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Valentine’s Day can be a fun time to share love with our friends and family so why not do some extra special activities with your seniors as well? Here are five ideas for Valentine’s Day activities you can do with your residents!

Create a list of 10-20 famous couples (fictional and real) for your residents to match up. Some examples: Romeo and Juliet; Fred Flintstone and Wilma; Prince William and Kate; John Lennon and Yoko Ono… you get the idea! Give each resident a list of the names scrambled in 2 columns and have them match up the couples, one point for each correct answer. Winner gets a prize!

Bring some homemade treats to share with your residents like cookies and cupcakes or maybe some store bought candy hearts. Concerned about sugar? Try some sugar free treat recipes from the internet or bring in some fresh fruit kabobs for a special treat.

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Have resident’s help create construction paper hearts (the tested and true fold over trick will help create symmetrical hearts), print out some cupid and flower pictures to accent your decorations. Get creative and have fun decorating in red, pink, and white and have your resident’s help!

Have your residents paint, color, or draw Valentine’s Day pictures on pink, red, and white construction paper for their grandkids, friends, or spouses.

Some of your residents may like to revisit an old-time classic like Casablanca (1942) or It Happened One Night (1934) while others may like more modern classics like The Notebook (2004) or Forever My Girl (2017). Search online for “Top Romantic/Comedy Movies” for more ideas.

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Whatever activities you choose for your residents be sure to be sensitive to the hardship and sadness this holiday can bring to some people that have lost their significant others. Try to keep the festivities upbeat and positive and focused on a general celebration of love rather than a couples holiday.

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It’s nice to see and share some heartwarming, uplifting stories during this unprecedented time. Last week the inaugural Village Fair visited the Hoosier Christian VillageAs Valentine's Day approaches, let's spread the love while limiting the spread of COVID-19. Get your community into the loving spirit with these 10 Valentine's Day themed activities.

These ornaments invite your residents to get creative and help decorate your community! They are a low-cost activity since they use mainly scrap material and material found around your community. Crafts can be done in residents' rooms or socially distanced to make this a COVID-19 friendly activity.

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Hearts are cut out of scrap cardboard and wrapped with pink, red, and white yarn to create these simple and easy to make decorations. To spice it up, Residents can wrap different colour yarn, add braids or twists, or add sequins and beads. 

With social distancing in place, residents might not be able to see their friends in person. Help them spread the love through Valentine’s day cards. A few days before Valentine’s day, provide each resident with craft supplies to create their own unique cards. Have them address them to their friends in the community as well as their families. 

Set up a delivery system to ensure each resident receives cards on Valentine's Day. Residents will be able to feel the love even during lockdowns from all the sweet handwritten messages!

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Bingo is an all-time favourite of residents’. Change things up with a Valentine's Day-themed bingo card! Bingo can be hosted as a social-distanced live event, in person but with residents in their rooms, or online through computers and tablets! 

Music has the ability to lift spirits and bring back memories. Gather a list of your residents' favourite love songs and print out copies of the lyrics. Ask residents to sing the songs into a smartphone to record them. Share the recording with their loved ones for an extra special Valentine's day gift! 

Get the creativity flowing and help residents practice their hand, eye coordination by decorating Valentine's day cupcakes and cookies! Deliver plain cupcakes and cookies to residents' doors along with coloured frosting and v-day candies and sprinkles. 

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February is National Haiku Month! Teach residents this traditional Japanese poem style and have them write their own Valentine's day poems to share with their loved ones. Consider making an activity out of the framing and decorating the poems as well.

If your residents enjoy knitting, team up with a local homeless shelter and invite your residents to knit a hat or pair of mittens. They will feel fulfilled knowing that they are helping out those in need, especially during COVID-19. Knitting is a great socially distanced activity that also has some of the same benefits as meditation!

Colouring is such a relaxing activity and great to calm the mind. Check out these fun free printable colouring pages fun free printable colouring pages. Deliver colouring pages, pencils, and markers to your residents’ doors.

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Hot chocolate bombs have been all the rage this winter. Set up a cart with red and pink mugs, v-day themed hot chocolate bombs, and fun coasters. Add some other sweet treats such as cinnamon hearts, whipped cream and other fun toppings for residents to dress up their hot cocoa.

This Valentine wreath is an easy and thrifty craft to make with your residents. Grab some puzzles at the dollar store, some cardboard boxes, craft paint, and some ribbon to put these together. Hang them on residents' doors after to remind them that they are so loved!

We hope you found some inspiring Valentine’s Day ideas to try out with residents in your senior living communities. Everybody deserves to be celebrated for continuing to meet the challenge of keeping our seniors and loved ones safe and healthy, but also active and engaged this year. Hopefully you found a few fun filled activity ideas for your community. Every resident’s well-being is at the heart of what we do.

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