{"id":11091,"date":"2017-11-24T11:52:06","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T16:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/?p=11091"},"modified":"2024-05-28T10:54:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T14:54:28","slug":"across-usa-theme-state-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/across-usa-theme-state-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Across the USA Theme – State of New York"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Celebrate New York as the Across the USA theme throughout December. Create fun activities for your residents that take advantage of the holiday attractions in New York City, like Rockefeller Center, Radio City Music Hall, the Fifth Avenue window displays, Central Park, and St. Patrick\u2019s Cathedral.<\/p>\n

Rockefeller Center<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Rockefeller Center is popular this time of the year because of its famous tree lighting ceremony. Each year almost 125 million people visit the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree that contains over 15,000 colorful lights. This year, consider hosting your own tree lighting ceremony with your residents by simply setting up your holiday pine tree<\/a>\u00a0and having residents assist you with decorating it. Instead of purchasing ready-made ornaments, use easy-to-make ornament kits that residents can assemble to help personalize the tree.<\/p>\n

For instance, invite your facility\u2019s Beading Club to make beaded ornaments<\/a>, or ask your Sewing Club to stitch ornaments<\/a>\u00a0for your tree. If you rather use traditional ornaments, then invite your Crafts Club to decorate ball ornaments<\/a>\u00a0with paint, glue, and glitter before hanging them on the tree. Finally, encourage residents to assemble holiday paper chains<\/a>\u00a0that can easily wrap around the tree as garland.<\/p>\n

If a large tree is not an option, then provide residents with smaller trees that they can decorate. For instance, use unfinished wooden pine trees<\/a>\u00a0that residents can paint and use as decoration throughout your facility for the season.<\/p>\n

Radio City Music Hall<\/strong><\/p>\n

Radio City Music Hall, which is also located within Rockefeller Center, is known for being the headquarters of the dancing group the Rockettes. Each year the Radio City Christmas Spectacular<\/em> featuring the Rockettes attracts a lot of visitors who enjoy watching the dancers perform \u201cThe Parade of the Wooden Soldiers.\u201d This year, bring that same excitement to your facility\u2019s common areas by filling the spaces with lots of snowflakes and beautiful Christmas balloons<\/a>. In addition, add to the festive environment by playing holiday music and scheduling a few holiday karaoke sessions for your residents, using a Christmas karaoke CD set<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fifth Avenue Window Displays\"across<\/strong><\/p>\n

Get inspired by the beautiful window displays that are found along Fifth Avenue by creating a fun holiday-themed diorama in your own facility. Brainstorm with residents about this year\u2019s theme for the display, then use holiday elements to bring the display to life. For instance, use Christmas stockings<\/a>, jingle bells<\/a>, and a 5-foot Santa<\/a>\u00a0for a St. Nicholas theme. In contrast, use snowflakes<\/a>, tree ornaments<\/a>, and foam gingerbread houses<\/a>\u00a0for a winter village theme.<\/p>\n

In addition, use the colors of Hanukkah, blue and white, to create a beautiful holiday display for your Jewish residents. Use blue garland<\/a>\u00a0and a menorah for the display.<\/p>\n

Central Park<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since Central Park is known for its ice skating during this winter month, provide crafts\u00a0\"acrossfor residents to make that relate to wintertime activities. For example, invite residents to make sleds\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0snow globes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

St. Patrick\u2019s Cathedral<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finally, St. Patrick\u2019s Cathedral is a popular landmark in midtown Manhattan that draws both worshipers and sightseers. In recognizing the cathedral, provide your residents with Christian crafts for them to assemble, like beaded crosses<\/a>\u00a0or beaded angels<\/a>. In addition, use stained glass kits that tie in with the beautiful stained glass that can be found the cathedral. For example, as a craft, use Christmas-themed stained glass frames<\/a>\u00a0for residents to make.<\/p>\n

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<\/i>\u00a0when they move to a nursing facility!<\/p>\n

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Want even more ideas each month? Visit\u00a0www.notjustbingo.com<\/a>\u00a0for how-to activity ideas, monthly newsletters, and daily holiday ideas. You can also sign up for the\u00a0Notjustbingo 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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