Patients took strips of colored paper, in their colors of choice, to overlap on a page until they had a homemade tartan they were please with. Afterwards, we laminated the designs and it gave them something intricate and peaceful to admire.
Do you know that many U.S. states have their own tartans?
To celebrate Tartan Day, we had staff wear any tartan they could find. The BINGO prize for the day was a sticker of a swatch of tartan. We listened to Celtic music, and talked about the idea of knowing which family someone was associated with just by seeing their clothes. At the end of the day, I wrote the letters T A R N S (Tartans without repeating letters) with categories along the side. The patients came up with answers for each category for each letter.
