{"id":19286,"date":"2020-01-02T14:36:20","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T19:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/?p=19286"},"modified":"2026-04-21T14:40:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:40:05","slug":"8-craft-ideas-for-your-nursing-facilitys-religious-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/8-craft-ideas-for-your-nursing-facilitys-religious-club\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Craft Ideas For Your Nursing Facility\u2019s Religious Club"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If your nursing facility has a Bible Club or other spiritually-focused group, then you are probably already scheduling activities for the members to worship, sing hymns, and fellowship with one another. But have you thought about organizing religious crafts for these members? If not, then keep reading to learn about a few fun crafts that you can begin planning for your religious club today from notjustbingo!<\/p>\n

1. Stained Glass Crosses<\/strong><\/p>\n

Provide residents with a stained glass cross craft kit to assemble stained glass-style crosses<\/u><\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0For the craft, supply residents with the colorful tiles from the kit to attach to the sticky chipboard to create beautiful sparkling crosses.<\/p>\n

2. Wooden Cross Trivets<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since your residents may not need baking supplies anymore in their own apartments, schedule a craft activity for them to make such supplies like W<\/a><\/strong>ooden Cross Trivets<\/strong><\/a> to\u00a0 donate to the kitchens of a few local churches. Supply residents with tiles<\/u><\/a><\/strong> and grout for the project.<\/p>\n

3. Stained Glass<\/strong><\/p>\n

Invite residents to make their own stained glass<\/strong><\/a> using colorful paper. Hang the finished stained glass in the windows of your Activity Room to show off the pretty designs.<\/p>\n

4. Beaded Cross Necklaces<\/strong><\/p>\n

Show residents how to assemble beaded cross necklaces<\/strong><\/a> that they can wear using glow-in-the-dark beads and cording. As a fun project, invite the Sunday School class of a local church to join your residents in crafting the necklaces. As a fun project, schedule a Zoom craft session where you invite the Sunday School class of a local church to join your residents in crafting the necklaces online.<\/p>\n

5. Wooden Mezuzahs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Provide your nursing facility\u2019s Jewish residents with pine mezuzahs<\/strong><\/a> that they can decorate to place around their doors for Passover. Use smaller brushes and paint for the design.<\/p>\n

6. Sand Art Cross Necklaces<\/strong><\/p>\n

Provide residents with a sand art cross necklace kit<\/u><\/a><\/strong> to make sand art necklaces to send to loved ones. Encourage residents to layer the colorful sand to create unique cross necklaces.<\/p>\n

7. Velvet Art<\/strong><\/p>\n

Supply residents with uplifting velvet art designs<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to decorate with markers. Encourage residents to color in the spaces in between the velvet, and then display the finished inspirational sayings during your upcoming religious special events.<\/p>\n

8. Cross Suncatchers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Assist residents with using paint to fill in cross suncatchers<\/strong><\/a> that residents can hang in the windows of their rooms. For the project, have residents pick out their desired cross design and begin filling in their cross with paint.<\/p>\n

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