[For 0-year-olds] Cute sports day themes: Ideas to make the event more fun
We’re introducing sports day themes perfect for 0-year-old classes, such as “picture books,” “nursery rhymes,” “anime,” and “vehicles”! For 0-year-olds, it’s still difficult to do activities all together like the older classes.
If you’re looking for ideas that babies can enjoy and that parents will love, creating a cohesive “world” or theme is probably the best approach.
Simply giving a theme to activities like crawling races, circuits, and parent-child interaction games will turn them into memorable, super fun times.
We also recommend dressing the children in costumes that match the theme!
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[0-Year-Olds] Adorable Sports Day Themes: Ideas to Make Sports Day More Fun (11–20)
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
For those looking for a theme to color the world of a sports day for infants in the 0-year-old class, The Very Hungry Caterpillar is highly recommended.
It depicts a caterpillar searching for food and tells the story of how it finally becomes a beautiful butterfly.
In the picture book, there’s a clever feature where holes appear in the foods the caterpillar has eaten.
It’s also a great idea to let the babies become the caterpillar and go on an adventure.
Create props that bring the story’s world to life, such as fruits and meadows.
Following the story as they move through different areas, and having parents welcome their baby who has become a butterfly at the end, makes for a touching finale.
Swirly Stripes
Shimashima Guruguru is a picture book that’s hugely popular with children, overflowing with their favorite stripe and spiral designs.
There are also activities like the Shimaguru Exercises and a play area called Shimaguru Land, so consider incorporating this world into your events.
For example, you could have participants follow stripe or spiral patterns exactly as they appear, or include the exercises.
It could also work well for competitions where players fetch striped or spiral items as specified.
McDonald’s
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McDonald's Potato Sound – Kayhin
McDonald’s is a big favorite among children.
If it became a competition, wouldn’t everyone be eager to join in? As ideas for incorporating McDonald’s into competitive games, for example, you could use large sponges cut into long, thin strips to resemble French fries and toss them into a fry container like a beanbag toss.
Or you could set out buns and toppings and play a game where you race to assemble the burger written on the card you drew—the fastest one wins.
Be sure to try it as a fun parent–child activity.
Little polar bear
The “Koguma-chan” series is a picture book collection that’s extremely popular with children.
Among them, “Shirokuma-chan’s Hotcakes” might be the favorite.
If you incorporate it as a sports day theme, the children are sure to be delighted.
You could let them experience parts of the process—like making the batter and baking the cakes—within the events, and stacking pancakes would be fun, too.
Please consider it as an event idea that even 0-year-olds can enjoy.
When you plan various activities based on popular picture books, children react with a different kind of excitement, so be sure to give it a try.
If, if, Mr. Turtle, dear Mr. Turtle
Here is the event called “Moshimoshi Kameyo, Kame-san yo,” which is done in pairs of a guardian and child.
First, the child climbs up an elevated mattress by crawling or walking.
Next, they ride in a cart, and the guardian pulls it.
The key to designing this event is to keep the structure simple and easy to understand while making it enjoyable for the pair to do together.
Titles that are easy for children to visualize are especially recommended.
Create some fun sports day memories!
Anpanman
When it comes to characters that liven up the various events at a sports day, Anpanman is a favorite.
Decorate vehicles, signs, and more with Anpanman characters to make the room feel like a theme park! It’s also great to set a theme, like going on an adventure aboard the Anpanman-go.
You’ll find all kinds of ideas bubbling up, such as teachers and parents getting into character as Anpanman and friends.
It’s a sports day theme that will bring out lots of adorable baby smiles.
Immerse everyone in the world of the anime and enjoy a wonderful time.
[For 0-year-olds] Cute sports day themes: Ideas to make sports day more fun (21–30)
ladybug
Ladybug is a parent-child event at nursery school sports days where participants aim for the goal to the classic song “Ladybug’s Song,” overcoming small obstacles along the way.
Since it’s a race in which parents lift or gently push their children to help them move forward, there’s the added reassurance that safety concerns—like a child falling on their own—are minimized.
Watching each child proceed slowly like a little ladybug is soothing, as if you’ve stepped into a picture book, so give it a try!
