Bottle painting and heart crafts
On Friday 3 February, we painted bottles and made some pretty heart crafts with some of our Lukestone Care Home ladies in Paula’s Pantry.
Mihaela, our Team Lead, bought a few tubes of white acrylic paint which we encouraged our residents to use to paint on their bottles.
Tess’s husband joined in with the activity as well; Tess was very pleased to have him with her and joined in the activity because of his constant support and participation, which was so lovely to see.
Marlene counted the bottles as they were being painted and found the activity very satisfying.
Later, when all the bottles were painted white and being left to dry, we brought out some heart cutouts and stickers of various sizes. We decorated the hearts by stacking them up on top of each other, which resulted in beautiful heart wreaths, ready to be displayed.
Bottle and box decorating
On Sunday 5 February, we brought out plain boxes and some of our previously painted bottles (now dried) for a colourful painting activity.
Our residents had fun with all the paints as they dipped their paint brushes in different colours and used the boxes and bottles as their personal canvases to explore their creativity.
We painted and decorated the boxes and bottles together with our residents, with the paints and sharpies of their choosing.
Brian drew a house on his, while Kathleen enjoyed drawing pictures of roses on her bottle and displayed it proudly for a picture.
Mihaela demonstrated her skills by painting Marlene’s portrait on one of the boxes. After seeing the beautifully painted lady, Marlene excitedly joined in to paint the portrait with a green shirt. When she saw the final product, Marlene was absolutely thrilled with what had come to life in front of her eyes!
Mihaela also went around colouring the boxes with other residents in our Home. Meanwhile, team member Reetika painted a bottle with Ann; it came naturally to her and she painted her white bottle with a rainbow of colours.
All our residents had paint all over their fingers after the activity! Great fun!
