Festive Activities for Seniors
International Womens Day
8th of March International Women’s Day celebrates the achievements of women around the world every year for their social, ec...
Hosting the Oscars in Aged Care
The Oscars is a great opportunity to bring back the nostalgia of the past with Hollywood glamour and the stars. Some of the modern...
Shrove Tuesday – Pancake Day
Shrove Tuesday is a Christian celebration held every year 47 days before Easter Sunday and the day before Ash Wednesday. Join our ...
Valentines Day Activity – High Tea
Valentines Day 14th of February is a great day to celebrate love and reminisce and share many stories. Here are a few ideas to hos...
How To Make Corded Sock Poi
Corded Sock Poi is easy to make and light weighted craft. Moreover it takes less than 4 minutes to complete. You can try it with y...
Waitangi Day Craft Activity
Korowai are regarded as taonga (which means treasure). They are often used as ornaments on special occasions (especially on Waitan...
How To Make A Chinese Paper Lantern
With a bit of research, I came across this fun and easy task to make a Chinese paper lantern – in fact, it only takes less t...
Ways To Celebrate Birthdays In Aged Care
Birthday celebration is a gesture to honor elderly clients and let them know how much they are appreciated and valued. Join our Ne...
Planning a Movie Night for the Elderly
Watching movies can reduce loneliness, foster friendships, stimulate togetherness, and provide a much sought mental ‘break’...
Paper Doily Christmas Trees Craft
This is great activity to enjoy with seniors and residents in aged care, I remember doing this activity as a young girl with my gr...
Melbourne Cup Celebrations in Aged Care
For many seniors the Melbourne Cup has been part of their life growing up in Australia and hosting a special event in aged care ca...
Activities for St Patrick’s Day
Saint Patrick’s Day on March 17th can be a fun and eventful day in aged care, below is a collection of activities for you to...
Valentine’s Quiz
Valentine’s Day is arriving again and what better way to get our senior residents in care into the spirit of love than with a go...
New Year’s Eve in Aged Care
Celebrating New Year’s Eve in aged care doesn’t have to be too challenging, of course, we don’t all sit up till midnight wai...
Christmas Scrabble Tile Ornaments
Make personalized Christmas ornaments using old scrabble letters. Many scrabble games get thrown aside or pieces go missing you co...
Christmas Quiz for Seniors
Merry Christmas everyone! Here is a fun Quiz we have created for your Christmas Celebrations. We hope you and your senior resident...
Autumn Leaf Mason Jar | Thanksgiving for Seniors
Doing craft and cooking activities during Thanksgiving is a great way to bring family and friends together. For seniors living wit...
Father’s Day Paper Ribbon Award
All the Dads in your aged care center can be the “Best in the World!” Why not have the ladies in care make this award ribbon c...
Father’s Day in aged care
Father’s Day is a very special celebration and planning the day with some thoughtful activities will help make it fun and en...
Easter Bunny Ball Toss
Use the large cardboard box and make it into the Easter bunny shape. Leave a big fan-shaped hole for the mouth and glue its tongue...
Easter Bonnets
Easter is a great time to have some fun activities leading up to the celebrations like making chocolates, hot cross buns, cards, d...
Easter Quiz for Seniors
Happy Easter everyone! Here is a fun Quiz we have created for your Easter Celebrations. We hope you and your senior residents have...
St Patrick’s Day Quiz
Here is a fun Quiz we have created for St Patrick’s Day. Click the link below for the printable version. We hope you and you...
St Patrick’s Day in Aged Care
Saint Patrick’s Day is a great celebration to have in aged care. The Irish sure know how to have fun so let’s make thi...
Irish Jokes for St Patrick’s Day
An Irishman goes to the doctor, who after examining him says “You have some problems with your heart, but if you take these tabl...
Chocolate Covered Strawberries
A great activity for everyone on Valentine’s Day is to spend the afternoon making chocolate dipped strawberries and while they a...
Renewing Wedding Vows in Aged Care
On Valentine’s Day 3 of our couples in care renewed their wedding vows in front of everyone at our facility, it was a wonderful ...
Christmas Sparkle Ball
I made this with my residents one Christmas and it turned out fantastic! The residents were able help put the project together an...
Christmas Paper Chains
A very easy Christmas craft to do with your residents is to make old fashioned paper chains. I found that the seniors with dementi...