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Get to learn about the most amazing craft ideas you must know about to make your patients visit at the hospital the best one yet!! These are the tried-and-true crafts you must try out!
As a child, a visit to the hospital can be very confusing and scary. Children have the talent to turn dull moments into happy one’s, but we must help them understand and cope with the process throughout the way. If your anything like me, your favorite part about being a future nurse, is soaking up those free moments that we get and turning them into the best memories for our patients. As a girl who love’s making other’s live’s happier; I am giving you the 7 most amazing craft ideas you have to make with your patients!
You are going to learn about all things crafts. I promise you though you do not have to be a pro at it, because I am definitely not. 😂
After learning about all of these crafts you can make with your patients; you are going to feel like the best nurse or future nurse out there, who truly cares about their patients, what’s better than that?!
This blog post will dive into the 7 most amazing craft ideas you have to make with your patients!
1.Motivational Cards
To begin, we have one of the most inspirational crafts out there… motivational cards! This craft will make your patient feel stronger and defended by those surrounded, which will ultimately give them the strength to keep pushing through such a difficult time in their life.
Try to make the card about something they like, let it be a cartoon or color! Make sure to only use positive words, and if posible, try connecting with them throughout the process, this way they will know you are there for them. 💓
2. Educational Teddy Bear Print Out
Secondly, we have an educational teddy bear print out. This craft, will help your patient understand what is happening to them, in a delicate and innovative way. If they see that teddy bear can get through it, they will think they can do it as well!
Although these activities are mostly done by child life specialist or other medical professionals; as nurses, we also have the right to educate and guide our patients throughout these difficult times!
3. The Hand Of Emotions
Next up on our list, I call this craft, “The Hand Of Emotions”. I find this craft to be an excellent way to communicate with your patient in a child-friendly and diverse way. Sometimes, kids just don’t wanna talk, especially when they are feeling down. It is important to have a support system like this one, that will allow them to feel more comfortable in difficult circumstances, and will allow you to do your best job as a nurse!
4. The Jared Box
The Jared Box, is a nice gift that can be organized by your medical staff to give patients a small gesture of happiness! This box will allow your patient to navigate through the world of play and truly let their inner-child break free! Most kids, when in the hospital, tend to be excluded from important mile-stones that should happen in their day-to-day life. The Jared Box is a very to get those creative juices flowing, and introduce your patient, into the world of truly beloved education and child life activities.
5. Pet Plant (Chia Plant)
Planting a pet pant, or more specifically, chia plant, can be a very unique experience for your patients when in the hospital. You can conjugate this task with a value you wish to see more implemented into their personality. This can be for example, happiness. If you tell your patient that when the plant grows, more happiness grows inside of themselves, you will most likely start to see a change in personality!
it a cute mind game that will leave many personal benefits to your patients life!
6. Room Decor
Making sure that your patient is set in an ambience that will genuinely make them feel more confident and happier throughout their time at the hospital is very important.
People tend to relax more when the aspect is connected to something they enjoy outside of the context.
For example, when I write my school notes in pink, I tend to find it more enjoyable to study! This exact same process will occur with your patient. If you truly want to see your patient being somewhat amused in their hospital stay, don’t make their room dull! Decorate to their likings.
7. First Aid Butterfly’s
Lastly, we have this innovative craft called “First Aid Butterfly’s”. This craft will give a fun twist to the scary process of getting a shot. The more friendly an obstacle looks, the less hurtful it will be for the child. Reducing your patients stress levels doesn’t have to be as difficult as it seems, start off with crafts like these to get more comfortable with it!
