{"id":6918,"date":"2017-12-23T11:32:59","date_gmt":"2017-12-23T16:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/?p=6918"},"modified":"2026-01-15T19:05:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T00:05:51","slug":"how-to-celebrate-groundhog-day-at-your-senior-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/how-to-celebrate-groundhog-day-at-your-senior-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Celebrate Groundhog Day at Your Senior Facility"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For Groundhog Day on February 2nd, treat your residents to fun and games in your Activity Room to celebrate six more weeks of winter!<\/p>\n

1. Host a Punxsutawney Phil Breakfast<\/strong><\/p>\n

Arrange to have a special breakfast for residents, featuring all their favorites (items that they may not normally receive) like sunny-side-up eggs, blueberry waffles, and country ham. Encourage residents to dress-up for this special breakfast.<\/p>\n

2. Make Sock Puppets With the Grandkids<\/strong><\/p>\n

Schedule an intergenerational activity for residents to make and decorate animal hand puppets<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0with the grandkids. They can even work together to design a puppet theater<\/strong> <\/a>and put on a show.<\/p>\n

3. Organize a Peanut Party<\/strong><\/p>\n

Encourage residents to snack on one of the groundhog\u2019s favorite treats: peanuts. Simply cover the tables in your Activity Room with paper and place buckets of roasted peanuts on them for residents to enjoy as an afternoon snack.<\/p>\n

4. Snow Toss<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re in a warmer climate, treat your residents to a day of snow with snow balls to toss<\/strong><\/a> into a hoop<\/strong><\/a> or bucket<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

5. Teach a Shadow Puppet Exercise<\/strong><\/p>\n

Teach residents how to exercise their fingers while making shadow puppets. Use a flashlight to reflect the puppets onto a wall for residents to see the puppets clearly.<\/p>\n

6. Host a Groundhog Day<\/em> Movie Marathon<\/strong><\/p>\n

Show the 1993 movie Groundhog Day<\/em>, featuring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell, throughout the day in your Activity Room for residents. Encourage residents to stop in and watch the movie while snacking on popcorn.<\/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

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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