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[jerusha]

Hello all,,,

Pass out fly swatters to residents sitting in a circle. Blow up a balloon and draw a big fly on it. It is truly amazing the powerful feeling you get when you have a flyswatter in your hand. Residents love hitting the balloon with the swatter, as do I,,lol....Jerusha

[LisaRee]

Hey thanks! I like it...I like it alot! I'll try it and see if my folks like it too.

[azucker]

jerusha, on Jul 18 2008, 01:01 AM, said:

Hello all,,,

Pass out fly swatters to residents sitting in a circle. Blow up a balloon and draw a big fly on it. It is truly amazing the powerful feeling you get when you have a flyswatter in your hand. Residents love hitting the balloon with the swatter, as do I,,lol....Jerusha

That is a really cute idea. I will try that with my residents this week for their pre-meal activity. One of my favorites is setting up tons of cones throughout the room and giving them a giant ball to knock them down. They love it...gets out a lot of aggression plus it is fun!

[corelens]

jerusha, on Jul 18 2008, 01:01 AM, said:

Hello all,,,

Pass out fly swatters to residents sitting in a circle. Blow up a balloon and draw a big fly on it. It is truly amazing the powerful feeling you get when you have a flyswatter in your hand. Residents love hitting the balloon with the swatter, as do I,,lol....Jerusha

That's a really cute activity. Has the balloon ever burst while swatting it?

I do parachute circle and then do lower body exercise with a soft, giant ball. The residents are always so enthused when it's their turn to kick the ball.

V.

Edited by corelens, 22 July 2008 - 11:35 AM.

[LisaRee]

I tried this and it's GREAT! My residents really loved it. I even posted some pics in the Gallery of my folks enjoying it...go see them!--LisaRee

[Hope]

Thankx! Will be adding FlyBall to August! We have started Wacky Ball. Original idea sent in was to use pool noodles and a punching bag balloon. I used a beach ball and cut the noodles in half, just seat in a circle and they whack that ball around! Sounds too simple to be fun, but it can really get their arms moving, makes a lot of noise but no one gets hurt, and best of all, the only ball game I don't have to chase the ball, since they can all reach it. Have also used it while seated at tables pre-meal, and just direct the ball around the room, using a noodle myself.

[LisaRee]

You're right..it amazes me how something so simple can be so great. My residents loved fly ball so I would imagine they'd love the noodle thing too. I'll try it.