by Kirstie Newell | Sep 7, 2023 | Arts and Crafts, Loose Valley Care Home
This week some of our Loose Valley Care Home residents made some beautiful and unique sun catchers to hang in their rooms. We used pieces of wire with a wooden heart to hold the beads and gems in place. Our ladies and gents then chose what colours and style beads they...
by Kirstie Newell | Jul 19, 2023 | Arts and Crafts, Loose Valley Care Home
This week at Loose Valley Care Home we tried our hands at a touch of resin art. We used epoxy resin and some rubber moulds to create some beautiful bookmarks. We poured the mixture in and then our residents chose some pretty beads and glitter to decorate them; the...
by Kirstie Newell | May 29, 2023 | Arts and Crafts, Loose Valley Care Home
Making small pillows with lavender is a popular aromatherapy project here at Loose Valley Care Home and they are really quick and easy to do! We had cotton fabric – which Paula from our team had cut to size and stuck with a hot glue gun – with two sides down to...
by Kirstie Newell | Apr 24, 2023 | Arts and Crafts, Loose Valley Care Home
One of our other Nellsar Homes recently asked for us to make some birthday cards for a lovely resident, Daphne, turning 100 with them at Woodstock Residential Care Home; they wanted to see if they could get 100 cards delivered for her special day. We were more than...
by Kirstie Newell | Mar 14, 2023 | Arts and Crafts, Loose Valley Care Home
Arts and crafts Our Loose Valley Care Home residents have recently enjoyed getting involved in the preparation of events we have coming up. We spent some creative time making decorations for up-and-coming St Patrick’s Day this week, when everything will be...
by Kirstie Newell | Jan 25, 2023 | Arts and Crafts, Loose Valley Care Home
On Thursday 19 January we journeyed ‘down under’ with some colourful Aboriginal dot painting at Loose Valley Care Home, as its coming up to Australia Day on 26th January. We decided to paint some Australian animals, including koala, lizards, fish, kangaroo...