| The Activity Director's Office Presents Activity Ideas That Work by Gina Salazar, AD |
| Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love, never ends..... I Corinthians 13:7,8 |
| What's Cookin' Valentines Soda Ingredients: Punch bowl 2 litter of 7 up Strawberry Ice Cream Whipped Cream Strawberry sprinkles Directions: Just put the 7up in the punch bowl and put scoops of strawberry ice cream into the 7 up,top with whipped cream and then sprinkles. Individual Cherry Pies Ingredients: 1 box of Graham Crackers Muffin baking pan Muffin paper cups 1 can Cherry pie filling Directions: Just take the muffin pan and line with the muffin cups,then crumble graham crackers into bottom of cups for the crust,top with cherry filling.Thats it. No need to bake.Just take out of pan and eat. Sweet Heart Cut-Up Cake Recipe Rating: Prep Time: 20 min Total Time: 1 hr 55 min Makes: 12 servings Ingredients: 1 pkg. (2-layer size) cake mix, any flavor 2 cups thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping 1-1/3 cups BAKER'S ANGEL FLAKE Coconut Red food coloring Directions: PREPARE and bake cake mix as directed on package, dividing batter evenly between 8-inch square cake pan and 8-inch round cake pan. Cool completely. CUT round cake in half. Leave square cake whole. Place square cake on serving tray in diamond position. Using small amount of whipped topping to hold pieces together, place half circles against top 2 adjacent sides of square cake to create "heart." FROST cake with remaining whipped topping. Tint coconut pink with red food coloring; sprinkle over frosting. Decorate with assorted heart-shaped candies, if desired. Store leftover cake in refrigerator. |
| Valentine Word Scramble: olev----love ehatr----heart pcidu----cupid aworr----arrow wob----bow lveatnnei----valentine cnayd----candy seors----roses |
| Room Visits: For this months theme box you might include: Different sizes,colors and textures of hearts( felt,silk,paper). Roses,real or fake. Valentines cards Soft music Chocolate candy A fake Wedding ring(get out of a bubble gum machine) Conversation hearts Pictures of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln Red Hot candies anything red or pink. |
FEBRUARY ACTIVITIES |
February Dates to Celebrate:
Feb.3 - Norman Rockwells Birth anniversary-Why don't you get a book of his
work and show it to your residents and discuss his work.Ask if they remember
the old Saturday Evening Post magizenes with his work on the cover....
Feb.8 - The Boy Scouts of America were incorporated on this day in 1910.- Why
don't you contact a local Boy Scout group and ask them to come in and play
some board games with your residents, serve refreshments.
Feb. 14 - Valentines Day - (See ideas below.)
National Potato Lovers Month:
Why not have a Potato Party?
Have a" Dress the Potato Head "contest.Get a Mr.Potato Head game and
blindfold the participants and give them a set time to try to make the face of the
Mr.Potato Head.
Get different types of potato chips and have a sample tasting of each type,talk
about which ones have the best flavor,etc.
Ask your residents about their favorite potato recipes.
Play a game and write on a white/chalk board all the things you can make with
potatoes,for example:chips,potato salad,soup,
pancakes,etc.
Another fun game is to write the word P O T A T O on a white/chalk board and
see how many words the particpants can make out of the word.Some
examples are:POT,OAT,TOO,AT,TOP,TAP.(you get the idea)
Chinese New Year- Have a New Years Party- Get blowers and hats,serve fried
rice,won tons and hot green tea,do chinese new year trivia.(below)
National Cherry Month- Why not have a cooking class and make individual
cherry pies.(below)
National Bird Feeding Month- Make easy and inexpensive bird feeders out of all
those left over pinecones from Christmas.
Just get a pinecone and put peanut butter all over it and set it out for the birds.
National Snack Food Month- Why not have a Snack Food Mystery Auction?
Get different types of snack
foods,twinkies,chips,pretzels,cookies,cracker,peanuts,etc.and
put each item into a brown paper bag and put numbers on the bags,then on an
index card with the same numbers as the bags,write down clues or the
slogans for each product in the bags.For example:For Lays Potato Chips-"No
one can eat just one", For Chips Ahoy Chocolate Chip Cookies" A ton of chips
in each bite".Then give each participant some "funny money" to use to bid on
the items they want.For each item,read the clue and have the participants bid
on the items.
Valentine Crispy Cutouts
Recipe Rating:
Prep Time: 20 min
Total Time: 20 min
Makes: 12 servings, 1 cutout each
Ingredients:
3 Tbsp. butter or margarine
1 pkg. (10 oz.) JET-PUFFED Marshmallows or 1 pkg. (10-1/2 oz.) JET-PUFFED
Miniature Marshmallows
8 drops red food coloring
6 cups crisp rice cereal
Assorted decorating icings
Directions:
MELT butter in large saucepan on low heat. Add marshmallows; cook until
marshmallows are completely melted and mixture is well blended, stirring
constantly. Remove from heat. Add food coloring; mix well.
STIR in cereal. Press firmly into greased 15x10x1-inch pan. Cool completely.
CUT into heart shapes with greased 4-inch cookie cutters. Decorate with icings
as desired.
Chinese Trivia & Chinese Zodiac visit: Chinese Trivia
Feb.3 - Norman Rockwells Birth anniversary-Why don't you get a book of his
work and show it to your residents and discuss his work.Ask if they remember
the old Saturday Evening Post magizenes with his work on the cover....
Feb.8 - The Boy Scouts of America were incorporated on this day in 1910.- Why
don't you contact a local Boy Scout group and ask them to come in and play
some board games with your residents, serve refreshments.
Feb. 14 - Valentines Day - (See ideas below.)
National Potato Lovers Month:
Why not have a Potato Party?
Have a" Dress the Potato Head "contest.Get a Mr.Potato Head game and
blindfold the participants and give them a set time to try to make the face of the
Mr.Potato Head.
Get different types of potato chips and have a sample tasting of each type,talk
about which ones have the best flavor,etc.
Ask your residents about their favorite potato recipes.
Play a game and write on a white/chalk board all the things you can make with
potatoes,for example:chips,potato salad,soup,
pancakes,etc.
Another fun game is to write the word P O T A T O on a white/chalk board and
see how many words the particpants can make out of the word.Some
examples are:POT,OAT,TOO,AT,TOP,TAP.(you get the idea)
Chinese New Year- Have a New Years Party- Get blowers and hats,serve fried
rice,won tons and hot green tea,do chinese new year trivia.(below)
National Cherry Month- Why not have a cooking class and make individual
cherry pies.(below)
National Bird Feeding Month- Make easy and inexpensive bird feeders out of all
those left over pinecones from Christmas.
Just get a pinecone and put peanut butter all over it and set it out for the birds.
National Snack Food Month- Why not have a Snack Food Mystery Auction?
Get different types of snack
foods,twinkies,chips,pretzels,cookies,cracker,peanuts,etc.and
put each item into a brown paper bag and put numbers on the bags,then on an
index card with the same numbers as the bags,write down clues or the
slogans for each product in the bags.For example:For Lays Potato Chips-"No
one can eat just one", For Chips Ahoy Chocolate Chip Cookies" A ton of chips
in each bite".Then give each participant some "funny money" to use to bid on
the items they want.For each item,read the clue and have the participants bid
on the items.
Valentine Crispy Cutouts
Recipe Rating:
Prep Time: 20 min
Total Time: 20 min
Makes: 12 servings, 1 cutout each
Ingredients:
3 Tbsp. butter or margarine
1 pkg. (10 oz.) JET-PUFFED Marshmallows or 1 pkg. (10-1/2 oz.) JET-PUFFED
Miniature Marshmallows
8 drops red food coloring
6 cups crisp rice cereal
Assorted decorating icings
Directions:
MELT butter in large saucepan on low heat. Add marshmallows; cook until
marshmallows are completely melted and mixture is well blended, stirring
constantly. Remove from heat. Add food coloring; mix well.
STIR in cereal. Press firmly into greased 15x10x1-inch pan. Cool completely.
CUT into heart shapes with greased 4-inch cookie cutters. Decorate with icings
as desired.
Chinese Trivia & Chinese Zodiac visit: Chinese Trivia
Valentines Games:
Conversation heart game
Materials Needed:
1 large bag of candy conversation hearts
Instructions:
This game is so easy. Just gather your residents and a bag of candy and form
a circle at a table and hand your residents a handful of hearts.The first person
puts down a heart then the next person adds to that saying on the first
heart,and so on to form a funny sentence.This game is fun and tasty cause you
can eat the game when your done !!
Conversation heart game
Materials Needed:
1 large bag of candy conversation hearts
Instructions:
This game is so easy. Just gather your residents and a bag of candy and form
a circle at a table and hand your residents a handful of hearts.The first person
puts down a heart then the next person adds to that saying on the first
heart,and so on to form a funny sentence.This game is fun and tasty cause you
can eat the game when your done !!
Heart Fan Game:
Materials:
40-50 tissue paper hearts(pre- made)different sizes and colors.
Paper plates(one per resident)
Pie tin
Instructions:
Put the pie tin in the middle of the room on the floor, toss all the tissue paper
hearts all around the pie tin.Seat your residents in a circle around the
hearts,then give them each a paper plate and have each resident take turns
fanning the hearts into the pie tin.Who ever gets the most in on their turn wins a
prize.
Materials:
40-50 tissue paper hearts(pre- made)different sizes and colors.
Paper plates(one per resident)
Pie tin
Instructions:
Put the pie tin in the middle of the room on the floor, toss all the tissue paper
hearts all around the pie tin.Seat your residents in a circle around the
hearts,then give them each a paper plate and have each resident take turns
fanning the hearts into the pie tin.Who ever gets the most in on their turn wins a
prize.
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