[Children's Association] A Collection of Fun Entertainment and Activity Ideas
Introducing fun activities and performances that will liven up your kids’ club! Kids’ clubs bring together children from the neighborhood or school to have a great time.
Getting together to play games, enjoy performances, and put on skits—children really look forward to those precious moments.
In this article, we’re introducing entertainment and performance ideas perfect for kids’ clubs.
We’ve gathered lots of ideas, from activities led by the children themselves to performances where adults entertain the kids.
Use these as inspiration and make your kids’ club as exciting as possible!
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[Children’s Club] Collection of Ideas for Exciting Entertainment and Performances (71–80)
Silhouette Quiz
Silhouette quizzes are a fun way for children to develop their imagination and creativity.
By using familiar, everyday objects as prompts, you can spark their interest and curiosity.
There are many ways to enjoy them, such as drawing illustrations with paper and pens or projecting real objects onto a screen.
Using simple shapes like circles and triangles as silhouettes can really broaden children’s ideas and make the activity even more exciting.
Give it a try!
Clapping Fantasy
Let me introduce a lively performance that uses your own hands: Clapping Fantasy, which is also featured in elementary school music textbooks.
You’ll clap along to the instruments.
Try getting everyone to clap in unison, or split into clapping and non-clapping parts for variety.
The instrument can be a piano, a recorder, or a keyboard harmonica.
You can even swap handclaps for castanets or bells to make it even more fun.
When the clapping and instruments come together, both the audience and the children performing will feel their excitement rise.
Tambourine Ensemble Piece
A tambourine makes sound in simple ways, like hitting or shaking it.
While keeping the rhythm on a tambourine, try striking a pose together with everyone.
It’s also fun to play the tambourine while doing a wave—sitting or standing in a line one after another.
If all the children perform with smiles, a cheerful atmosphere will fill the venue.
Watching such a tambourine ensemble is sure to lift people’s spirits.
Having someone on drums as well would make it even more exciting.
Let It Go dance
“Let It Go,” the smash-hit song from Disney’s global blockbuster Frozen, is beloved worldwide.
In the Japanese version, Takako Matsu, who voices Elsa, delivers a beautifully expansive vocal performance.
How about trying a dance to this hugely popular track? Elsa’s movements as she conjures ice one after another in the film almost look like a dance, don’t they? You could exaggerate Elsa’s motions and turn them into dance moves, create your own original choreography, or pick a theme—like moves a celebrity might do—and dance along in various ways.
Heat things up so much that even the ice might melt!
Slipper relay
The slipper relay is a simple yet exciting game where you pass a slipper to the next person using only your toes—no hands allowed.
It’s easy to join, but there’s surprising depth: deciding exactly when to pass the slipper and at what angle to receive it with your foot takes real thought.
That delicate tension instantly energizes the whole venue.
Another plus is how easy it is to prepare—you only need a single slipper.
It’s perfect for large groups, and you can freely adjust the difficulty by tweaking the rules.
Definitely consider adding it as one of your program’s activities!
Instrumental ensemble
If your whole class wants to put on a presentation together, how about trying an instrumental ensemble? Those of you in the upper grades have probably done it a few times already, but since this is a special opportunity, try picking a slightly more challenging piece from among your favorite songs.
Of course, the practice will be tough, but the thrill when the music comes together beautifully is truly amazing, and working as a group on a single piece will become a wonderful memory.
It won’t succeed without unity, so I think it will also be a great chance to improve communication.
manzai (a traditional Japanese stand-up comedy duo performance)
When it comes to entertainment that instantly brightens the mood of a cherry-blossom viewing party, manzai comedy is the go-to.
A duo sets a theme in advance and delivers lighthearted jokes and punchlines about spring and cherry blossoms.
It’s recommended to weave in seasonal material and relatable “everyday” bits from the office or school.
Keeping a snappy back-and-forth naturally draws the crowd in.
The key is to wrap things up with a final punchline that brings the story together and hits a peak of laughter.
With brisk banter, unique facial expressions, and more, it’s a great idea for delivering all kinds of laughs.
