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With National Pumpkin Day approaching on October 26th, be sure to have a few fun pumpkin-related activities for the senior residents of your nursing facility. Here are 5 pumpkin-themed crafts or games to have on hand.<\/p>\n

Pumpkin Toss<\/strong><\/p>\n

Do your residents love tossing games? Then set up a large inflatable pumpkin for a fun competition for your residents. For the activity, seat residents in a large circle in your Activity Room, and place an inflatable pumpkin<\/a> in the middle of the floor. Then provide residents with the game\u2019s spoons to see how many \u201cseeds\u201d they can flick into the pumpkin. If the spoons are too difficult for your residents to handle, then have residents try to toss small\u00a0pumpkin squeeze balls<\/a> into the pumpkin instead.<\/p>\n

Pumpkin Punch Balls<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you have residents who don\u2019t enjoy your daily Exercise Class, then try passing out pumpkin punch balls<\/a> for residents to hit back and forth as they get a good hand and arm workout. During the exercise, create a complete workout by encouraging residents to alternate hands and to try punching the balls while their hands are over their heads.<\/p>\n

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Pumpkin Paints<\/strong><\/p>\n

While your residents may feel that their carving days are over, help them still have fun during this pumpkin season by painting pumpkins using acrylic paint<\/a> to create pumpkin faces on your facility\u2019s pumpkins. In fact, make a contest out of it. For the activity, provide each resident with a pumpkin, paint, and fifteen minutes to try to create the \u201cScariest Pumpkin,\u201d the \u201cFunniest Pumpkin,\u201d or a \u201cSelf-Portrait Pumpkin\u201d for the contest. Encourage your facility\u2019s administrators to be the judges, and then award Halloween candy<\/a> or Halloween pencils<\/a> as prizes to the participants.<\/p>\n

Orange Yarn<\/strong><\/p>\n

Show residents how to use orange yarn<\/a> to make their very own pumpkin pom-poms. Simply download a quick tutorial online that shows how to wrap the yarn around your fingers to create the pom-poms that can be used as yarn pumpkins. Then encourage residents to decorate their rooms with the finished pumpkins.<\/p>\n

Chipboard Pumpkins<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pass out chipboard pumpkins<\/a> \u00a0for residents to decorate with orange markers<\/a> to use as Halloween decorations throughout your facility. Simply color the pumpkins before assembling.<\/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

Want even more ideas each month? 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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