Your residents can express their creativity by making flowers that can be used as centerpieces to add color and liveliness to the dining room. This activity can also provide a sense of accomplishment and pride to the residents, as they see their creations being used and appreciated by others.

Materials:

• Sheets of thin coloured craft foam
• Glue 
• Scissors
• Wooden cotton reels
• Thin wooden sticks
• ’Jewels’ to decorate
• Flower templates from Google images

Directions:

• Cut out several templates of paper flowers in different sizes.
• Place the paper templates on top of foam and cut out two different sizes of flowers.
• Glue the two flower shapes together and decorate as desired.
• Add some glue to the back of the flower and place it into a hole in a cotton reel. If the glue stick is too thin, insert a piece of paper into the hole to secure it. The flower may hold in the hole by itself, but it can also be glued in place.