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Cider Tasting

Level: Medium Length: 1 hour   Overview: Taste different ciders and apple juices. Materials: Small glasses, a variety of ciders and apple juices. How: Pour a variety of ciders and apple juices into glasses. Guess which cider is which. Encourage conversation around apple growing and making cider in Herefordshire. West Eaton House Care Home

Pretty Pots

Level: Medium Length: 30 - 60 minutes Overview: Paint your own pot. Materials: Terracotta pots, acrylic paints, paint brushes, pencil, table cover or newspaper. How: Cover the table to protect it from the paint. Choose a theme, such as nature. You can draw the outline with pencil first, to give guidance when painting. Use the paint

Plant your Pot

Level: Easy Length: 30 - 60 minutes   Overview: Plant your terracotta flower pot with bulbs or flowers. Materials: Compost, plants or bulbs, flower pot, gloves, trowel, plastic sheet. How: Place plastic sheet over your table. Fill your flower pot over half way, place in your plants or bulb. Fill up with compost, pressing down

Happy Hands

Level: Easy Length: 15 minutes per person Overview: Relaxing hand massage Materials: Cushion, relaxation music, towels, lotion, massager’s hands. How: Play relaxing music and dim lights if possible. Place hands onto comfy cushion and one at a time give hands a light massage. Use delicious smelling lotions to awaken yours senses. Stonebow Unit, Hereford

An Apple a Day

Level: Medium Length: 30 - 60 minutes   Overview: Finish the phrases. Materials: Paper, printer or a pen, scissors. How: Choose some interesting phrases and print them off (or write them

Stamp it Out

Level: Medium Length: 30 - 60 minutes   Overview: Block printing and stamping to make beautiful cards. Materials: Card, inks, sponges, stamps/wooden blocks. How: Choose your desired piece of card. Sponge

Eating your Art

Level: Easy Length: 30 - 60 minutes   Overview: Imprint curious objects into icing that can then decorate a cake. Materials: Ready to roll icing, rolling pin, icing sugar, food colouring,

Taste of Italy

Italian National Day Level: Easy Length: 30 minutes Overview: Create your own pizza flavours for Italian National Day. Materials: Pizza bases, a variety of toppings. How: Apply tomato passata to

I Was Here

Level: Medium Length: 30 - 60 minutes Overview: Marking on a map where people are from, to inspire conversation. Materials: Large map of the UK and further if you have

Communal Canvases

Level: Medium Length: 1 hour Overview: Create beautiful canvases to connect together. Materials: Canvases (you can also use paper/card), paints. How: Choose a theme - flowers, birds, nature. Draw the outline of