Here is your May Calendar - ready to print and colour-in, with your group.
Click here to download
Orange and yellow flowers for May - I thought we would have a change from Red, White and Blue!
My aim is to help keep our elderly and less-abled folk busy and happy! However...many of the crafts and activities will also appeal to all ages and abilities, so do have a browse...Loads of different crafts and quizzes - very easy to find by clicking on category buttons below! Have also introduced some discussion on ACEO Miniature watercolour painting - a new hobby?
Thursday, 28 April 2011
May Calendar 2011 - May Marigolds!
Here is your May Calendar - ready to print and colour-in, with your group.
Click here to download
Orange and yellow flowers for May - I thought we would have a change from Red, White and Blue!
Monday, 18 April 2011
A Colourful Quiz!
All the answers are a colour!
You can download and print it - Click here.
Have fun putting in the colours with your groups... I wonder how many will remember all the 7 colours of the Rainbow?
Have given you a sheet of answers just in case...
Saturday, 16 April 2011
Easter Bunny - Paper Plate Craft!
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| Easter Bunny - made by Thomas |
You will need...
2 paper plates
Paints or other colouring pens or crayons
Card for the Easter Bunny
Glue
Glitter, stars etc (Optional)
Small Easter Eggs (Optional)
How to Make it...
Print the Easter Bunny - Click here for template
Trace Bunny onto card.
Cut out the Bunny.
Cut one plate in half.
Paint the Inside surface of the whole plate and the Underneath surface of the half plate.
Thomas painted the whole rim, but you can paint just the top half of the whole plate, as the bottom half will be covered up.
Apply glue and glitter/stars if desired. (Thomas insisted he wanted the Christmas glitter on his plate!)
Apply glue around the bottom half of the rim of the whole plate.
Attach the half plate and peg together.
Leave to dry.
Pop the Easter Bunny in his pocket and a few small Easter Eggs will fit in too!
Paint the Bunny.
Let the paint dry.
Apply glue and glitter/stars if desired. (Thomas insisted he wanted the Christmas glitter on his plate!)
Apply glue around the bottom half of the rim of the whole plate.
Attach the half plate and peg together.
Leave to dry.
Pop the Easter Bunny in his pocket and a few small Easter Eggs will fit in too!
Enjoy the Easter break with your family and friends...!
Monday, 28 March 2011
A Fridge Magnet using Mod Podge!
Have just got my first jar of Mod Podge!
Decided to start small and after watching the experts on YouTube I gave it a go!
I used a playing card as the mount and then Mod Podged on a print of the gorgeous little Victorian girl.
A few more coats of Mod Podge and a bit of lace, buttons and two shiny pink beads and there it is - on my fridge!
Friday, 25 March 2011
April Calendar - The Royal Wedding!
April is a special month, as we celebrate the marriage
of Prince William to Kate Middleton, on 29th April 2011.
If you would like to download the calendar template, so you can print it out for your group to paint or colour-in, then Click Here.
For extra "bling" try sticking acrylic beads onto the crown -for "crown jewels"!
TUESDAY 29.03.011 Here are some of the April calendars we did at our Day Centre today...
We had a lot of fun this morning with our April Crown Calendars!
It seems that most of our members are involved in some sort of celebrations on the Big Day - including of course, watching on TV, our amazing British Pageantry at its best, as the Royal Wedding takes place in London...
Thursday, 24 March 2011
Face-Cloth Easter Bunny!
Sue made these Easter Bunnies for us today, at our Day Centre and immediately had orders for 8 more!!
So we decided, that this was a good way to make funds for buying craft supplies - for future crafting projects...
To make the Easter Bunny you will need...
A Face-cloth
Ribbon
Eyes
Double-sided sticky pads
A small Easter Egg
To make...
Fold the face-cloth in half forming a triangle.
Roll the face-cloth from the points towards the long edge.
Then fold this in half and place the Easter Egg in the centre of the fold.
Tie the ribbon around the "neck" of the bunny.
Tie another bow higher up, to create the bunny "face" and the "ears" above.
Using the double sided sticky pads, attach the eyes. 
A lovely Easter Gift - for any age group!
Friday, 18 March 2011
Our Easter Ladder is Up!
We ended up with so many eggs and bunnies to put on the ladder, made during the week by our members at the Day Centre, plus the fluffy chicks, silk flowers (someone asked if they were double daffodils?? Could be...) and little chocolate eggs - thus the ladder has rather disappeared, but it is there, I promise!
(Scroll down to last two previous Posts to see the "ladder" if you haven't been following this project so far)
Because we attached the card eggs and bunnies to flat wooden spatulas (lolly sticks) they were easy to tuck into, or stick onto, the ladder, using double-sided adhesive pads.
The four large card/foil eggs and the yellow flowers were attached to the wall with Blu Tack, separate to the ladder.
I have continued down with close-ups so you can see the details of the Easter decorations - made with such enthusiasm and with great results!
Because we attached the card eggs and bunnies to flat wooden spatulas (lolly sticks) they were easy to tuck into, or stick onto, the ladder, using double-sided adhesive pads.
The four large card/foil eggs and the yellow flowers were attached to the wall with Blu Tack, separate to the ladder.
I have continued down with close-ups so you can see the details of the Easter decorations - made with such enthusiasm and with great results!
Thursday, 17 March 2011
Easter Ladder - Work in Progress
Tomorrow (Friday) it will be put together and displayed at our Day Centre...
Have no idea what it will look like, but we will soon find out!
Have no idea what it will look like, but we will soon find out!
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