Festive Fun at Lexington Pointe Senior Living

Back in March, Garden Cove residents at Lexington Pointe Senior Living enjoyed fun and festive St. Patrick’s Day activities. ?

Residents played St. Patrick’s Day bingo, using Lucky Charms cereal to cover the boards. And some residents got crafty with construction paper, making leprechaun hats (some with beards!) to wear while others donned stylish shamrock fedoras and funky glasses. We also gave everyone silly St. Paddy’s Day names, like Stewie McWalkingstick.

All in all, residents had a great, green, grand time, complete with plenty of laughs and treats!

At Lexington Pointe Senior Living, it seems as though we have some residents who are secretly artists.

For Easter this year, our residents created dioramas out of Peeps. They worked in pairs or groups of three and came up with their tasty and artistic creations over a two-week period. When they were finished, we displayed the Peeps dioramas in our mailroom during the week before Easter, so everyone could see these amazing works of art.

Our residents really got into this craft, adding intricate details to their creations that included:

• A rendition of our Lexington Pointe front lobby, with one of our garden boxes on top. This one includes an Evita (HUC) Peep with her dog Dulce, a Sarah Peep with the baby she’s expecting, a “King” Dale Peep sitting in his wheelchair by the fire, a Max Peep serving drinks, and Glenda’s cat on a leash checking out a mouse in front of the fireplace;
• A Peepster bonnet covered in miniature candy Peeps;
• A Minnesota Wild vs. Winnipeg Jets Peeps game, complete with referees, cheerleaders, a scoreboard, and a U.S. flag;
• A scrapbook-style Peeps display with a photo of one resident’s grandchildren;
• And an apartment view creation of the backyard pond, using branches and twigs from around the pond area in the diorama.

This was such a fun and creative event for our residents, and each creation was detailed and different. We loved seeing all of them!