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Celebrate Mardi Gras in February with a few supplies that you can begin gathering to make sure that you have a fun New Orleans-style celebration for your nursing home residents. Here are six supplies that you can grab right now:<\/p>\n

1. Mardi Gras Beads<\/strong> – One way to get your residents into the Mardi Gras spirit is to pass out Mardi Gras beads<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>for them to wear. Whether you are hosting a Mardi Gras lunch with po\u2019 boy sandwiches and gumbo or leading a Mardi Gras parade through your facility\u2019s hallways, Mardi Gras beads are an instant way to make the event more festive.<\/p>\n

2. Mardi Gras Masks<\/strong> – Add in a bit of mystery to your Mardi Gras festivities with masks. Either provide plain masks<\/strong><\/a> for residents to decorate as a craft activity using feathers and beads, or provide ready-to-wear feather masks<\/a><\/strong> for residents to wear at a fun masquerade party.<\/p>\n

3. Noisemakers<\/strong> – If you decide to hire an entertainer for your Mardi Gras event, be sure to pass out bells<\/strong><\/a> or kazoos <\/a><\/strong>or noisemakers<\/strong><\/a> for residents to join in on the fun.<\/p>\n

4. Balloons<\/strong> – Make your facility even more festive by adding colorful balloons in the colors of Mardi Gras: green<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(which represents faith), purple<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(which represents justice), and gold<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(which represents power).<\/p>\n

5. Champagne Glasses<\/strong> – Pass around plastic champagne glasses<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and fill them with nonalcoholic champagne or sparkling apple cider for residents to enjoy. Invite residents to take turns making toasts to celebrate this last day of the carnival season.<\/p>\n

6. Doubloons (Coins)<\/strong> – Use gold coins<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0as part of your Mardi Gras activities. For instance, use them as party favors or table centerpiece decorations in your Dining Room for your Mardi Gras dinner, or hide them throughout your facility for residents to find during a day-long Mardi Gras Scavenger Hunt.<\/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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