{"id":38827,"date":"2025-03-07T09:22:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T14:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/?p=38827"},"modified":"2026-04-21T14:33:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:33:38","slug":"how-to-celebrate-art-in-your-senior-living-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/how-to-celebrate-art-in-your-senior-living-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Celebrate Art in Your Senior Living Facility"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With lots of observances centered around the visual arts, including March being National Craft Month, World Art Day in April, and Fine Art Appreciation Day in October, why not help your residents appreciate the creative expression through fun crafts and activities.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a week of themed activities that relate to the visual arts to add to your monthly activity calendar:<\/p>\n

Sunday \u2013 Drawing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Invite one of your artistic volunteers or family members to teach a fun class on how to draw basic objects. Provide the class with newsprint paper<\/a>\u00a0and colored pencils<\/a>\u00a0to follow the teacher\u2019s instruction.<\/p>\n

After the class, encourage residents to build upon what they learned with the help of tools like stencils<\/a> or even pre-printed doodle drawings<\/a> that they can trace using tracing paper.<\/a><\/p>\n

Monday \u2013 Painting<\/strong><\/p>\n

Help your residents tap into their inner Van Gogh and Michaelangelo as you provide fun painting activities. For instance, expose residents to the world of watercolor by having them use watercolors to fill in pre-printed posters, like\u00a0watercolor lighthouse posters<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0floral designs<\/a>. In addition, pass out\u00a0paint-by-number drawings<\/a>\u00a0that residents can easily fill in with their\u00a0watercolors<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For your acrylic paint lovers, use\u00a0acrylic craft kits<\/a>\u00a0that allow residents to fill in the art with the kit\u2019s acrylic paints. Additionally, use wooden crafts, like\u00a0birdhouses<\/a>, for residents to paint in fun colors using the acrylic paints.<\/p>\n

Tuesday \u2013 Sculpture<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tap into your residents\u2019 creativity to see what fun objects they sculpt using a sculpting kit sculpting kit<\/a>. For the activity, supply residents with the foam shapes and the markers from the kit to create interesting pieces of art.<\/p>\n

Afterwards, invite residents to play a fun sculpting game. To play, pass modeling clay<\/a>\u00a0for residents to use. Then name an object and give residents five minutes to see who can sculpt the best replica of the object that you name.<\/p>\n

Wednesday \u2013 Photography<\/strong><\/p>\n

Assist residents with capturing art by taking digital photos of themselves and others with your facility\u2019s camera to print out and place in wooden frames, like a regular\u00a0picture frame<\/a> or even a\u00a0love picture frame<\/a>, that can be decorated.<\/p>\n

Thursday \u2013 Printmaking<\/strong><\/p>\n

Show residents how to use the sun to create \u201cnature prints.\u201d For the activity, help residents gather a variety of elements from nature, like leaves, flowers, and pine cones. Then show residents how, to set the items on\u00a0nature print paper<\/a> to create vibrant prints using the sun\u2019s rays.<\/p>\n

Friday \u2013 Architecture<\/strong><\/p>\n

Have fun with architecture as you provide residents with wooden birdhouses<\/a> that look like buildings that they can decorate and set outdoors for your neighborhood birds. Conversely, have residents paint the birdhouses to set indoors as a fun scenic town vignette in a common area of your facility. Simply add holiday lights during the winter or beautiful flowers during the spring.<\/p>\n

Saturday \u2013 Ceramics<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finish the week by showing residents how to decorate ceramics that they keep in their rooms or give as gifts. For instance, if you plan your art week during gardening season, then host a gnome-decorating contest to see who can decorate the most interesting\u00a0gnome<\/a>. Additionally, if you have your ceramics activity during the holiday season, then provide residents with\u00a0ceramic star ornaments<\/a>\u00a0to decorate and give as gifts to loved ones.<\/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 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 privileged to help activity directors better the living experiences of their residents while demonstrating that a senior\u2019s quality of life can actually improve when they move to a senior facility!<\/p>\n

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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