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The holidays are coming and it\u2019s time to decorate! But you don\u2019t have to break the bank to add a festive atmosphere to your facility. Here are 7 easy and inexpensive ways from notjustbingo.com to transform any room for the holidays, while getting your residents to help.<\/p>\n

1. Balloons\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Have residents blow up Christmas and holiday color balloons<\/a><\/strong> and tie string on them. Then go around to residents’ rooms and decorate them. You can even come up with a fun game of balloon toss using hand swatters<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

2. Decorating Kits<\/strong><\/p>\n

Use Christmas decorating kits<\/a><\/strong> to transform your senior facilty into a holiday that residents will never forget! Add 3D snowflake mobiles<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to hang up from the ceiling and set the scene with some holiday props<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

3. Construction Paper<\/strong><\/p>\n

Provide residents with colorful Christmas construction paper or scrapbook paper to make holiday chains<\/a><\/strong> that you can easily hang throughout your facility. Use a kit that contains pre-cut links that your residents can easily link together without the use of messy glue sticks. In contrast, you can always make your own holiday links using holiday-colored construction paper<\/a><\/strong>, a paper cutter, and glue dots<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

4. Pine Cones<\/strong><\/p>\n

Schedule a Pine Cone Hunt for your mobile residents and their grandchildren to help you find pine cones in the backyard that can be painted white for the season. If pine cones are not available, simply purchase an inexpensive bag of pine cones<\/a><\/strong> and have residents paint them and decorate them with glitter. Use the finished pine cones as table centerpieces in your facility\u2019s Dining Room for the season.<\/p>\n

5. Stockings<\/strong><\/p>\n

Invite residents to help you decorate small stockings<\/a><\/strong> by writing the first names of your residents on the stockings. Use the finished stockings as door decoration that you can place on each resident\u2019s door for the holidays. Then on Christmas Eve, go through the hallways and fill the stockings with peppermint candy canes<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

6. Christmas Lights<\/strong><\/p>\n

Use white lights<\/a><\/strong> or multi-colored lights<\/a><\/strong> to create a tree shape on an empty wall in your facility. Simply tape the lights to the wall in the shape of a triangle for a large Christmas tree. If your strand of lights is long, simply fill in the tree by zig-zagging the lights back and forth from one side of the triangle to the other until the strand ends.<\/p>\n

Find more ideas from Notjustbingo\u00a0on the S&S blog here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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About Not Just Bingo:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Not Just Bingo<\/a>\u00a0is an online resource of fun, senior activity ideas for activity professionals of nursing homes and assisted living facilities. They have been providing fun activity ideas online since 2009, and continue to assist activity professionals across the country by creating meaningful and engaging activity ideas for their residents that go \u201cbeyond bingo.\u201d Not Just Bingo feels\u00a0privileged to help activity directors better the living experiences of their residents while demonstrating that a senior\u2019s quality of life can actually\u00a0improve<\/em>\u00a0when they move to a nursing facility!<\/p>\n

Want even more ideas each month? Sign up for the\u00a0Not Just Bingo Membership<\/a>\u00a0to receive specialized activity ideas to keep your residents and staff engaged, active, and having fun!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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