by Kirstie Newell | Apr 24, 2024 | Creative Activities, Hengist Field Care Home
On Tuesday 16 April our Hengist Field Care Home residents had great fun with some optical illusion pictures. We had a selection to try; with some you needed to count how many animals you could see, others required you to squint your eyes to see the real picture, and...
by Kirstie Newell | Feb 15, 2024 | Creative Activities, Hengist Field Care Home
As we had some lovely bird cages here at Hengist Field Care Home, we decided to decorate them and put some pretty artificial birds inside, ready for Valentine’s Day. Our residents really enjoyed doing this and the transformed cages have been displayed in our...
by Kirstie Newell | Jan 31, 2024 | Creative Activities, Hengist Field Care Home
On Monday 22 January we made some bird feeders here at Hengist Field Care Home, in preparation for The RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch – the largest garden wildlife survey in the UK which has been running every year since 1979. We used empty toilet rolls and covered them...
by Kirstie Newell | Nov 29, 2023 | Creative Activities, Hengist Field Care Home
On Monday afternoon, in our Christmas arts and crafts group, we started to make our Christmas table decorations here at Hengist Field Care Home. Using pieces of sliced cherry tree wood, our residents chose from a selection of Christmas decorations, holly, artificial...
by Jodie Currey | Nov 9, 2023 | Creative Activities, Hengist Field Care Home
On Monday this week, we started our preparations for Remembrance day at Hengist Field Care Home, by making some origami poppies. We had old time music playing in the background, while there was lots of conversations and happy reminiscence between our residents and...
by Kirstie Newell | May 9, 2023 | Creative Activities, Hengist Field Care Home
One of our ladies, Hilary, lived with us here at Hengist Field Care Home for 10 years and was loved so much by everyone. Sadly, she is no longer with us, but her daughter Lesley still comes to visit, especially on Hilary’s anniversaries. She sometimes brings our staff...