World Music Day Level: Medium Length: 1 hour Overview: Play music to evoke memories and conversation. Materials: Record Player, records. How: Ask participants, family members or friends to bring in records to play. Have a chance to listen, sing along and talk about memories evoked by the music. Hazelhurst Nursing Home
Level: Easy Length: 30 minutes Overview: Use the alphabet to encourage discussions around flowers. Materials: Whiteboard or large piece of paper, pens. How: Sit with the whiteboard or paper visible to all. Go through the alphabet naming flowers. It can lead to conversations about favourite flowers and what you have grown in the garden. Holmer Court Care
Level: Easy Length: 10 minutes + Overview: Use hats as a prop for encouraging a fun, imaginative story to develop. Materials: Hats. How: Try on different hats, and get into character of who would wear the hat. What would your job be? Where would you live? What do you like doing? Let your imagination run wild...
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
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
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
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
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 out). Cut the phrase in half. Allow participant to match the phrases. A leopard cannot…change its spots. Revenge is a dish…best served cold. An apple
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 an even layer of ink onto your stamp. Turn stamp upside down onto your card and push down firmly. Admire your beautiful creation. Addition: Make
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, cling film, cake, objects to press in - coins, small ornaments, stencils, doilies, etc. How: Warm the icing in your hands. Sprinkle icing sugar onto