like plum blossom decorations! Take two strips of paper in different lengths, stack them, curve them into a loop, and staple them to create five petal pieces.
Apply glue to the center area, attach the petals together, and then add a circle of yellow paper to the center to complete the plum blossom! You can hang it directly on the wall, or add a ribbon to turn it into a hanging ornament—both look lovely.
You can also make a three-dimensional plum blossom by layering two sheets of origami cut into plum-blossom shapes, so try whichever method is easiest for you.
weeping cherry (tree)
This time, we’re introducing a wall decoration idea featuring weeping cherry blossoms that evokes the arrival of spring.
In recent years, cherry blossoms have been blooming earlier, and in some areas they start flowering in late March.
Among cherry trees commonly seen in parks, it’s said that weeping cherry blossoms bloom a bit earlier than the Somei Yoshino variety.
To make the petals, first crumple origami paper by hand into a ball, then unfold it.
This gives the petals a three-dimensional look and a delicate, fluttering feel.
Carefully attach each petal to the paper branches one by one.
Since this activity involves lots of hand and fingertip movement, it may also offer brain-training benefits for older adults.
Displaying lanterns and dango alongside the finished weeping cherry blossoms can create a piece that makes people feel like they’re enjoying a hanami (cherry-blossom viewing).
rapeseed blossoms
The soft texture of tissue paper perfectly captures the feel of rapeseed flowers! This is a wall decoration of rapeseed blossoms that you can make one stem at a time and arrange freely.
Cut yellow tissue paper into large and small flower shapes using a template.
Cut green tissue paper into leaf shapes, then accordion-fold to create creases, and crumple it to add a leafy texture.
Finally, attach the flowers and leaves in a balanced way to a long, narrow backing strip, and you’re done! Display it together with spring motifs like cherry blossoms and butterflies to fill your room with the spirit of spring.
Peach Blossom Wreath
Let’s make a peach blossom wreath you can enjoy even after making it.
First, cut out the center of a paper plate.
Then wrap it with pink nylon tape to complete the base of the wreath.
Next, decorate it with elements inspired by peach blossoms.
In addition to peach flowers, it’s also nice to design hina dolls—the Empress and Emperor—to match the season.
Once it’s finished, display it in your room and feel the arrival of spring.
By the way, if you change the flower motif, you can enjoy this craft in other seasons too.
Hina doll display
Among older adults, some may associate major events in March with the Peach Festival (Hinamatsuri).
So this time, we’re introducing a Hina decoration craft that can be displayed both on facility walls and in residents’ rooms.
Start by making a fan-shaped base out of construction paper, then attach origami figures of the Emperor (Odairi-sama) and Empress (Ohina-sama) on top.
If you also make and add peach blossoms and pine needles, it will create a festive atmosphere.
It’s also lovely to decorate the wall with the Hina display alongside large pink, crimson, and white peach blossoms.
Through making these Hina decorations, some people may find themselves reminiscing about their own, their children’s, or their grandchildren’s Peach Festival celebrations.
pansy
A dazzling wall decoration of pansies to brighten up your spring flower bed! Cut origami paper into petal shapes and heart shapes, and draw pansy patterns in the center area.
Gently add a curve to each piece using a thin stick, then layer and glue them onto a square backing made from cut cardboard.
If you prepare several different heights for the cardboard backings, the variation in levels will create a beautiful three-dimensional effect when displayed—highly recommended! Finally, decorate with leaf parts, and your spring-like wall display is complete.