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Seat each resident with a small table or tray in front of them,place ten assorted playing cards on each tray,purchase large cheap pack of cards for caller,call out and show the card,if aresident has that card,they turn it over,first person who turns all cards over is the winner.The casinoes will provide once used playing cards free of charge.We also do cheap crafts with mainly recycled materials,send a newsletter home for old buttons,decopage materials old jewellery etc make greeting cards from recycled cards etc.Have a cheap soapmaking recipie if you want it we make them in silicone baking moulds.Cheap supermarket soap looks great with decals cut from papernapkins and modgepodged on. Can give u more ideas if you wish,good luck Judy NZ

Seat (high care) residents in a circle and play balloons with fly-swatters or lead them into a sing-along. Give a group of residents (low care) some safety scissors and coloured magazines or old calendars to cut out pictures for theme posters to brighten up your facility or make home-made cards (‘Mother’s Day’ is around the corner). Bothe groups might also like to watch a DVD of Nana Mouskouri or The Seekers or Elvis Presley in Concert.

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Hi I work in a similar place to you. I quite often down load vintage pictures for them to make a collage. Makes a great theme activity. Also word games are very entertaining. Age appropriate colouring is very popular with a lot of our people so is walking groups. Hope this helps

Hi Judy, I would love your cheap soap-making recipe.
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Awesome ideas ladies