I am looking for a new activity/game for my residents using the specials brochures that come in their thousands twice a week in the local newspapers. Does anyone have any ideas?
Heather that sounds like a fun activity and great way to recycle, thanks for sharing!
chant
21st Apr 2016
Just a few ideas to throw out there. If you can get doubles of each item, you can do a matching game. An activity can be to cut out pictures of objects, trying to get 2 of each item, glue to a cardstock paper on a vibrant color, maybe as a tool, red for meat, green for vegetables etc...then you can do a matching game, like go-fish where they ask other players for the picture they have.
Ask for competitive brand names, or slogans related to the objects
For magazines, we used Canadian Tire cataloges, pass everyone a catalogue, they roll 2 dice, (if they roll a 1 and a 6 they can either go to page 16 or 61 and tell us what they would love to purchase on that page, or hand out play money and they can buy whatever object is on that page, according to the play money they have.
And I understand some individuals may be sensitive, and question if they are really buying the object, it is clearly stated before the activity that this is just a game, and we are here together passing the time together, and trying to have some fun!
Like the great idea mentioned above, with making a list and finding the objects, you can also find a nice picture and ask questions like... How many children are there in the picture.?..How many of them are wearing red.?..Do you think they are siblings or friends? Who is the tallest?...How many of them are wearing sandles?...what age group would you give them?...What is being grilled on the Bar-B-Q?...
This isn't really using the 'Junk Mail', but I am going to play 'The Price is right'. I will bring in grocery items from home, that I think the clients would buy themselves, and see if the clients can guess how much they cost. Maybe they could use the brochures to find the prices?
Golden Carers has been a God send to me. The person before me left me winging it. So, I found Golden Carers in an internet search. I use the calendar, lots of the activity ideas, but the most appreciated is the different ideas from other members. Sometimes knowing what works in other facilities is so helpful.... I'm coming to the end of my first year, and can't wait to renew for another year.
Roxanne Serritos Life Enrichment Coordinator United States
We have a few activities on the site that utilize recycled magazine and brochures -
Recycled Magazine Scrapbooks:
https://www.goldencarers.com/recycled-magazine-scrapbooks/3759/
Recycled Magazine Christmas Trees
https://www.goldencarers.com/recycled-magazine-christmas-trees/3342/
Recycled Pages Christmas Wreath:
https://www.goldencarers.com/recycled-book-pages-christmas-wreath/3889/
It will be interesting to see if we get some new ideas too!
If you can get doubles of each item, you can do a matching game. An activity can be to cut out pictures of objects, trying to get 2 of each item, glue to a cardstock paper on a vibrant color, maybe as a tool, red for meat, green for vegetables etc...then you can do a matching game, like go-fish where they ask other players for the picture they have.
Ask for competitive brand names, or slogans related to the objects
For magazines, we used Canadian Tire cataloges, pass everyone a catalogue, they roll 2 dice, (if they roll a 1 and a 6 they can either go to page 16 or 61 and tell us what they would love to purchase on that page, or hand out play money and they can buy whatever object is on that page, according to the play money they have.
And I understand some individuals may be sensitive, and question if they are really buying the object, it is clearly stated before the activity that this is just a game, and we are here together passing the time together, and trying to have some fun!
Like the great idea mentioned above, with making a list and finding the objects, you can also find a nice picture and ask questions like... How many children are there in the picture.?..How many of them are wearing red.?..Do you think they are siblings or friends? Who is the tallest?...How many of them are wearing sandles?...what age group would you give them?...What is being grilled on the Bar-B-Q?...