by Kirstie Newell | Jun 13, 2023 | Abbotsleigh Care Home, Arts and Crafts
Creative arts Last week we had fun here at Abbotsleigh Care Home focusing on the arts in celebration of World Ocean Day on Thursday 8 June. On World Ocean Day, people around our blue planet celebrate and honour our one shared ocean that connects us all. We enjoyed...
by Kirstie Newell | May 23, 2023 | Abbotsleigh Care Home, Arts and Crafts
Silk painting Another wonderful creative idea from Esme in our Recreation and Well-Being Team here at Abbotsleigh Care Home – silk painting! Our ladies really enjoy trying new crafts and so they were keen to give silk painting a go. The silk was placed onto a frame...
by Kirstie Newell | Apr 19, 2023 | Abbotsleigh Care Home, Arts and Crafts
Look at our happy campers here at Abbotsleigh Care Home, enjoying some arts and crafts over Easter! A group of our ladies made some spring seed bombs together, mixing seeds and soil together and pressing the mixture into moulds with some water. These are left to dry...
by Kirstie Newell | Mar 22, 2023 | Abbotsleigh Care Home, Arts and Crafts
For International Women’s Day on Wednesday 8 March, we turned scrap material into a beautiful butterfly picture during a craft session here at Abbotsleigh Care Home. Our ladies enjoyed being creative – making small bags from card, paintings and colouring spring...
by Kirstie Newell | Mar 1, 2023 | Abbotsleigh Care Home, Arts and Crafts
Our residents have had fun with flowers and feathers this week at Abbotsleigh Care Home! They enjoyed creating some feathered headdresses for the Rio Carnival with vivid colours and sparkles being added for fun. We’ve also had more flowers than the Chelsea...
by Kirstie Newell | Dec 21, 2022 | Abbotsleigh Care Home, Arts and Crafts
Festive music We welcomed the lovely Rob T to Abbotsleigh Care Home recently, who came to entertain us – what a festive delight. We were all so happy and thoroughly enjoyed dancing. Our Head of Care Alexandra couldn’t help but join in too! Snowy fun and decorations...
