 Winnie the Pooh Day is a fun, tried and true simple program with an outfit you can create for free. First thing I do for a theme day is to put up signs for everyone, including staff, to wear the appropriate colors, in this case, red and yellow. Group pictures are great when everyone has on the same color and are each holding a prop related to the theme. I always try to find the time to email the pictures to residents’ families so they have fun things to talk about when they come to visit.
For my own costume, I wore a tan skirt and a red shirt. I cut out multiples of the letters POOH from yellow oaktag or construction paper so that everyone can become Winnie. Double sided scotch tape makes the application easy. As soon as one resident has the letters on, everybody wants to get in on the act! Ears are very easy to make, cut out yellow ovals about 3 inches long and simply bend them and place a bobby pin at the crease. Add little noses with a black eyeliner pencil and you have yourself a room full of Winnie the Pooh characters ready to make "hunny" cookies.
My props for this theme day include yellow paper taped to a coffee can with the word "HUNNY" cut out of red paper taped on and a stuffed Winnie animal I borrowed. You can easily get information on the history of Pooh to teach your residents and his quotes are precious .If you google "Winnie the Pooh", you will find many websites dedicated to pooh trivia and many of his charming sayings including:
• If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you."
• “If there ever comes a day when we can't be together keep me in your heart, I'll stay there forever."
• “Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave.”
• "Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon”
I print "Winnie the Pooh" on a board and have the residents call out smaller words made from those letters. I also print out a coloring page and leave them in our art area for anyone who would like to color. We end the day by watching a short Pooh video while we're eating honey cookies and discussing how the day made everyone feel young and happy and put a smile on our faces!
Happy Winnie the Pooh Day!
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