by Jodie Currey | Oct 24, 2023 | Arts and Crafts, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Halloween crafts Last week our residents at The Old Downs Residential Care Home started working on their spooky halloween crafts by painting with pumpkin stencils. Our residents really enjoyed creating and using their imagination, while choosing the colours they...
by Kirstie Newell | Oct 4, 2023 | Arts and Crafts, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Our residents at The Old Downs Residential Care Home made a start on some harvest festival decorations on Friday 30 September. We planned the theme of ‘autumn trees and leaves’ and made a collage painting, with some help from kind family members. Our...
by Kirstie Newell | Sep 18, 2023 | Arts and Crafts, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Stone painting Last week our residents at The Old Downs Residential Care Home created their own artwork on stones to put in our garden. Our ladies used their own imaginative skills to create colourful pictures and they loved painting on the stones and seeing their...
by Kirstie Newell | Sep 6, 2023 | Arts and Crafts, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Last week some of our lovely residents joined in for an arts and crafts session here at The Old Downs Residential Care Home. Our ladies and gents thoroughly enjoyed socialising with one another as they painted colourful bird and floral wind chimes, which will be sure...
by Kirstie Newell | May 29, 2023 | Arts and Crafts, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Last week our residents at The Old Downs Residential Care Home enjoyed a creative session together when they collaborated to create some colourful collages with paints. Using their craft skills they also made some salt dough which they then cut into different shapes...