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Art and Craft Activities from Elderly Activities

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Find an activity. Download it. Do it! Back to home page. Art and Craft Activities. Activity name: Eggshell Mosaic. A smashing ways to turn eggshells into mosaics! Equipment needed Egg shells Pencil Card PVA glue Paintbrush Coloured food dye Beakers of water Instructions Broken eggshells are perfect for mosaics! Fill some beakers with water and add two capfuls of food dye to each beaker. Wash the eggshells and break them into small pieces. Add […]. Activity name: The Big Knit (charity event). Here’s...

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Outdoor Games Activities from Elderly Activities

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Find an activity. Download it. Do it! Back to home page. Activity name: Fun of the Fair. The fun fair is in town but they’ve made a wrong turn and ended up in your care homes back garden! Luckily it’s a very small fun fair, but they’ve still got the attractions, the treats and the prizes. This activity is another great one for getting outside on pleasant summer days. Equipment needed Old […]. Activity name: Quoits (indoor or outdoor). Activity name: Garden Lawn Darts. Activity name: The Olympics…. It&#82...

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Indoor Games Activities from Elderly Activities

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Find an activity. Download it. Do it! Back to home page. Activity name: Cup Stacking Game. Cup stacking is a great way to improve dexterity and hand eye co-ordination and makes a great individual or group challenge! The aim of the game is to make pyramids out of cups as quickly and neatly as you can while being timed. Equipment needed 9 paper/plastic cups in 3 piles of 3 Stopwatch Flat […]. Activity name: Supersize Crossword. Activity name: Hobbies Describing Game. Activity name: A Day at the Races.

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Reading and Writing Activities from Elderly Activities

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Find an activity. Download it. Do it! Back to home page. Reading and Writing Activities. Activity name: Pen Pal Club. It’s good to know what other people like you are doing. You can share ideas, make each other laugh and learn from each other. That’s kind of the idea behind elderlyactivities.co.uk. It’s also the idea behind the Pen Pal Club. Equipment needed Pen Paper Envelopes and stamps Email (optional) Instructions The activity co-ordinator will need […]. Browse activities by category.

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Conversation Boxes from Elderly Activities

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Find an activity. Download it. Do it! Back to home page. These are a great tool for reminiscing, socialising and encouraging communication. We picked themes and then filled a shoe box with items associated with each theme. Items associated with your themes. Collect items associated with the themes. Put the items for each theme in a shoebox and label it. Get your groups together to look through each of the boxes and talk about their contents. Download this activity sheet. Click here to cancel reply.

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Gardening Activities from Elderly Activities

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Find an activity. Download it. Do it! Back to home page. Activity name: Flower Pounding. An activity for people with full upper body use to enjoy, indoors or outdoors, whatever the weather. Make a lovely gift. Great upper body work out. Equipment needed Plain Fabric, like muslin Flowers, you can use fresh, but it is a good way to use up the old Hammer Hard Surface (cutting board) Wax Paper […]. Activity name: Indoor Gardening. Browse activities by category. Art and Craft Activities. Add an activity idea.

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Supersize Crossword from Elderly Activities

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Find an activity. Download it. Do it! Back to home page. Using a photocopier enlarge a crossword out of a magazine or newspaper, general knowledge is best. Completing the crossword can be done in a large group with a flip chart or pinned to a wall, or you could give each person a copy of the enlarged crossword. Photocopier and some paper. Read out the questions to the room and fill in the crossword with the answers given. Prizes can be given for correct answers. Download this activity sheet. Click here t...

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Sensory Therapy Activities from Elderly Activities

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Find an activity. Download it. Do it! Back to home page. Activity name: Super Smells. A perfect game to reinvigorate the senses. Super smells is the ideal for people with sensory or memory problems as it helps people reminisce about pervious trips/experiences. Equipment needed Paper cups Blind fold (a dark scarf would be sufficient) A variety of strong smelling favours Pens Paper When selecting the strong smelling ingredients try to […]. Activity name: Touchy Feely. Activity name: Pamper Days. One idea t...

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Find an activity. Download it. Do it! Back to home page. Welcome. The people at The Consortium Care. Have put together this website containing loads of activities ideas for care home residents. All our activities ideas are free to view and download. Just scroll down to get some great ideas for your care home. Find an activity. Download it. Do it! Latest Activities Sheets Downloads. Activity name: Wear a Hat tell a Story. Activity name: Remember I am Still Me Album. Activity name: Make-over Monday. Female...