craft ideas for people with hand injuries

Good evening from dreary Mississauga, Ontario,n
I teach adults who have been injured at work. Some of my students have limited use of their hands due to repetitive strain, severe cuts, burns, arthritis etc. One woman in particular told me that she was always doing something with her hands before her accident. She really misses the creative part of her life. Does anyone have any ideas that my students can do? Thanks in advance, Nomer

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3 replies since 10th December 2008 • Last reply 10th December 2008

Reply #1:

Hmm.. Well I don't know quite honestly. My mom is getting arthritis in her hands but she seems to enjoy beading. Says its relaxing. I don't know if that helped any but its my input. You could always make paper mache masks? That doesn't seem like it would hurt their hands too much.

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Reply #2:

umm, how about felt projects? Paper mache jewelery?

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Reply #3:

for the art club at my school we had a live band play, just some guys that go to our school, nothing special and we painted abstract art while they played diff kinds of music maybe you could do that?

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