[For Preschoolers] Get Fired Up at the Sports Day! Fun Parent-Child Activity Ideas That Everyone Will Enjoy

Balloon Trampoline

[Balloon Trampoline] Strengthen the core with crawling movements! #indoorplay #developmentalplay #childcare

Only two materials! Here’s an idea for a balloon trampoline.

The bouncy, springy feeling of a trampoline excites both kids and adults, doesn’t it? This time, let’s play with a DIY trampoline.

All you need is a large vacuum/compression storage bag and balloons.

Inflate the balloons and pack them into the storage bag.

Seal the bag, compress it, and you’re done! A balloon-made trampoline is colorful and sure to capture kids’ attention!

Candy-eating contest

Dad who got covered in too much flour during the parent-child candy-eating race

We’d like to introduce a simple but fun candy-biting race that both adults and children can enjoy.

A parent and child hold hands at the start.

Without using your hands, use your mouth to grab a candy hidden in the powder inside a food storage container.

Since you can’t see where the candy is, your face might end up covered in white powder while you search! Once you get the candy, hold hands and run around the cone together toward the finish line.

Have the guardian take the candy for you! We recommend wearing comfortable clothes that allow easy movement and that you don’t mind getting dirty.

[Parent-Child Event] Sushi Relay

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I don’t dislike that quality.　Mom loves youThey say it doesn't look like sushi once you sit down.Sports DayWe couldn’t do it this year.#Nursery school

Original song – Susu – Susu

This parent-child event, inspired by sushi, is incredibly unique and adorable! Just like its name, “Sushi Relay,” the children run part of the course wearing backpack-style sushi toppings on their backs.

From the middle of the course, the children ride on a tire while their guardians pull them to the finish line.

It looks just like sushi plates gliding along a conveyor belt—super cute! With such a fun and creative concept, it’s sure to get the whole venue excited.

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Hane Keisuke

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Riding a Molcar

The guinea pig–shaped cars, Molcars, are a stop-motion animation made with needle-felted wool.

Some children might be big fans of Molcars.

Here, we put your child on a Molcar made of cardboard and pull it along to move.

A child who loves Molcars might be delighted to ride.

Partway through, set them down, then run to the finish line carrying them.

From that point on, instead of carrying, you could hold hands and run together or give them a piggyback.

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Hirakawa Masako (Bōkarisuto: Sakata Mizumako)

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Fan ping-pong

[Age 2] The first step into tennis? Table tennis? #shorts

Table tennis and tennis are Olympic events, but they can be a bit difficult to include as events for two-year-olds at a sports day.

So let’s turn the racket into a uchiwa fan to make it fun and accessible for two-year-olds.

With a larger hitting surface, even infants can enjoy participating.

Using ping-pong balls, soft foam balls, or even balloons would be fun as well.

For a parent-child event, it could be exciting if the parents toss the ball to make it easier for the child to hit, or conversely, the parents return the balls tossed by the children.

Piggyback race

Kasamatsu Racecourse Parent-Child Piggyback Race Aryama Kinen 2011

Piggyback races, where dads or moms carry their children on their backs and compete, are widely known as a classic parent-child event.

Even though they’re kids, if they’re in kindergarten or daycare they’re growing, and if the parents don’t usually exercise much, the race can be quite tough.

On the other hand, sprinting full-out with a child on your back is something you hardly ever do in daily life, so both the children and the parents can enjoy it.

Competing while in close contact deepens the parent-child bond, making it easy to see why this event has become a classic.

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Hoshino Takashi

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Bread-eating race while being carried

Flailing around in a bread-eating race

How about arranging a classic sports day “bread-eating race” into a “piggyback bread-eating race” for your nursery or kindergarten sports festival? The key is to hang the bread a bit higher so children can only reach it if their parent picks them up.

Since lifting takes some strength, it’s an event that fathers as well as mothers can easily take part in.

We’d especially love dads who don’t often get chances to interact with their children to join in! It’s a creative twist on the usual bread-eating race.

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miyabi

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