Spring (Southern Hemisphere)

5 Ways to Start a Season of Caring

Any time a season changes, it’s a great time to refresh your activity program. Seasonal goals and seasonal programs mean you can try an initiative for 3 months to see how the residents respond to it.

Garden-Inspired Sensory Kit

Springtime is the ideal time to add a garden-inspired sensory experience to your 1:1 visits or to your small sensory groups. 

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Spring Break Word Search

Here is a Spring-themed word search to enjoy!

6 Spring Art Activities Your Residents Will Love

New seasons bring new energy to your community and to the seniors you serve. Take advantage of new creativity by welcoming spring with some art offerings on your activity calendar!

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Spring Floral Harvest Wands or Witches Brooms

This is a great multisensory activity that you can involve everyone in - with touch and smell and visually beautiful arrangements.

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Word Ladder #1

Number 1 in our word ladders series! A fun and stimulating brain activity for the elderly! This word ladder has a SEASONS theme.

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Sunflowers Poster Group Activity

Here is another lovely and engaging creative group activity for seniors in nursing homes and assisted living facilities. Create a beautiful sunflowers poster in a group craft session!

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Spring Reminiscing

Spring reminiscing for the elderly. After months indoors, encourage residents to breathe-in and enjoy the fresh air of spring!

Spring Crossword

A Spring themed crossword!

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Spring Party

Celebrate spring with an annual spring party, filled with fun games and activities.

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Craft Garden

Create your own beautiful craft garden!
This is a lovely activity perfect for a nursing home setting.

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How to Make Daffodils

Make beautiful paper daffodil flowers to celebrate the arrival of Spring!

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Recycled Dream Spring Tree

Celebrate spring at your nursing home by making a gorgeous dream tree composed of spring flowers and blossoms!

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Contact paper mobiles

Visual stimulation offers the broadest range of possibilities.

Lovely Hanging Paper Flowers

Easy paper flowers to decorate your facility on all occasions.

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Spring Flowers & Butterflies

To promote friendship. Maintain skills.

How to Create a Desert Terrarium

Horticultural activities for seniors using recycled materials. Desert terrariums are fun to make and easy to maintain.

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Recycled carton Bird Feeder

To promote interaction and sharing. To enhance self-esteem

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Summer Yarn Balls

These are lovely balls to decorate your facility at your annual Summer Ball. These spring balls are very satisfying, rewarding, and fun to make!

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Paper Plate Sunflower

This is another great craft to do and ideal to decorate your facility for parties or a Spring Festival. Offer lots of decoration options and let participants express themselves artistically.

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Egg carton Spring Flowers

Recycle egg cartons and make your facility look festive by hanging these colourful flowers everywhere.

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Recycled Crayon Sun Catchers

Beautiful hanging sun catchers for any season!

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Spring Word Search

A spring word search!

Fun Riddle 20

I am as large as a castly, yet lighters than air
100 men and their horses cannot move me

Fun Riddle 19

It has a bed but never sleeps
It has a mouth but does not speak

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Coffee Filter Sun Flowers

Improve dexterity. Provide enjoyment.

Spring Clean Word Finder

March is Spring Time in the Northern Hemisphere and time to spring clean the house, the garden, the yard and even your own handbag!

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