by Kirstie Newell | Sep 26, 2024 | Arts and Crafts, Loose Valley Care Home
It was The National Day of Arts in Care Homes on Tuesday 24 September, so we marked the occasion which aims to encourage our residents to engage in the creative arts. We spotlighted different forms of art, to give our residents the option to try new things. One...
by Kirstie Newell | Aug 28, 2024 | Arts and Crafts, Loose Valley Care Home
On Thursday 22 August we enjoyed a sensory activity with our Loose Valley Care Home residents, printing flowers with bubblewrap onto black paper. We set out some bubblewrap, plates with different colours of paint to dip into and paint brushes. We applied paint onto...
by Kirstie Newell | Apr 23, 2024 | Arts and Crafts, Loose Valley Care Home
We got creative last week here at Loose Valley Care Home when we tried our hands at rock painting together. Our ladies found some useful paint pens which helped limit the mess! As you can see, we made some lovely bright creations which we’ll put in our garden to...
by Kirstie Newell | Nov 2, 2023 | Celebrations, Loose Valley Care Home
Pumpkin painting On the run up to Halloween at Loose Valley Care Home, we decided to paint some pumpkins to use as decorations for the spooky season. Our residents had fun painting faces and shapes on a variety of pumpkins and were delighted to see them on display for...
by Kirstie Newell | Oct 4, 2023 | Arts and Crafts, Loose Valley Care Home
We enjoyed some creative crafts last week at Loose Valley Care Home. Heart art Our residents decorated large wooden hearts with some mini hearts inside. They used scrabble letters to add their names on to them and embellished their designs with glitter, jewels and...
