Thumbprint Sheep

Thumbprint Sheep

 

 

 

What you will need:

 

• White Paint
• Colored Paper (for background)
• Black felt or paper
• Googely Eyes
• String or Ribbon
• Glue

 

This was a definite Pinterest craft! But sure was a great find! Only advice is to finger paint first and let dry before gluing on any of the pieces! :) It's pretty simple and super cute! Add any embellishments as you want :)

 

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Thanksgiving Turkey Hand Print Craft

Thanksgiving Turkey Hand Print Craft

 

 

 

What you will need:

 

• Paint
• Large Plates
• Gloves
• Paper
• Googley Eyes
• Markers

 

 

 

Found this from Pinterest! :) Super easy! I liked putting a glove on their hands to make for an easy clean up :) I did this with my Dementia residents so I practically held their hand the whole time so they wouldn't scratch their face or touch their clothes! But it was a great sensory activity! :) We would have them just press their hand on a paper then quickly take off the glove and let it dry then add the finishing touches! SUPER CUTE and SUPER easy! :)

Yes I do realize that it's January. We did this a while back!

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Popsicle Stick Snowmen

 

Popsicle Stick Snowmen

 

 

 

What you will need:

• Popsicle Stick
• White Paint
• Buttons
• Felt
• Ribbon
• Black Paper
• Orange Paper
• Market

 

 

This was a very simple and cute activity! I did it with our dementia residents and as long as you have an example it's fairly easy to follow! (Hence the reason why I am not putting up directions!) haha

 



 

 

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Christmas Ornament Craft

Christmas Ornament Craft

 

 

 

 

Things you will need:

Christmas Trees:

• Popsicle Sticks
• Ribbon
• Green Paint
• Brown Paper
• Random odds and ends
• Hot Glue

 

Candy Canes:

• Pipe Cleaners
• Beads

 

These are super easy and super fun! Great sensory activities! In the hour I did these I was actually really crammed for time! So I would recommend having a very small group or longer than an hour to do both crafts!

 

 

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Dinner Etiquette

DINNER ETIQUETTE CLASS ACTIVITY

 

 

What you will need:

• Plates
• Forks
• Knives
• Spoons
• Cup
• Placemats
• Napkins
• Printed Out Food Pictures
• Tables

 

This was a really fun activity! First we went over dinner etiquette and quizzed them on different things. It is totally their era and they knew most all of the rules!

 

http://www.etiquettescholar.com/etiquette_scholar/dining_etiquette.html

 

 

https://brightside.me/article/20-golden-rules-of-dinner-etiquette-which-everyone-should-know-20405/

 

 

 

Here are a few sites we used but the possibility is endless! You could watch a YouTube how-to video!

 

After you go over where everything goes you have them set their own table as a test!

 

We also talked about good manners at a restaurant! With things like how to tip your server... etc...

 

We also talked about unique restaurants! SUPER fun! Here is a website for that!

 

http://restoran.us/trivia/unusual.htm

 

 

 

The last activity we quizzed the residents by showing different food and having them pick which utensil to eat it with and hold it up! (remember your fingers are included!)

Here are the photos we used!

 

HAVE FUN! :) They will love this! :) (Make sure to do this before they eat a meal! So they don't get grouchy when there is no food after haha!)

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Thanksgiving Activity Pumpkin Cheesecake

PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE

 

 

It's that time of year again! Thanksgiving! We did a fun baking activity I wanted to share! You could use this all year around! They BEG for treats often so we decided to make Pumpkin Cheesecake! YUM!

 

 

What you will need:

• 2 pkg (8 oz) Cream Cheese
• 1/2 c sugar
• 1/2 c canned pumpkin
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• dash ground clove
• dash ground nutmeg
• 2 eggs
• 1 ready-to-use graham cracker crumb (6 oz)
• 1 cup thawed cool whip

 

Heat oven to 350. Blend all ingredients. Pour into crust. Cook 40 minutes. Refrigerate 3 hours and top with cool whip! SERVE :)

 

 

We made it a very sensory activity and took turns stirring and adding different ingredients! We even made two cheesecakes and started over from scratch and made double. While we did that we played a gratitude game!

 

 

I used pipe cleaners instead which was hard to pick up a single one without all of them sticking together! So maybe straws or painted popsicle sticks would work better! But it was super fun and easy! :)


Here are some other ideas if you'd like!

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Leaf Craft

Leaf Craft

 

 

 



 

 

This craft makes for a very easy and quick craft! Definitely affordable! (Especially in the leafy seasons!) I like fall because the leaves are turning slightly different colors! All you need is:

 

• Print outs of different things (optional)
• paper
• elmers glue
• Lots of different leaves and branches

 

It is SUPER simple! You can either make your own like the ones directly below! Have them make a pattern! Or print off a different clipart picture and had them add to it! Check out all the options I found below!!

HAVE FUN!

PS: these don't last SUPER long! They dry up pretty quickly!