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2014-09-02 06:05:29 PM 171810 im a CNA trying to become the new activities director
2014-09-02 06:05:33 PM jennide221 yes i work at a nursing home too
2014-09-02 06:05:36 PM nijah nursing home
2014-09-02 06:05:38 PM raypinner I
2014-09-02 06:05:42 PM colleenb oh good a few people do. Any fun plans for the holidays?
2014-09-02 06:05:45 PM scarrejo1026 enter the chat room
2014-09-02 06:05:51 PM karrym you can do it I was CNA for 18yrs
2014-09-02 06:05:55 PM kathyhughes Hello Sara
2014-09-02 06:06:00 PM scarrejo1026 hello
2014-09-02 06:06:00 PM raypinner I'm makeing the CNA to Activity director move
2014-09-02 06:06:02 PM vickis debbielee I love that idea....thats great
2014-09-02 06:06:09 PM jean1 We will have a veteran's service in November, but our local VFW does most everything for that.
2014-09-02 06:06:10 PM lorig7 Wow, I wish our CNAs would embrace activities that way
2014-09-02 06:06:10 PM tamialfonso hi lisa, i worked with the dd population for 20 years
2014-09-02 06:06:14 PM jessica12 Hello
2014-09-02 06:06:19 PM debbielee last year we did a one word activity where the residents wrote one word of what they wee thankfull for. This year I am going to post them on a wall so families can read them
2014-09-02 06:06:20 PM jean1 Good for you, Ray!
2014-09-02 06:06:22 PM vickis im going to try to arrange soemthing like that
2014-09-02 06:06:23 PM 241130 I just started at a new community and we are looking at beginning admissions mid-October- RIGHT in time for all of the holidays so I am sure it will be chaotic but exciting and new
2014-09-02 06:06:43 PM tomilee thanks , so far I'm planning a party but the gifts worry me working on getting the help outside for them
2014-09-02 06:06:51 PM colleenb oh Debbie I love that idea!
2014-09-02 06:06:52 PM kathyhughes We were talking about making a tree and having the leaves state what people are thankful for
2014-09-02 06:07:00 PM carriesl enter the chat room
2014-09-02 06:07:02 PM 241130 tomilee- you could really embrace volunteers for this task
2014-09-02 06:07:06 PM karrym thats great
2014-09-02 06:07:09 PM kathyhughes Hello Carrie
2014-09-02 06:07:14 PM debbielee I am gearing up for our annual fall bazaar. thats a good idea kathy
2014-09-02 06:07:15 PM carriesl hello
2014-09-02 06:07:17 PM cstandl Kathy - we did something similar to that last year, and decorated our bulletin board with them :)
2014-09-02 06:07:21 PM nakeshab we are preparing for a fall fest as well, so you have to recruit the help from all the departments
2014-09-02 06:07:23 PM jean1 We are inviting trick-or-treater's in for Halloween, will also have school kids come in costumes a different day. And staff will dress up for Halloween, too. Would also like to fit a doggie dress up day in there.
2014-09-02 06:07:26 PM carriesl i like the idea of the tree nice
2014-09-02 06:07:54 PM kathyhughes Good ideas all
2014-09-02 06:07:54 PM cstandl We're thinking about doing a similar one with a girl scout group for our veterans, and writing "Thank you'" letters t oour vets in November
2014-09-02 06:07:56 PM colleenb Yes I am attempting to gear up myslef for our annual christmas bazaar it came by so fast!
2014-09-02 06:07:58 PM tamialfonso love the kids to come to facilities
2014-09-02 06:08:00 PM jessica12 We do a costume contest with the staff and the residents are the judges. It is very fun
2014-09-02 06:08:14 PM lorig7 Christmas, secret santa, we have a list at the reception desk and all the staff take one or two residents to buy a $10 gift for, if you go to tj max or such it works
2014-09-02 06:08:15 PM nakeshab the hardest part is finding volunteers
2014-09-02 06:08:25 PM lisao I can't believe how fast this year went!
2014-09-02 06:08:37 PM debbielee we dress up at our faciltiy too. the resident love it. we try to do a theme
2014-09-02 06:08:39 PM lorig7 volunteers, that is a toughy
2014-09-02 06:08:40 PM jean1 We do that with the Secret Santa program, too.
2014-09-02 06:08:43 PM jennide221 we used to do a safe trick or treat at our facility when i was a kid...i used to go every year....but the company who owns us made us stop doing it because of h1n1 :-(
2014-09-02 06:08:45 PM kathyhughes I just concentrated on the residents without families and the rest fell into place
2014-09-02 06:08:45 PM 241130 Church groups, school children, girl scouts and boy scouts are always very helpful
2014-09-02 06:08:48 PM carriesl i am suppose to do fall carnival but my boss asked me today if i would combine it with halloween and have it inside
2014-09-02 06:08:52 PM 241130 taking out an ad in the local papers can really help too
2014-09-02 06:08:55 PM lisao have you tried finding volunteers from the high school service classes
2014-09-02 06:08:56 PM colleenb we do a halloween parade as well it is so much fun! we also have sata come on christmas eve and deliver presents
2014-09-02 06:08:58 PM tracyl We try and make sure we get every resident a present and we have staff sign up to get residents presents
2014-09-02 06:09:11 PM nijah we will have a Thanksgiving dinner and usually we invite the family members
2014-09-02 06:09:13 PM 171810 every thanksgiving our director of nursing spends at the nursing home with the residents
2014-09-02 06:09:25 PM jessica12 We have a few of the residents family members that are always happy to volunteer.
2014-09-02 06:09:39 PM tamialfonso scout are good volunteers too
2014-09-02 06:09:43 PM khughes I have had good luck with the high school kids
2014-09-02 06:09:44 PM brandyl we had a doctors office donate so many small gifts last year, instead of buying for each other they gave to the Elders, it was amazing
2014-09-02 06:09:46 PM kathyhughes you can have an angel tree with the names of residents on the back of the angel with what they would like....or you can do stockings
2014-09-02 06:09:50 PM debbielee we have santa come to our Christmas party as well and deliver gifts that the community has donated for Christmas
2014-09-02 06:09:57 PM tracyl We also have something called Bright Nights and we decorate our big room and then have all the hallways decorated in holiday ornaments and a bunch of christmas lights and walk the residents through it, it's very big
2014-09-02 06:10:07 PM raypinner This is a great time of year, and these idears are so good for making it special for my residents
2014-09-02 06:10:14 PM 241130 That sounds nice Tracy
2014-09-02 06:10:18 PM jennide221 we do an anel tree at christmas as well....staff members chose a resident and buy them a present
2014-09-02 06:10:25 PM jennide221 *angel i meant
2014-09-02 06:10:30 PM lorig7 Halloween, my fav. We do the staff costume parade, pumpkin carving contest, and great cake and silly dancing , mostly by staff, but the residents love it
2014-09-02 06:10:41 PM karrym we do Hanukkah gifts for our residents
2014-09-02 06:10:43 PM jessica12 We have had hall decorating by the staff and again the residents judge
2014-09-02 06:10:44 PM debbielee the community donate throws, socks, deoderant, mirrors, brushes and combs, lotions
2014-09-02 06:10:44 PM tracyl Thank you 241130, i haven't experienced it myself yet but i am excited to be putting it on this year and experiencing
2014-09-02 06:10:54 PM tamialfonso firefighters here do the angel tree idea for burned out families
2014-09-02 06:10:56 PM lorig7 Christmas, one of the staff dress up as Santa to hand out the presents
2014-09-02 06:11:05 PM 241130 Thats great! I'm sure you will bring your own touch to the event :)
2014-09-02 06:11:19 PM jennide221 this doesnt have to do with halloween, thanksgiving or christmas...but this is a holiday coming up: International Talk Like a Pirate Day
2014-09-02 06:11:22 PM khughes we put all the residents names on a angle and hang them on the tree then employees pick one and get that resident somthing it always goes over good
2014-09-02 06:11:24 PM carriesl i love christmas one of our local restraunts put up a tree and the paterants pick tags off to buy the residents gifts
2014-09-02 06:11:31 PM carriesl it is fabulas
2014-09-02 06:11:35 PM jessica12 We also do Santa and have pictures taken with santa and his elf
2014-09-02 06:11:35 PM tomilee our maintenance man dresses as our santa
2014-09-02 06:11:37 PM jennide221 we have a pirate party every year and dress up like pirates and have "grog" and fish sticks
2014-09-02 06:11:37 PM lisao cool! when is that?
2014-09-02 06:11:44 PM jennide221 september 19
2014-09-02 06:11:50 PM kathyhughes fish sticks?
2014-09-02 06:11:51 PM nakeshab the angel tree works very well and we send out formal letters to the doctors, walmart, hospice, churches and even the newspaper to help with donations of gifts for the residents and it all works out
2014-09-02 06:11:54 PM karrym thats one of those crazy days that are always fun to do
2014-09-02 06:11:56 PM lisao I have to write that down!!!!
2014-09-02 06:11:57 PM scarrejo1026 im try to find someone to dress up like Santa
2014-09-02 06:12:01 PM jean1 On the activity connection site they have pirate ideas mixed in with Columbus Day. so many great ideas on that site!
2014-09-02 06:12:02 PM tamialfonso we had a pirate xmas play, was fun
2014-09-02 06:12:17 PM debbielee the larger hospital in the city next to us do adopt a resident and bring bags and boxes of gifts for residents who have no family
2014-09-02 06:12:24 PM jennide221 well....not too many nutritional pirate foods that seniors can eat....
2014-09-02 06:12:27 PM lisao what is the address for the activity connection site?
2014-09-02 06:12:29 PM colleenb im sorry what exactly is an angel tree?
2014-09-02 06:12:29 PM lorig7 yep, pictures, and we have a Marlin board/tv so the photos are in the lobby rolling past
2014-09-02 06:12:48 PM kathyhughes I bought an old trunk and kept all the sea decor in it and then used it as a treasure chest
2014-09-02 06:12:57 PM carriesl just log in to activity connection .com
2014-09-02 06:13:01 PM raypinner We are having a GIANT birthday party next week for a little girl turning 10. She has a brain disorder and this may be her last birthday
2014-09-02 06:13:05 PM lisao cool
2014-09-02 06:13:10 PM jennide221 colleen, when we do it at my facility, we put up little evergreen trees with little paper angels that have residents names on them
2014-09-02 06:13:19 PM carriesl you will have to sign up but its a great site
2014-09-02 06:13:26 PM nakeshab let the residents do craft ornaments and have them place them on a tree in the activity room for all to see the residents creativity
2014-09-02 06:13:28 PM jennide221 staff members take a name to buy them presents
2014-09-02 06:13:36 PM karrym try brownielocks.com also
2014-09-02 06:13:40 PM vickis yay raypinner.....thats heartwarming
2014-09-02 06:13:45 PM lorig7 So much staff change since the facility was sold, don't know who will play Santa and Easter bunny now
2014-09-02 06:13:47 PM karrym they have great ideas
2014-09-02 06:13:50 PM raypinner If anyone is interested she wants to get Birthday cards from as many places a possible. So we would love to have all you guys send her a birthday card
2014-09-02 06:14:01 PM colleenb oh I might try that :)
2014-09-02 06:14:07 PM lisao I will do that when I get done with this chat - there are so many cool sites oout there - but not always sure where to look
2014-09-02 06:14:12 PM kathyhughes I would call around and see who the other facilities use
2014-09-02 06:14:16 PM cstandl If you get clear glass ornaments, you can do a lot of crafts with them. Using paint and pouring a bit of paint in the inside and swirling it around, our residents really enjoyed it.
2014-09-02 06:14:21 PM tracyl ask staff to dress up
2014-09-02 06:14:22 PM tamialfonso colleen- you put leaves on a tree with names of someone on back for a gift
2014-09-02 06:14:29 PM kathyhughes You all know which site you should be using!
2014-09-02 06:14:41 PM kathyhughes My favorite
2014-09-02 06:14:44 PM nakeshab the maintaince man is always santa in our facility
2014-09-02 06:14:51 PM jean1 start with a P, Kathy?
2014-09-02 06:14:53 PM debbielee we have a beauty academy coming to the facility to do manicures.
2014-09-02 06:14:55 PM kathyhughes yes
2014-09-02 06:14:59 PM vickis do tell kathy
2014-09-02 06:15:00 PM karrym LOL
2014-09-02 06:15:02 PM tracyl what site?
2014-09-02 06:15:04 PM kathyhughes 8-|
2014-09-02 06:15:07 PM 241130 pinterest!
2014-09-02 06:15:08 PM lisao which one is your favorite?
2014-09-02 06:15:09 PM nijah ?????????
2014-09-02 06:15:10 PM kathyhughes Pinterest
2014-09-02 06:15:13 PM 241130 lol
2014-09-02 06:15:15 PM tracyl i love pinterest!
2014-09-02 06:15:17 PM 171810 i love pinterest!
2014-09-02 06:15:19 PM jennide221 haha
2014-09-02 06:15:20 PM 171810 lol
2014-09-02 06:15:22 PM lorig7 Yes, our maintenance guy is still the same and he has taken his turn
2014-09-02 06:15:23 PM colleenb I love pintirest!
2014-09-02 06:15:26 PM lisao yes pintrest is the best!!!!!
2014-09-02 06:15:27 PM kathyhughes Just added a whole bunch of stuff today
2014-09-02 06:15:29 PM nakeshab the activity assistance is santas helper
2014-09-02 06:15:37 PM vickis i love pintrest.....it addictive
2014-09-02 06:15:38 PM karrym that should have been on the final LOl
2014-09-02 06:15:42 PM tamialfonso love pintrest!!!
2014-09-02 06:15:45 PM kathyhughes I know!
2014-09-02 06:16:09 PM colleenb How often do we have these chats?
2014-09-02 06:16:11 PM vickis it makes me lose sleep lol
2014-09-02 06:16:11 PM kathyhughes http://www.pinterest.com/kateh201/
2014-09-02 06:16:12 PM jyoung enter the chat room
2014-09-02 06:16:25 PM kathyhughes Every Tuesday night!
2014-09-02 06:16:30 PM 171810 i have a "national nursing home week" album on my pinterest because i get put in charge of that every year lol this past year our theme was aloha but i think that was the national theme for everyone
2014-09-02 06:16:33 PM kathyhughes Unless I am traveling
2014-09-02 06:16:52 PM kathyhughes Welcome Jennifer
2014-09-02 06:16:57 PM carriesl it was!
2014-09-02 06:17:00 PM colleenb Oh good
2014-09-02 06:17:08 PM kathyhughes It was and now just waiting for next years theme
2014-09-02 06:17:23 PM kathyhughes and this month its National ASsisted Living WEek
2014-09-02 06:17:25 PM jessica12 I introduced S'mores to my facility and the reaction was great, fall idea. A little messy but a great treat and so many people havent had them since they were a child
2014-09-02 06:17:36 PM jennide221 yes our theme was The Spirit of Aloha too
2014-09-02 06:17:38 PM colleenb does anyone have any good ideas that myself and my staff can dress up as for Halloween? There will be 8 of us
2014-09-02 06:17:43 PM 241130 Thats a good idea jessica
2014-09-02 06:17:55 PM jennide221 7 dwarves and snow white
2014-09-02 06:17:56 PM kathyhughes Crayons
2014-09-02 06:17:56 PM 241130 You could dress up as the adams family
2014-09-02 06:18:01 PM carriesl seven dwarfs
2014-09-02 06:18:01 PM jean1 Maybe a box of 10 crayons. You would be two short. lol
2014-09-02 06:18:07 PM brandyl we found hot dogs off the grill was huge- weird the things you dont realize that will be a hit
2014-09-02 06:18:18 PM vickis be matching....all color of mermaids or a pirate family
2014-09-02 06:18:18 PM carriesl of course snow white
2014-09-02 06:18:32 PM vickis or the flinstones family
2014-09-02 06:18:34 PM lisao how about the Brady Bunch
2014-09-02 06:18:41 PM kathyhughes Which is why I tell everyone to keep it simple....hot dogs and the easy things in life
2014-09-02 06:18:49 PM debbielee we did the cat in the hat once. the cat and thng 1 and thing 2
2014-09-02 06:18:50 PM jennide221 the brady bunch without alice???
2014-09-02 06:18:58 PM 241130 The simple things are what we tend to miss the most I think
2014-09-02 06:18:59 PM brandyl i am learning that is so true
2014-09-02 06:19:02 PM colleenb haha i live the Brady bunch
2014-09-02 06:19:05 PM kathyhughes Sesame Charaters
2014-09-02 06:19:06 PM tamialfonso the peanuts gang is fun to dress up in
2014-09-02 06:19:07 PM tomilee Food always seems to be a hit
2014-09-02 06:19:11 PM jean1 Keeping it simple is the best advice ever. I forget to follow it sometimes.
2014-09-02 06:19:11 PM lisao yep - poor alice would have to be left out :(
2014-09-02 06:19:13 PM debbielee One year we all were different kinds of cats
2014-09-02 06:19:18 PM nakeshab mascarade ball is what we will be doing this year
2014-09-02 06:19:21 PM tomilee we do a breakfast for dinner
2014-09-02 06:19:25 PM 171810 for nursing home week i had a day where we dressed up and older movie stars and characters...i dressed up as i love lucy...we also had fonzie...shirley temple...marry poppins..bert the chimney sweep...and leverne and shirley
2014-09-02 06:19:29 PM carriesl all the department heads at my facility dress up and we go to the hospital then come back and parade the building
2014-09-02 06:19:30 PM colleenb What do you all think of dressing up as like monsters and doing the thriller dance?
2014-09-02 06:19:30 PM kathyhughes Alice in Wonderland
2014-09-02 06:19:41 PM khughes my residents love breakfest for dinner
2014-09-02 06:19:46 PM carriesl last year it was shrek
2014-09-02 06:19:55 PM kathyhughes Zombies are always fun!
2014-09-02 06:19:55 PM jennide221 haha dressing up as monsters and doing the thriller dance sounds awesome
2014-09-02 06:20:00 PM brandyl does anyone do a murder mystery dinner? we are planning ours now
2014-09-02 06:20:05 PM carriesl scarey
2014-09-02 06:20:08 PM tracyl i love that idea Zombies lol
2014-09-02 06:20:13 PM karrym each department dress up and then act out a scene from the show in front of the residents
2014-09-02 06:20:21 PM vickis this years big thing is frozen, the new cartoon
2014-09-02 06:20:22 PM tamialfonso we did the grinch and everyone loved it
2014-09-02 06:20:22 PM tracyl brandyl that sounds like a lot of fun
2014-09-02 06:20:33 PM kathyhughes I bet that there are some of your residents who would like it!
2014-09-02 06:20:35 PM nakeshab they are wanting to change the activity room into a haunted house
2014-09-02 06:20:38 PM colleenb Okay thriller it is!
2014-09-02 06:20:47 PM kathyhughes Or a whole village of "Who's"
2014-09-02 06:21:02 PM nakeshab they choose not to do the different characters
2014-09-02 06:21:10 PM brandyl it is, especially now that weve done it a few years and know the steps ha ha
2014-09-02 06:21:10 PM tracyl a haunted house sounds fun, we are going to take our residents to a corn maze
2014-09-02 06:21:18 PM nakeshab my residents mind change daily
2014-09-02 06:21:18 PM colleenb Haunted houses are fun! we always go all out with decorations
2014-09-02 06:21:21 PM nijah the problem we have is our staff does not participate
2014-09-02 06:21:22 PM jennide221 ooo a haunted house in the activity room sounds like fun too! Halloween is my favorite holiday but none of my coworkers in my department like it
2014-09-02 06:21:28 PM khughes haunted house sounds good and fun
2014-09-02 06:21:29 PM debbielee Whos. great idea kathy
2014-09-02 06:21:32 PM carriesl residents like to dress up do a costume paarty they come up with some good ideas
2014-09-02 06:21:39 PM karrym left the chat room
2014-09-02 06:21:42 PM tamialfonso brandy -that sounds like fun
2014-09-02 06:21:44 PM lisao how sad
2014-09-02 06:21:52 PM kathyhughes My favorite drinking game with the residents
2014-09-02 06:21:53 PM jessica12 We dress our residents up, they are very outgoing
2014-09-02 06:21:56 PM debbielee Of course its just me right now so I can be anything
2014-09-02 06:21:58 PM kathyhughes juice of course
2014-09-02 06:21:59 PM vickis today our administrator brought us a pinata of doc McStuffin....its adorable, she is a nurse to stuffed animals, its a great cartoon for preschoolers
2014-09-02 06:22:16 PM jennide221 nijah, we have the same problem :-( We usually get a few people at the big holidays but it's like pulling teeth for any other event
2014-09-02 06:22:21 PM lorig7 left the chat room
2014-09-02 06:22:25 PM brandyl to be honest i have no clue how anyone guess who did it- i get lost reading the script- but everyone enjoys it
2014-09-02 06:22:36 PM nakeshab i work closely with the administrator and she has all the department heads to participate so i dont have to do much asking for participation from staff
2014-09-02 06:22:43 PM kathyhughes Oh if you give out candy to staff kids for the party and they will come
2014-09-02 06:22:50 PM lorig7 enter the chat room
2014-09-02 06:22:51 PM carriesl thats cute we are making pinatas this month
2014-09-02 06:22:52 PM nijah And our administrator is not any help
2014-09-02 06:23:00 PM jennide221 we did have a pretty good turn out once we put people's names in a drawing though! For National Therapeutic Recreation Week, we had dress up days all week, each time you dressed up you got a raffle ticket
2014-09-02 06:23:14 PM lorig7 sorry guys I lost connection
2014-09-02 06:23:15 PM tamialfonso i had a volunteer paint the who's on butcher paper for me.
2014-09-02 06:23:15 PM colleenb My activites staff dresses up for everything of course, but it is nearly impossible to get the CNAS or anyone else to dress up or participate in anything
2014-09-02 06:23:15 PM scarrejo1026 i was think of that Kathy
2014-09-02 06:23:17 PM jennide221 we raffled off this gigantic prize for the staff and box full of snacks for the residents
2014-09-02 06:23:19 PM nakeshab soo sad it makes the difference in the facility
2014-09-02 06:23:25 PM jessica12 People tend to get involved when there is food
2014-09-02 06:23:30 PM 171810 we get a lot more participation from the CNS's opposed to the nurses but all the other departments get involved too!
2014-09-02 06:23:37 PM 171810 CNA'S
2014-09-02 06:23:40 PM tracyl Kathy I love what you have on pinterest!! can't wait to do most of those projects lol
2014-09-02 06:23:46 PM jyoung yes ;we are doing a week long event for our assistend living we are also doing a music video with our resident
2014-09-02 06:23:57 PM kathyhughes well there is always Halloween sock day that might get people involved
2014-09-02 06:24:08 PM kathyhughes thats awesome Jen
2014-09-02 06:24:11 PM tamialfonso i get lost too, and miss most of it
2014-09-02 06:24:13 PM lisao sock day?
2014-09-02 06:24:16 PM kathyhughes please share when yuo are done
2014-09-02 06:24:18 PM lorig7 What is halloween sock day?
2014-09-02 06:24:21 PM vickis our staff loves to participate....that and that our administrator demands it
2014-09-02 06:24:23 PM jessica12 Our staff did a flash mob with the residents to the song Happy, they had a blast
2014-09-02 06:24:23 PM nakeshab what are halloween sockday
2014-09-02 06:24:26 PM debbielee sock day I like that
2014-09-02 06:24:44 PM vickis we have a great staff and love all the great things that we do
2014-09-02 06:24:46 PM nijah halloween sock day/
2014-09-02 06:24:49 PM colleenb what is sock day?
2014-09-02 06:24:50 PM jyoung what works in a community ?what is your community doing for assisend living week ?
2014-09-02 06:24:52 PM brandyl i had to offer incentive to make our fair trips possible this year , in house food voucher, free tans, free massage - sometimes you have to give that little push
2014-09-02 06:24:56 PM kathyhughes Yes...we had some Administrators who would not let us dress for the holidays, so we all wore socks that matched the holiday
2014-09-02 06:24:58 PM 241130 Allowing people to bring a personal side of themselves to work brings great participation. Wearing Halloween socks is fun and funky
2014-09-02 06:25:00 PM lorig7 if its novelty socks for halloween, i got lots of them
2014-09-02 06:25:12 PM nakeshab cute
2014-09-02 06:25:17 PM lisao ohhhhhh
2014-09-02 06:25:29 PM tracyl socks can be fun too! I should ask if we can dress up i'm sure we can
2014-09-02 06:25:33 PM nijah ok
2014-09-02 06:25:38 PM kathyhughes so we would all wear socks and the residents would make their own for the day
2014-09-02 06:25:57 PM jessica12 tye dye socks!!!
2014-09-02 06:26:01 PM colleenb oh fun!
2014-09-02 06:26:02 PM tracyl really cute idea!
2014-09-02 06:26:02 PM kathyhughes right
2014-09-02 06:26:03 PM nijah that sounds cool
2014-09-02 06:26:15 PM lisao has anyone ever read the Fish book (motivational business book about having fun in the work place)
2014-09-02 06:26:17 PM lorig7 I got one of my fav residents novelty socks for her secret santa cause she always notices her socks and she is so clever and hilarious
2014-09-02 06:26:18 PM debbielee I think I will try sock day. buy a bunch of socks and get residents to pick which ones they want to wear and show
2014-09-02 06:26:25 PM nakeshab thats a good activity for the residents because i just recieved a trash bag full of new socks
2014-09-02 06:26:30 PM colleenb Any crafts that my residents can make that I can sale at our annual christmas bazaar?
2014-09-02 06:26:34 PM tamialfonso left the chat room
2014-09-02 06:26:50 PM kathyhughes trash bag wreaths
2014-09-02 06:26:53 PM tracyl go to Kathy's pinterst tons of great ideas!
2014-09-02 06:27:08 PM raypinner left the chat room
2014-09-02 06:27:12 PM kathyhughes thanks Tracy!!!!! :)
2014-09-02 06:27:16 PM colleenb I def will! what are trash bag wreaths?
2014-09-02 06:27:18 PM nijah trash bag wreaths
2014-09-02 06:27:22 PM jennide221 we usually get wooden things for the bazaar and have the residents paint them....like mirrors, picture frames....we made angels out of clay pots
2014-09-02 06:27:26 PM tamialfonso enter the chat room
2014-09-02 06:27:28 PM nijah ????
2014-09-02 06:27:31 PM nakeshab trash bag wreaths is that on pinterst
2014-09-02 06:27:33 PM kathyhughes you get a wire hanger and make it into a circle
2014-09-02 06:27:37 PM tamialfonso oops, im back
2014-09-02 06:27:39 PM tracyl your welcome, i'm torn between our chat and your pinterst which i have up on my kindle next to the chat hahaha
2014-09-02 06:27:50 PM kathyhughes then you cut trash bags into rectangles
2014-09-02 06:27:58 PM kathyhughes and tie them to the hanger
2014-09-02 06:28:12 PM vickis dollar tree is the best place to get supplies, super reasonable...$1!!!
2014-09-02 06:28:19 PM kathyhughes takes awhile, but some residents can cut and others can tie them
2014-09-02 06:28:20 PM debbielee I want to try the trash bag wreaths
2014-09-02 06:28:31 PM kathyhughes white bags work better
2014-09-02 06:28:37 PM colleenb oh I love the dollar store!
2014-09-02 06:28:42 PM vickis they can be
2014-09-02 06:28:42 PM kathyhughes so that you can change them up for every holiday
2014-09-02 06:28:45 PM lisao how do we find her site?
2014-09-02 06:28:45 PM tamialfonso trash bag ghosts too
2014-09-02 06:28:46 PM nijah i like that idea AWESOME
2014-09-02 06:28:51 PM vickis (L)
2014-09-02 06:28:52 PM jessica12 Duck Tape purses/wallets, so many colors and designs
2014-09-02 06:28:57 PM kathyhughes http://www.pinterest.com/kateh201/
2014-09-02 06:29:14 PM lisao got it thanks!
2014-09-02 06:29:16 PM nakeshab thanks for the ideas
2014-09-02 06:29:30 PM kathyhughes and there are a ton of jar crafts
2014-09-02 06:29:35 PM carriesl good idea thanks
2014-09-02 06:29:37 PM raypinner enter the chat room
2014-09-02 06:29:37 PM lorig7 new company seems to thing activities does not need available petty cash. Right now they owe me About $100, but I should get it tomorrow
2014-09-02 06:29:42 PM kathyhughes and a ton of easy crafts
2014-09-02 06:29:51 PM cstandl Haven't even seen very many of your pins, Kathy, and I'm already in love, haha
2014-09-02 06:29:56 PM jessica12 and duck tape!!!
2014-09-02 06:30:00 PM tracyl lorig7 do they let you fundraise?
2014-09-02 06:30:02 PM kathyhughes lol
2014-09-02 06:30:03 PM colleenb oh thank you Kathy!
2014-09-02 06:30:09 PM tamialfonso i saw duct tape everything

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