{"id":14940,"date":"2020-02-27T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T13:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/?p=14940"},"modified":"2026-04-21T14:38:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:38:55","slug":"activity-theme-ideas-to-reduce-fidgeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/activity-theme-ideas-to-reduce-fidgeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Activity Theme Ideas to Reduce Fidgeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you have residents who like to fidget throughout the day, then try to provide them with simple activities that they can easily capture their attention while keeping their hands busy. Here are 3 types of activities from notjustbingo.com to consider for your restless residents.<\/p>\n

Lap & Tabletop Activities<\/h2>\n

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Lap activities are great for your wheelchair bound residents, as your residents can easily hold them in their lap. For instance, use an activity pillow<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0or an activity<\/strong>\u00a0apron<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>that provides a variety of lacing, buckling, and zipping activities for your residents. A smaller option is the fidget bag<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0that allows residents to easily move beads back and forth.<\/p>\n

In addition, muffs that residents can easily fit on their hands work well too. Use an activity muff<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to help residents with their fidgety hands.<\/p>\n

Use squishy discs<\/strong><\/a>,<\/strong> glitter bead balls<\/strong><\/a>,<\/strong> massage balls<\/strong><\/a>,<\/strong> or and these dual sensory balls<\/strong><\/a> to help your residents get a fun finger workout while keeping busy. These stress relief blob balls<\/strong><\/a> are also fun! You can also provide residents with squishy<\/strong>\u00a0toys<\/strong><\/a> that they can squeeze after decorating them with markers.<\/p>\n

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Another option is to provide your residents with fidget widget tools<\/strong> <\/a>that they can easily hold while engaging in the repetitive motions that keep them calm.<\/p>\n

Lacing Activities<\/h2>\n

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Lacing activities provide residents with a fun project where they can use their fingers to lace an image or pattern.\u00a0For instance, residents can use lacing cards where they can improve their hand-eye coordination by stringing large laces in jumbo lacing cards that feature images of\u00a0cute animals<\/strong><\/a> or vegetable gardens<\/strong><\/a> which is great for a nutrition theme.<\/p>\n

If you also want to help your residents improve their color and pattern recognition, then use this Peg-A-Pattern\u2122 activity<\/strong><\/a> that allows them to add colorful pegs on the board.<\/p>\n

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Games<\/h2>\n

Schedule fun games that will keep your residents\u2019 hands occupied. For example, set up a fun tactile matching maze<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0that allows your resident to match up patterns using blocks,\u00a0or provide your resident with a catch-a-ball<\/strong>\u00a0toss game<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to play. If the catch-a-ball toss game is too difficult, then use the classic paddle ball game<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for your resident to test out his paddling skills.<\/p>\n

Finally, another fun game to play, especially when the grandchildren are around, is the Lite Brite game<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0that allows your resident to be creative with color while sticking the pegs into the pattern.<\/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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