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

Flag Race

Yusei Sports Day 2: Event Go! Anpanman

How about a flag race for your sports day? In the video, infants use flags featuring their favorite characters.

After starting, they choose the flag they like and head to the finish line.

It’s such a cute event, especially when they’re thinking, “Which one should I pick?” For preschoolers, you could adapt it to use a single flag like beach flags, with a clear win/lose rule—the first person to grab the flag wins—which would make it even more exciting.

It also works well as a parent–child activity, so please use it as a reference.

Ball-carrying relay

Wakachan Sports Day 2012 Parent-Child Competition

The “Ball-Carrying Relay” is an event that gets everyone excited at sports day while deepening the parent-child bond.

The rules are simple: a parent and child work together to carry a single ball.

However, if you’re not in sync, it’s hard to carry the ball smoothly.

Be careful—if you drop the ball or touch it with your hands along the way, you’re out! You can get creative by placing the ball on top of your joined hands, or by using a towel or two sticks.

Using a balloon instead of a ball works great too.

It’s an event that really calls for parent-child communication.

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Animal role-play race

[Age 4] Animal Role-Playing Game — Body-Building Games for 4-Year-Olds | Torikai Yui-Kindergarten [Nursery School/Kindergarten]

It’s a parent–child event that’s fun not only as a competition but also as a way to communicate together.

According to the rules, children start on their own, then meet up partway with their guardian, who is waiting and holding an animal mask.

After meeting, the parent and child aim for the finish line while acting like the animal on the mask.

Because of that, how well you’ve communicated and reflected the child’s wishes during the mask-making stage can affect the actual performance.

It’s a parent–child activity where you can enjoy communication from preparation through the main event, participating together using the mask you made as a team.

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Disguise guessing game

[Prank] Big Search! If Mom cuts her hair and disguises herself, can we still find her? Experiment! Renorera TV [#647]

The disguise guessing game is an exciting, heart-pounding idea that’s perfect for a parent-child event at a sports day.

When parents show up with a slightly different hairstyle or outfit, kids can take on the challenge of spotting what’s changed.

The whole venue is sure to be filled with smiles.

It also sounds fun to plan together from the preparation stage, chatting excitedly with your child about what kind of disguise to try.

The challenge of seeing whether they can see through the disguise can help develop your child’s powers of observation.

It’s bound to become a special time for making memories, where parents and children can cooperate and have fun together.

Handmade-style side dish

[For 2-year-olds] Let’s make a target and play!

Here’s a recommended parent-child event for a sports day: a water-gun target game.

It’s a simple activity where you use water guns to hit targets with water.

If the targets are crafts made by the children, it makes the activity even more special.

When hanging the targets, you can use calligraphy paper or tissues for the hanging part so that the water knocks them down, and participants can win the prize that falls.

Another fun idea is to have parents act as the targets and try to escape their children’s water-gun attacks! If your sports day is held off-site, consider adding this to your program.

Perfect for water sports

Tomobe Kindergarten Sports Day Event Description No. 4 “Go! Go! Summer”

Let me introduce a fun swimming game that uses swim rings.

Have the children wear swim caps and wait with their bodies through the swim ring.

At the start signal, they run and dive through a “sea” made of streamer tape! On the other side, fish are waiting—have them set down the swim ring and go fishing for a fish.

Once they catch one, they run to the finish line holding their fish! For a parents’ event, you can have the parent carry the child while the child pretends to swim, or make the fish smaller for the parents’ fishing part to increase the difficulty and excitement.

Borrowed-item race for parents and children

Borrowed Item Race

A competition where parent and child borrow the item specified by the prompt and aim for the goal.

Because it’s an event where parents and children search for things together, it’s perfect for preschool or kindergarten sports days.

Spectators will also be excited, wondering, “What are they looking for?” so everyone can enjoy the event together with the participants.

Prepare a wide range of prompts—from simple items children can find on their own to ones that encourage parent–child cooperation.

It’s a parent–child activity that creates memories while fostering a sense of unity and achievement.

Give it a try and experience a competition where you can feel your child’s growth up close.

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