Hello everyone first I want to thank Golden carers for having an awesome website. This website has taken a lot of pressure off me and has helped me in being so creative. Do anyone have ideas for birthday party games? I want to do fun things before we have cake and ice cream. Thank you
OOOOH, I love celebrating birthdays! I posted this idea before, but it's a fun one that works for groups of all sizes and abilities: Do an acrostic poem! Write the birthday boy/girl's name vertically on a large piece of cardboard or white board, and then ask everyone in the group to think of a word that describes the person that begins with the same letter. For example: L: lovely, laughing O: okay, optimistic I: interesting S; superb, silly Write big, so everyone can see the words, and then take a picture of the birthday boy/girl holding his/her poem!
Alison
20th Feb 2018
Nori what a great idea. Love this. Thanks. I may just introduce it as an activity,
So many great ideas in here. Glad to have found you, Golden Carers! Thank you for all the wonderful things you do to help all of us working with activities to better and to make our activities fun for our customers and us.
Virginia Benshoof Activities Specialist United States
We have an article about birthdays here that may be helpful:
https://www.goldencarers.com/how-to-celebrate-birthdays-in-long-term-care-facilities/5362/
I posted this idea before, but it's a fun one that works for groups of all sizes and abilities: Do an acrostic poem! Write the birthday boy/girl's name vertically on a large piece of cardboard or white board, and then ask everyone in the group to think of a word that describes the person that begins with the same letter. For example:
L: lovely, laughing
O: okay, optimistic
I: interesting
S; superb, silly
Write big, so everyone can see the words, and then take a picture of the birthday boy/girl holding his/her poem!
What a great idea! I'll be sure to use it!