For those with alzheimers, dementia or many kinds of special needs, busy or restless hands can be a problem, not only for them but also for their caretaker. This fun and helpful fidget blanket can help solve that problem and help make life a little easier for all those involved. It has several interactive activities to keep their hands busy and their minds occupied for long periods of time. It measures approx. 19" x 17" and folds easily to take along to visit friends or go to doctor appointments to help make the waiting time a little less stressful. Activities include: Plastic buckle clip Small deck of cards Zipper w/ribbon pull Sachet' bag w/buttons and beads Stimulating fibers to feel Small tic tac toe game Wooden beads on ribbon Ribbon and loops to lace up.

Fidget blanket dementia, unique mothers day gift, sensory play mat for seniors This Alzheimer's blanket for Dementia or Fidget Quilt provides: - Sensory development; - tactile sensations; - management of hands and fingers; - improves blood circulation; - calms the restless mind; - develops small motor skill of hands; - develops thinking, memory; - concentration; - develops perseverance. This, a busy blanket helps to take some time to calm down. Size 45x45cm (17.7 inches x 17.7 inches) !!! Attention!!!!! - If you want to change the filling of the blanket, please contact me, we will solve any question. https://www.etsy.com/shop/educationtoys?section_id=21028533

Twiddlemuffs (or twiddlemitts) are knitted hand-warmers that provide sensory stimulation for people living with dementia. They keep restless hands busy and soothe and comfort those who are anxious or agitated.

Making a gift is always better than buying one. When you craft something, you put time, effort, and love into that precious item, and no matter how well it comes out, your friends and family will feel the love you’ve put into it. Although crafting an item might seem simple at first, figuring out exactly

Fidget quilts are used for Alzheimer, dementia, and even little kids who need something to do with their hands. This fidget quilt tutorial will get you started.

Parcels are sent by express delivery 1-17 days Short apron https://www.etsy.com/listing/1107630256/toy-mother-in-law-busy-hands-gift-fidget?ref=shop_home_active_1&pro=1&frs=1 https://www.etsy.com/listing/1118016987/toy-mother-in-law-busy-hands-gift-fidget?ref=shop_home_active_1&frs=1 https://www.etsy.com/listing/1060254704/toy-mother-in-law-busy-hands-gift-fidget?ref=shop_home_active_3&frs=1 The idea for creating such an apron was for a long time and so I sewed it. Height 60 cm, width 70 cm, length of ties 60 cm. I did not make the apron long so that all the game details were at hand. I tried to add as many developing elements as possible it is zipper and fasteners, buttons, beads, stretching, lacing, tactile element, knitted clasp, and so on. On the apron there are 2 zipped pockets in them you can put a handkerchief or other toy, included with the apron comes a soothing sensory toy at your request I can replace it with peas or buttons like in other fidget blankets. The apron is sewn with cotton fabric , inside a layer of knitted fabric , All details are firmly sewn . Please see other products in my store https://www.etsy.com/shop/Fedora68?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=1060254704

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🌹🌞 🌞🌷NOTE - These photos were originally designed for custom orders. Recipient was a florist and liked cats and that is why there are cats and flowers on the quilt. If you want a golf or fishing themed quilt, please let me know and I can change the sections accordingly. Fishing lure fabric and ducks as in last photos in corner sections instead of fish if preferred. Activities will be essentially the same or can be changed if requested. Please let me know your preferences. NOTE: Dog in pocket no longer available. NAME AND POCKET WILL BE REPLACED ACCORDING TO BUYER'S REQUEST WITH DIFFERENT NAME. ♥ ♥ READY IN 1-2 DAYS ♥ ♥ SIZE: Approximately 21" x 22" ATTACHMENTS MAY INCLUDE: - assorted BEADS ON SPLIT RINGS; alphabet beads to read "I LOVE TO FISH AND HUNT" - NOTE CAN READ WHATEVER IS DESIRED - white PLASTIC BUCKLE on ribbon with red trucks on it - BUTTONS - FISH KEYCHAIN - RIBBON LOOPS - PLASTIC SNAP UNDER PRAIRIE POINT AT TOP - WOODEN RING - several METAL SNAPS - PLASTIC DOO DADS attached with button - HEAVY DUTY ZIPPER with pony beads split ring zipper pull and silver bell - personalized soft POCKET with embroidered NAME - plastic Contoured Side Release buckle (bottom middle) - VELCRO STRIPS under Toronto Maple Leafs prairie point I am HaPpY, HaPpY, HaPpY! These quilts are selling quickly, so I am trying my hardest to keep up to making them! Each one of my quilts take approximately twelve hours or more to make and my prices do not include my labor of love. Plenty of activities will bring movement, dexterity, great point of conversation and joyful memories for the recipient and the ones they love. My quilts are also great to entertain visitors especially grandchildren. Please reserve your order today. Only ONE available. MY PATTERNS ARE COPYRIGHT PROTECTED SO I CAN OFFER YOU OOAK ITEMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ♥ *¨¨*♥ *¨¨*♥ *¨¨*♥ *¨¨*♥ *¨¨* ♥ *¨¨*♥ *¨¨*♥ *¨¨*♥ *¨¨*♥ *¨¨*♥ *¨¨*♥ *¨¨*♥ ♥ Please add my shop as a ♥ FAVORITE ♥ so you can find me! ♥ ♥ *¨¨*♥ *¨¨*♥ *¨¨*♥ *¨¨*♥ *¨¨* ♥ *¨¨*♥ *¨¨*♥ *¨¨*♥ *¨¨*♥ *¨¨*♥ *¨¨*♥ *¨¨*♥ Also known as Tactile Quilt or Sensory Blanket this quilt was made with genuine tender loving care by myself. Each section is made with special attention to detail, using all brand new fabrics and materials! No two quilts are alike, but I can replicate most details if requested. All my items are NEW materials, uniquely different and crafted with my own ideas, patterns, design and materials. REVERSE FABRIC AND BINDING: - fleece to help keep quilt on recipient's lap. This Fidget Quilt will be a source or soothing activity to your loved one if restless or anxious. Colorful sewing items, butterflies, cute little seahorse, flowers, buttons and hearts will inspire loving memories too. Fidget quilts are wonderful therapy for symptoms caused by Alzheimer's, Dementia, Autism, Stroke, Brain Trauma and other disorders. Fidget quilts can also be very helpful for maintaining fine motor skills and encouraging activities of daily living. Using buttons, snaps, zippers, laces, velcro keep restless minds and fingers busy, etc. In addition, colorful fabric prints can evoke fond memories. Various soft and fuzzy fabrics, ribbons and fringe are soothing. CUSTOM ORDERS: Ready-Made, Personalized or Custom, made-to-order quilts are gladly accepted. Please let me know if your loved one has special colours, activities, hobbies, sports, interests, etc. I will gladly try my hardest to suit your requests. COMPOSITION: This quilt will three layers: Top Layer: - NEW Textured fabrics, materials, and attachments (as described above) Middle Layer: - layers of cotton batting Bottom Layer: - Soft fleece The top layer is made of a variety of fabrics--textured and smooth fleece to awaken the sense and activities to entertain and engage. The batting ensures softness. If fleece is used for bottom layer or backing, the fleece helps keep the quilt from slipping off a lap. Ties can be added to secure to wheel chair, walker or belt loops if desired . All of the activities are securely fastened to the face of the quilt using heavy-duty nylon thread or are double-stitched into the seams of the quilt. Buttons have been attached using an anchor button on the reverse side of the quilt. WASHING: - Place in a knotted pillow case, wash on a gentle cycle, - preferably roll in a dry towel and lay flat to dry. Please use a "Shout color catcher sheet" in the wash to prevent fabrics from bleeding. All non-washable activity attachments are removable, and should be removed before washing. SIZE: - Approximately 21" x 22 Thank you for your order. I look forward to working with you. :) I hope you and your loved one love their new quilt. SHIPPING PRICES: - PRIORITY MAIL - PRIORITY EXPRESS PRICES ARE EXTRA FOR USA AND OUTSIDE USA. #alzheimer's fidget quilts #alz #fidgetquilts #nursingfriendly #nursinghome #memoryloss #fidgetblanket #dementiacaregivers #dementia #sensoryquilt #alzheimersawareness #dementiafidgetblanket Fidget Blanket, Activity Blanket, Sensory Quilt, Tactile, Busy Blanket, Alzheimer's, Dementia, Autism, Special Needs, Elderly Care, Busy Hands, Brain trauma patient help, Memory quilt Fidget Blanket, Activity Blanket, Alzheimer's, Dementia, Autism, Special Needs, ADHD, ADD, Therapy, Brain Trauma, Busy Hands, Restless Hands restless therapy, nursing home aid ALZHEIMERS GIFTSWASHING INSTRUCTIONS: - If possible remove any non-washable activity attachments before washing - SPOT clean if possible - if spot cleaning is not enough, HAND WASH WITH MILD DETERGENT. - DO NOT AGITATE OR SPIN IN WASHER. - SOAK FOR 20 MINUTES; RINSE SEVERAL TIMES - SQUEEZE OUT WATER; DO NOT WRING. ROLLING IN A TOWEL HELPS. - LAY FLAT TO AIR DRY; ”never put in dryer”. - always check for loose parts.

Making a gift is always better than buying one. When you craft something, you put time, effort, and love into that precious item, and no matter how well it comes out, your friends and family will feel the love you’ve put into it. Although crafting an item might seem simple at first, figuring out exactly

This is part 2 of the Crochet Along Fidget/Sensory Blanket pattern made for people suffering from Alzheimers and other mental and cognitive disabilites.

My blogfriend Carol first introduced me to the concept of Twiddlemuffs – aka Sensory Bands or Fidget Rings. These warm woolly wonders [the picture above is from The nursing Times] are designed to help people who suffer from dementia or Alzheimer’s. The explanation is this… A sensory band is a pocket or glove that has attachments added to it, inside and out, that patients can twiddle and fiddle with. They are used to calm patients with dementia or Alzheimer’s by giving them something to do with their hands or just enjoyed by older patients. Here is a picture of the utterly fantastic one which Carol posted in 2013, a gift she had made with great love for her Mum [who sadly passed away earlier this year] Carol had put loads of detail and twiddly bits into her creation. [and she kindly sent me one later, to pass on to someone who’d value it] I have never got round to making any myself, until this week. I picked up the news on another blog that the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals [those lovely people who helped when I hurt my wrist in March, and also the place where my SIL Marion works] were appealing for some for their Integrated Dementia Services Dept. You can buy them from the internet – at around £40 each. Why pay that? Here’s the pattern [rather quirky spellings in places! link here] It needs double knit [used double] or chunky – and it is a great stash buster. Especially good for using up random balls of loopy or eyelash yarn. Do be sure to sew on beads and buttons with unbreakable yarn. On Sunday evening after church I started one as I watched ‘Home Fires’ then I took it on the train with me up to London on Monday. I knitted in the evening at Steph’s and again on the train back on Tuesday. More knitting on Tuesday evening, and then a bit of time Wednesday sewing on beads and buttons, and doing the seams. I made three in total – it certainly is a quick and easy project. With the first one, I threaded the beads onto nylon thread first and ‘knitted them in’ as I worked – but wasn’t really happy with that, and sewed them on again, more firmly, afterwards. When I got to the third band, I was using up my chunky wool – so the lining is striped and not one colour. The furry ‘eyelash’ and ‘loopy’ yarns certainly provided a variety of texture. I found a row of running stitches round the edges kept the band in good shape. My bands have a plain lining – I’m told that some people prefer to wear the band on one arm, and use the other hand for ‘twiddling and stroking’, but others turn them inside out and have both hands inside, like a Victorian lady’s muff. The gentleman opposite me in the railway carriage [who looked just like Hugh Bonneville, but sadly it wasn’t him] eventually plucked up the courage to ask what I was making, and was genuinely interested in the project. I suspect he may have been wondering about my state of mind, knitting such bizarre stripes with loops and whorls and furry bits! By the way – this is Dementia Awareness Week!you may have seen the Alzheimer’s Society Ad on TV

Twiddlemuffs Welcome to our Twiddlemuffs page of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. Here you will find everything you need to know about Twiddlemuffs - a fun way to help patients in our hospitals. But, first things first...Twiddlemuffs are simple to make and can make a

Autism pillow, dementia activity, dementia awareness, fidget cushion Fidget pillow. This is a manual which: exercises the hands and fingers; improves blood circulation; calms fidget; develops fine motor skills of hands; purchase (the memory), self-help skills; develops thinking, memory; concentration; develops perseverance. This, Restless pillow helps to take some time calm down. The filling of these cushions may vary. Coloring is a cushion may differ from this picture. The diameter of the cushion - 30 cm (11.8 inches). The upper side of a pillow is divided into 8 segments. The first yellow triangle used two types of fasteners - button and slider. The second blue triangle studying the score to 10 and unbutton - fastens with a button. At the third red triangle learn to braid pigtail and hide it in a pocket. If you use the two cords, one can learn to tie a bow. On the fourth green triangle - two types of fasteners that are used on clothing. The fifth yellow triangle will learn how to lace. The sixth is the door blue triangle with the buttons, and hid behind her are two other types of fasteners. On the seventh red triangle there are two common fasteners - fasteksy and the hook. On the eighth green triangle is the door with Velcro opening its study geometric shapes - circle, square, triangle. On the reverse side are learning to use the lightning. https://www.etsy.com/shop/educationtoys?section_id=21028533

Fidget quilts are used for Alzheimer, dementia, and even little kids who need something to do with their hands. This fidget quilt tutorial will get you started.

If you know someone who needs a stress-relieving device, then use this free pattern to make a Relaxing Crochet Fidget Blanket Pattern. This special throw pattern features a variety of snaps, buttons, and clips that allow people to practice their hand movements. This interactive crochet blanket is made with soft worsted weight yarn and is a pleasant project that you can use to relieve excess energy. You can crochet this blanket as a thoughtful gift item for a friend or relative. They are sure to be quite appreciative of your gift!

This pretty and fun Fidget Blanket is a wonderful, doctor recommended therapy tool for those with Alzheimers, dementia or any condition causing restlessness. As you can see from the pictures, there are several fun, colorful and interactive activities to fiddle with to soothe agitation and keep busy hands busy. All our activities are very securely attached and tested before shipment.

Busy Blanket for Dementia, Fidget Quilt Alzheimer's, Quilt Autism, Fidget Blanket Mat for Adults, Activity Crib hanging, Toddler Busy board . This is busy blanket is very important for the development of intellect, motor skills and imagination. This is fidget sensory activity mat for those that are soothed by something to do with their restless hands, a symptom common between Alzheimer's, Dementia and Autism patients. The quilt is made with a variety fabric textures, prints, and colors.The top layer is a made out of a mix of cotton as well as accessories such as laces, buttons, ribbon. The middle layer is quilt batting and the third layer is cotton. (!) The buttons and ribbons are securely attached! (!) The decorative materials can differ slightly from the example in the picture, according to the arrivals by our suppliers. Size 33*46 cm

This DIY weighted toy supports self regulation and sensory processing through heavy work and calming proprioception. Make this one yourself!

While in hospital, patients with dementia or delirium can benefit greatly from some distraction.Which is why we are asking for local knitters to send us some handmade twiddlemuffs.

Discover the therapeutic power of crocheting and knitting twiddlemuffs. Explore how these sensory aids provide comfort and relief for individuals with sensory disorders in our Craft for a Cause post.

~♥~ With this sensory activity blanket there are a variety of fasteners, buckles zips, etc to keep your loved one's curious mind and fidgety hands busy for hours. Never worry about losing a piece, as ALL ITEMS ARE SECURELY ATTACHED to each other. This toy includes such activities: ✔ Zipper ✔ Plastic buckle ✔ Line_of_velcro ✔ Big button ✔ Ribbons ✔ Felt flower ✔ Ties ✔ Snap button Please keep in mind, that each item is handcrafted and may little vary from image examples. This busy mat is great for fine motor and to keep hands busy. ▶ It’s not big and can be easily rolled up! Dimensions 12" x 15" (30x40 cm) Weight about 0.3 lb. (about 150 gr) ▶Shipping, customs, and import taxes◀ Timely delivery is GUARANTEED! If your Dementia fidget mat is not delivered on time, I will refund your money. This toy can be shipped from Ukraine by registered airmail with tracking numbers. T Buyers are responsible for any customs and import taxes that may apply. I'm not responsible for delays due to customs. ▶▶ SAFETY ◀◀ We made every effort to make this activity quilt safe. We use only eco-friendly and new materials and tools. It can be washed by hand. Never worry about losing a piece, as all items are securely attached to each other. Hand-made fidget mat suitable for Alzheimer's, Occupational therapy activity, and Dementia. ♥ Gift wrapping ♥ The fidget toy is packed with love with gift paper and ribbons. So it's ready to become a wonderful gift. If your purchase is intended to be sent as a gift, you can also leave a delivery address and desired message, and we will help you to make a pleasant surprise for somebody you love.

Making a gift is always better than buying one. When you craft something, you put time, effort, and love into that precious item, and no matter how well it comes out, your friends and family will feel the love you’ve put into it. Although crafting an item might seem simple at first, figuring out exactly

This sensory blanket will be a great gift for your baby's first birthday! It contains different textures for little hands to touch and feel. Made from cotton fabric and soft cotton fabric on the back of the blanket. The activity blanket contains different textures and interesting activities: ribbons with 3 plastic beads and a pocket, silicone ring, small buckles and beads under a transparent fabric, buckle, tightener with rubber, fastener, big felt flower, a large plastic button and a smaller wooden button with the bee, cotton lace and five beads (silicone and plastic), wooden ring (4cm diameter) with ribbons (11cm long), shoe lace. All parts are carefully sewn and are not intended for removal. The activity blanket consists of 9 squares, each of which is 15cm (5.9 inches). Size: 45 cm x 45 cm ( 17.7 x 17.7 inches ) This activity blanket contains small details. Not suitable for children under 3 years of age. Made to order. Some details may differ from what is shown on the pictures! The fabric is grey on the back.

Difficulty Level: INTERMEDIATE - ADVANCED Create a cozy critter-filled quilt with the Wee Green Beasties quilt pattern! Finished Quilt Size: 46" x 56" Included in the download: - 16 pages of step by step instructions including the parchment pressing panels for the frog, cricket, chameleon, moth, and beetles.  Additional Supplies Required:  -Wide variety of fabric. -Lite Steam a Seam 2 (or adhesive of your choice) -Fabric Scissors -Parchment Paper *Downloadable patterns are non-refundable*  Looking for the PHYSICAL pattern?  Find it HERE

Alzheimers Fidget Quilt: An Alzheimers Fidget Quilt is a lap-size activity quilt made with different textured fabrics and embellished with assorted "fidget" objects that attract the nervous hands of Alzheimer's and dementia patients and stimulate their senses. We make thes…

Eastleigh knitters show they care by knitting for dementia patients in Winchester, Basingstoke and Andover hospitals.