Level: Easy Length: 30 - 60 minutes Overview: Dancing using props to encourage movement. Materials: Music and various props - feathers, balls etc. How: Warm up by throwing and catching an object to get participants engaged. Passing a ball between people, keeping a balloon afloat and blowing feathers to each other. Exercise through dancing to
Level: Medium Length: 30 - 60 minutes Overview: Create a group mosaic. Materials: Thick board, small pieces of tiles or buttons, PVA glue. Optional – grout, spatula and cloth. How: Draw an outline for your mosaic, you can choose a pattern, theme, animal, object, etc. Select your pieces of tile or buttons. Position and glue down. Leave
Level: Medium Length: 30 - 60 minutes Overview: Stitch into hessian to make small decorated pieces. Materials: Wool, strips of fabric, ribbon, embroidery hoops, hessian, scissors, bodkins. How: Choose wool, ribbon and
Level: Medium Length: 1 - 2 hours Overview: Bring the seaside inside. Materials: Buckets, spades, sand, seashells, starfish, pebbles, picnic blanket, old holiday postcards, ice cream with cones. How: Allow people
Level: Easy Length: 30 minutes Overview: Stamping with fruit and vegetables. Materials: Fruit or vegetables e.g. broccoli, Brussels sprouts, apples. Paint, paint brushes, paper. How: Take your chosen fruit or vegetable and
Level: Easy Length: 30 - 60 minutes Overview: Matching the hands and what those hands have done in their lifetime to the person. Materials: Paper, scissors, glue, decorating materials - sequins,
Level: Difficult Length: Long-term Overview: Grow your own ingredients for moisturisers and lotions. Materials: Plants - cucumber and aloe vera are good for moisturiser, rose and lavender are great for
Level: Medium Length: 1 - 2 hours Overview: Watch the horse racing, place bets and play games. Materials: Large pictures of horses, giant dice, chocolate coins. How: Prepare for a day
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
