by Kirstie Newell | Jan 19, 2023 | Arts and Crafts, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Last week at The Old Downs Residential Care Home, some of our residents joined in to celebrate ‘International Thank You Day’ on Wednesday 11 January. To mark the occasion, they got together for an arts and crafts session to make some thank you cards for...
by Kirstie Newell | Jan 12, 2023 | Arts and Crafts, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Last week our ladies at The Old Downs Residential Care Home joined in for an arts and crafts session when they made collages of ladies dresses. Using silhouette templates, they enjoyed gluing material samples and buttons onto the dresses to bring them to life – they...
by Kirstie Newell | Jan 5, 2023 | Arts and Crafts, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Last week some of our residents took part in an arts and crafts session here at The Old Downs Residential Care Home, making a Holly wreath picture, with straws dipped into paint to give a holly leaf effect. Our ladies thoroughly enjoyed this fun activity and the...
by Jodie Currey | Dec 30, 2022 | Arts and Crafts, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Over the Christmas period our residents here at The Old Downs Residential Care Home thoroughly enjoyed making their own Christmas arts and crafts. Our ladies and gents have enjoyed colouring Christmas tablecloths, as well as decorating their own Christmas tree, table...
by Kirstie Newell | Nov 16, 2022 | Arts and Crafts, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Our residents and staff at The Old Downs Residential Care Home joined in to celebrate World Kindness Day on Saturday 13 November. To mark the occasion, we created our own ‘Heart of kindness’; we made a large red heart from card and filled it with mini...
by Jodie Currey | Nov 9, 2022 | Arts and Crafts, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Last week at The Old Downs Residential Care Home on Friday 4 November, some of our residents joined in for arts and crafts in preparation of Remembrance Day. We laminated red, green and black paper and made beautiful poppies which we decorated the Home with. ...