valentine heart garland

This is a Valentine Heart Garlad I made with my clients. It's a very very simple activity and you can decorate the place with this coloured garlands.

I draw two hearts on an A4 paper and then made copies. I used different colour paper. Some of the clients could follow the cutting path, others couldnt. Some of them were able to pass the wool through the little holes. I always adjust the activities to what clients can or can't do.

You'll need:

• Coloured Paper - Foam Paper 
• Scissors
• Wool

and maybe a photocopy machine. 

Winter Collage

Winter Collage

This is a Winiter Collage I made with my clients. You can do one for each season and decorate your care home, activities room etc. 
You'll need:

• Paper - Foam Paprer

• Watercolours or oil paint

• Glue

• Scissors

• Brushes

• Felt

• Stickers

• An old picture frame or canvas 

We always try to use things that we don't use any more. In this case I took an old picture frame and one of my clients painted it black in order to cover the old painting. 

I did the outline for the trees, the human figures and the houses and then my clients cut everything down. 

I used foam paper, felt and plain paper and silver glitter in order to make the collage look nice! 

I bought snowflackes stickers but you can use cotton or plain whte paper to do the snow effect or maybe cut down silver stars. 

Some of the clients f.e with dementia they forget what to do so I had to remind them where to paint and what to cut. You know your clients so you can share the cutting or the painting depending on their skills or abilities. Even if they can do anything of the above I am sure they will be able to use the stickers. 

This is my winter collage, but you can do yours tottaly different!!!!

Christmas Butter Biscuits

You know why I love baking? 

It always makes my clients happy. The feel that they can use their hands again and also they will taste after a few minutes what they made. Most of them feel very proud of theirselves. 

Even if they don't remember what to do with your sapport they will feel satisfied. Give them to break the eggs, to mix or decorate. You will be impressed how many great things they can do! 

For this simple receipe you will need: 

• 100 gr butter
• 100 gr icing sugar
• 1 egg 
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 300 gr all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp soda
• 1 tsp salt

Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees. Cream together butter, soda and sugar. Add egg and vanilla and mix well. Beat in the flour and salt.  Roll out dough between 1/4 and 1/2 inch and cut into shapes. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 15 minutes or until very lightly browned on the bottom. 

If you want to decorate them you can make some icing etc.