Make a Fun and Colorful Wildflower Collage Together With Your Loved One

Описание: This project provides opportunity for interactive art-making with your loved one. Try to get them to help you as much as possible with this project; getting them to trace, cut, glue, and draw. This will exercise their fine motor skills and also create an inner sense of purpose and accomplishment. Understandably, some people may no longer have the skills to do all of these things. This is okay. Be sure to still include them in things like the decision-making over colours, size of a circle, or flower placement on the page. You can also use “hand-over-hand” technique with your loved one. This works especially well for people who have lost motor capacity in their hands. Using your hands to guide theirs can be a positive way to engage with someone through the sense of touch.



To make this project, you will need:

A sheet of green card stock
Scraps of solid-coloured card stock (any colours)
Household items that can be used to create various circle shapes (rolls of tape, jar lids, drinking glasses, etc.)
A pencil/marker to trace with
Scissors
Glue stick

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* Please note* The information I present in my videos is based on the therapeutic benefits of art. This is not the same as art therapy, but rather art as a therapy. The practice of art therapy is done with a certified art therapist in a safe environment.

Without doubt, the long road of dementia comes with a lot of big emotions and other hurdles; for the person with the dementia; the caregiver(s); and other friends and family members. Mental health is very important and I strongly advise that you speak with a qualified professional - whether they be an art therapist, a music therapist, counselor, psychologist, or any other mental health professional who is certified in their field - to negotiate the challenges that you may be facing.