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My cub scouts are going to make small baskets to take to about 20 hospital residents at Easter time. They can not contain candy. So far I have thought of post it note holders & matching pens...
any other ideas?
My cub scouts are going to make small baskets to take to about 20 hospital residents at Easter time. They can not contain candy. So far I have thought of post it note holders & matching pens...
any other ideas?
What a great idea! How about small covered journals and matching pen? Cards would be a good idea. Are they for adults or kids? For kids you could make small coloring books and add some crayons.
bookmarks,simple note cards, personal note from the child( elderly or shut ins really apprecaite things from kids) our church made valentines for shut ins and included a picture of themselves and a little note
Things like puzzle books (crossword, wordsearch, suduko etc) could be good - you may even be able to find online sources for those and print "custom made" booklets of mixed puzzles if there are no cheap ones available locally - the boys could design covers for the booklet.
Traditional game pieces like dominos, checkers etc might be appreciated too if the residents are able to play games together. The boys might even be able to make little tic-tac-toe boards with stamped counters (punched pieces with two different stamped designs). If you include playing cards, maybe you could find some instructions online for different solitaire games etc and include a few of those as a little booklet, too - that would give the residents options to fill time on their own as well as with each other.
Do you have anywhere locally that you could ask for remaindered magazines? If places haven't sold them by the end of the issue date, they may be willing to give them to you for a cause like this. I know you won't know what people's tastes and interests are but if you could get your hands on a selection the residents could always swap amongst themselves if necessary.
My youngest daughter's Brownie troop put together bags at Christmas time for the residents of one of the local places, and not only did they do Christmas carols, but gave each person one of these bags - one of the things they loved most was picture frames - a close second was handmade crafts the girls had made!!
I like the idea of notecards and/or stamps. Inexpensive dollar frames with a little decoration or just some cardstock in them to work as a mat for pics. You can also usually find those small flexible picture albums at the $1 store. Maybe a small telephone/address book for them to use.
And most of all, I think it would be nice for the boys to write each person a short sweet note on a card saying something about how much the kids respect them and want to help them. Hope that helps!! ( I also like the silly putty idea. It would be fun for the residents and using it helps strengthen the muscles in their hands!)
Goals for 2015 50 scrapbook pages/50 cards---progress 35/50 cards Complete my daughter's wedding scrapbook album Spend more time enjoying my friends and not so much time obsessing on work!!!
I worked a craft fair at an assisted living/nursing home before, and the residents loved fabric covers for the individual tissue packets. It would be easy to make your own pattern for this--think gate-fold card with the ends sewn shut. I used a bunch of different fabrics and edged the opening with rickrack. You could use some Easter-themed or floral fabric. The scouts might be able to help cut them out, pin them for sewing, and turn them right side out again once sewn if you have a portable sewing machine.
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This is a great idea. I was going to say tissues, I know my grandmother always asked us to bring those for her.
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I worked a craft fair at an assisted living/nursing home before, and the residents loved fabric covers for the individual tissue packets. It would be easy to make your own pattern for this--think gate-fold card with the ends sewn shut. I used a bunch of different fabrics and edged the opening with rickrack. You could use some Easter-themed or floral fabric. The scouts might be able to help cut them out, pin them for sewing, and turn them right side out again once sewn if you have a portable sewing machine.
book markers - I did this for Christmas: used wordart for their names (if you know their names) and added some pics, cartoons, sayings, spiritual thot or an overall pattern and ran them thru the laminating xyron.
how fun! thanks for sharing everyone - I have to come up with girl scout things for the Fall and now I can be on the lookout from now til then! Thanks!
I was going to suggest crossword puzzle or suduko books as well...I wonder do they come in large print versions? I'm sure that would be appreciated. Check the Dollar store or Target $1 spot.
I second the idea that the scouts could write a personal note to the residents..I'm sure those would be treasured.
What about getting the scouts to bring in some rotten jokes,
You could make a little book, of them and ask the boys to add a picture to the bottom of the pages.
Something my brother and I always did as children was to paint blown eggs. At first mom blew the eggs for us and we just painted them, but it wasn't long before she put our kid energy to work. Smart woman...lol
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I worked a craft fair at an assisted living/nursing home before, and the residents loved fabric covers for the individual tissue packets. It would be easy to make your own pattern for this--think gate-fold card with the ends sewn shut. I used a bunch of different fabrics and edged the opening with rickrack. You could use some Easter-themed or floral fabric. The scouts might be able to help cut them out, pin them for sewing, and turn them right side out again once sewn if you have a portable sewing machine.
If you have access to beads the nursing home where my grandmother is the little ladies actually fight, and swap, strechy necklaces and bracelets. They don't care if they match anything or not they just love those things. And they love getting pictures of the little girls or boys that make them.
Marie
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I love love love these bunny boxes Jackie Lewis from Inky Antics posted on her blog. She put jelly beans inside of them, but I think they are cute enough even without candy inside them!
Need non-candy Easter basket filler ideas
