{"id":868,"date":"2017-02-17T12:26:49","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T17:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.avacaremedical.com\/blog\/?p=868"},"modified":"2020-02-18T15:01:44","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T20:01:44","slug":"diy-decorated-mobility-aids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.avacaremedical.com\/blog\/diy-decorated-mobility-aids.html","title":{"rendered":"DIY Decorated Mobility Aids: A Pictorial"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mobility Aids Don’t Need to be Ugly<\/h1>\n

When an individual is elderly or disabled and needs help getting around, it can be hard to accept a mobility aid of any type as a new full-time companion, whether it’s a temporary or permanent solution. This can be especially true if you can’t afford\u00a0to buy an expensive, attractive-looking walking aid or wheelchair. In today’s post, we’ll explore some creative, original and easy ways to create decorated\u00a0mobility aids yourself – without breaking the bank.<\/p>\n

Decorated Wheelchairs<\/h2>\n

Affordable wheelchairs can be\u00a0very plain and medical-looking, and yet when they’re decorated, they can have so much personality! Decorating wheelchairs is especially popular around Halloween time.<\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0Tie Dye Wheelchair<\/h3>\n

This decorated manual wheelchair<\/a> is, simply put, sensational. Wish I could do this to my car!<\/p>\n

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Decorated\u00a0Walkers<\/h2>\n

Rollators can be nice and attractive-looking, but let’s face it: walkers simply aren’t. Although they’re the perfect walking aid for some, that doesn’t mean these individuals are forced to walk around with a boring aluminum walker – and it’s so easy to spice it up!<\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0Duct Tape Walker<\/h3>\n

You can use Duct tape to gift yourself or your loved one with a custom-designed walker<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"\"\u00a0Ribbon Rollator<\/h3>\n

Or, you can take a basic rollator<\/a> and pretty it up with a few colorful ribbons like this\u00a0women did:<\/p>\n

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Decorated\u00a0Canes<\/h2>\n

There are a lot of cool ways to decorate canes – and they’re the easiest to decorate, as well, since there are no curves to get around (besides the handle, that is). Whether you choose to use stickers, duct tape, gems, or one of the ideas below, you can easily make your wooden walking cane<\/a>\u00a0even more beautiful and attractive.<\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0Knitted Cane<\/h3>\n

This one definitely wins for creativity!<\/p>\n

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\"\"\u00a0Threaded Walking Cane<\/h3>\n

Here’s another cane that combines sewing with fashion with beautiful results:<\/p>\n

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Decorated Crutches<\/h2>\n

Crutch-decorating is very popular, especially since they are often used for\u00a0a temporary disability or injury and it’s an\u00a0exciting way of cheering up the patient.<\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0Zebra Girl Crutches<\/h3>\n

This has got to be the ultimate decorating idea for girls underarm crutches<\/a> anyone ever came up with!<\/p>\n

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\"\"\u00a0Prom\u00a0Crutches<\/h3>\n

These decorated crutches are really well done. Pretty, elegant and attractive, they are the perfect pair of crutches to take to prom or any other dress up party.<\/p>\n

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Mobility Aids Don’t Need to be Ugly When an individual is elderly or disabled and needs help getting around, it can be hard to accept a mobility aid of any type as a new full-time companion, whether it’s a temporary or permanent solution. This can be especially true if you can’t afford\u00a0to buy an expensive, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":880,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cool-stuff","category-disability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avacaremedical.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avacaremedical.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avacaremedical.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avacaremedical.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avacaremedical.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=868"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.avacaremedical.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3911,"href":"https:\/\/www.avacaremedical.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868\/revisions\/3911"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avacaremedical.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avacaremedical.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avacaremedical.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avacaremedical.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}