S&S Worldwide Activity Guide for Autumn

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Create fun activity ideas for your residents that relate to fun observances and holidays this season.

Organize a Quarterback Challenge competition among the men in your backyard to see who can throw a foam football the farthest or through a hanging target.
Host a Tailgate Party every Sunday afternoon featuring homemade pretzels and roasted peanuts as snacks during the big game.
Set up a Jewelry Session and invite residents to make necklaces and bracelets using football beads.
Schedule a Pep Rally on game day and invite residents to make flag pennants featuring the colors of your local NFL team.

Teach residents how to make Southwestern sand paintings during a fun Sand Paintings Class.
Host a Canoe Decorating Contest among the men in your Activity Room to see who can decorate the best wooden canoe.
Invite your resident for a one-on-one Native American Jewelry Lesson as you show her how to make authentic-looking beadwork using a Native American bead starter set.
Encourage your facility's Macramé Club to gather during a Macramé & Tea Party to make macramé dream catchers using a kit.

Pass out pumpkin punch balls to residents for them to exercise their arms during a fun Halloween Exercise Class.
Host a Fall Festival on a Saturday morning and set up easy activities for the grandchildren and residents to do together.
Invite the grandkids to decorate Halloween bags with residents for a Crafts: Halloween Bags activity.
Encourage a resident to assist you with Halloween Decorating as you ask him to help you decorate your facility with Halloween balloons.
Host a Sugar-Free Chocolate Taste Test using sugar-free candy.

Use a pink bowling set to host a Breast Cancer Awareness Bowling Fundraiser and invite family members to pledge $1 for each strike that their loved one bowls, with a maximum donation of $5.
Invite residents for a Bracelet-Making Party to make Breast Cancer Awareness bracelets using pink ribbon beads, and sell them to raise money for a local breast cancer charity.
Pass out pink bracelets for residents to wear throughout the month to honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Chit chat with residents about their favorite patriotic images during a fun My Favorite Things – Patriotic Edition activity using a patriotic DVD.
Pass out USA fans to spectators during your annual Veterans Day Parade, in which your facility's veterans march through the hallways.
Recruit residents to help you decorate your facility's Dining Room using patriotic bunting as you host a special Veterans Luncheon for your facility's veterans and their family members.
Make remembrance poppies with residents during a Poppy Party to use as decoration throughout your facility.

Make fall leaves with residents as a Windy Day Craft using paint and water.
Recruit residents to join a Decorating Club to help you decorate for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Assist residents with Making Table Centerpieces for your Thanksgiving festivities by assembling wooden turkeys for your facility's Dining Room tables.
Host an Icebreaker Game to get your residents socializing as you play the Family-Gathering version of Table Topics.