I enjoy making decorations and hanging them up
Posted by Patti on October 30th, 2007 / Print This Post
A CNA/artist uses her talent to brighten up holidays.
Obert, a certified nurses assistant, uses her spare time as an artist to make her workplace, San Juan Living Center, a little more colorful. A self-proclaimed Halloween “nut,” she typically decorates for the Christmas season but decided to expand to other holidays this year.“I have been a CNA going on 12 years now,” Obert said. “But I really like to add a little to my residents’ hallway if I have the time. I enjoy making decorations and hanging them up. I am in a cardboard phase right now.”
Obert drew various cardboard characters that her husband cut out and she then painted. She collects cardboard from leftover boxes from her work, and for larger pieces, her husband gathers refrigerator boxes.
“Halloween is my favorite holiday, but normally I would just decorate for Christmas,” she said. “The residents really enjoy it. I am always looking at Halloween decorations, but with the prices really going up, I started looking at stuff more closely. I thought to myself, ‘hey this stuff is kind of flimsy and I could make things better than I could buy.’”
I bet she would make a great Activities Assistant!
October 31st, 2007 at 4:07 pm
good idea good job:lol: