[Elderly Day Service] Let’s all have fun! Games and recreational activities

Take as many clothespins as you like

At-home Indoor Recreation for Seniors (Day Service/Nursing Home): Unlimited Clothespin Grab Using Clothespins and a Spoon

Let me introduce a recreation activity you can do using only items you already have at home: the Clothespin Scoop.

All you need are clothespins, spoons, and a container to put the clothespins in.

You can use a bowl as a substitute for the container.

Place the clothespins on a table and hold a spoon in each hand.

Using only the spoons, transfer the clothespins into the container.

It’s fine to use both hands.

It may look simple, but using both hands simultaneously increases stimulation to the brain, turning it into enjoyable brain training.

You can also do it on the floor instead of the table to change the working height; doing it in a squat adds balance training and lower-body exercise at the same time.

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Milk Carton Stacking Game

Here’s a super easy activity you can do with a milk carton! Guaranteed laughs—this one’s a hit! The Stacking Game! #DayService #ActivitiesForSeniors #Elderly #Seniors #Recreation #Rehabilitation #shorts

Introducing a milk carton stacking game you can enjoy with just a little preparation.

All you need are milk cartons.

Cut the cartons into many ring-shaped slices a few centimeters wide.

Stack the square-ring pieces as high as you can without letting them fall.

You can start with a “Ready, go!” or simply stack at your own pace—both are fun.

Deciding where to hold each piece, how to place it, and adjusting while watching the balance engages upper-limb movement as well as thinking and judgment, making it great brain training.

It’s easy to prepare and enjoyable with any number of players, from a small group to a larger one, which is part of its appeal.

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Darts with magnets

Introducing a whiteboard activity! A darts game with magnets! #Recreation #SeniorRecreation #KidsPlay

Have you ever played darts? Basically, you just throw darts at a target, but it’s said there are more than 100 different game types.

Alongside karting and e-sports, it’s even being talked about as a potential new Olympic event.

Why not enjoy a casual version of darts using a whiteboard and magnets? All you need is a magnet-friendly whiteboard, a target that will serve for scoring, and darts with magnets attached to their tips.

Adjust the difficulty by changing the size of the target and the distance to it.

This might even inspire you to try real darts in earnest!

Flying Fukuwarai

[New Year Activity] Guaranteed Laughter for Everyone! Flying Fukuwarai!

Some older adults may have played fukuwarai during the New Year holidays.

Fukuwarai is the game where you’re blindfolded and place facial features onto a face, right? Part of the fun is not being able to place the features correctly.

But with “Flying Fukuwarai,” there’s no blindfold.

Instead, you toss large facial feature pieces onto a sheet of paper with a large face drawn on it.

Of course, it still often results in hilariously misplaced features, which makes it exciting.

And because you throw the pieces while looking at the face, it’s said to help train spatial awareness.

Spatial awareness is the ability to perceive positions and shapes within space.

When it declines, people may get lost on familiar routes or bump into things more easily.

Give Flying Fukuwarai a try for a fun brain workout!

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Clap-along brain training

[Carefully Selected] No More Confusion About Brain Training! 5 Hand-Clap Brain Training Exercises [Senior Fitness]

It’s a game where you keep the beat with handclaps while adding other movements, training your decision-making as you move your body.

Start by inserting simple hand gestures between claps—like raising your thumb or pinky—and then, as you get used to it, gradually expand into movements that involve your whole body.

As these movements combine and become more complex, there’s more to think about, which enhances the brain-training effect.

If you focus too much on the sequence of movements, your motions can become stiff, so it’s also recommended to include some stepping and consciously loosen up your body.

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Color-Coded Singing Game

Easy! Hilarious and exciting! Color-Coded Singing Game! #Seniors #DayService #MusicRecreation #MusicTherapy

It’s a game where everyone claps to the rhythm while singing, with an added element of judging your own color.

Each person wears a band of their assigned color on their wrist.

When your color is called, you keep clapping; when it isn’t, you stop clapping.

You keep singing even if you stop clapping, and when no color is specified, everyone claps—so it really tests each person’s judgment.

Once everyone gets used to the rules, try speeding up the song to make players decide more quickly whether they should keep clapping.

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Korokoro Push Game

[Cheerful Rec 🏀] Rolling Push Game #CheerfulManager

It’s a game where you use a stick to keep balls from falling as they roll toward you.

Since the field where the balls roll is far away, your ability to control a long stick that can effectively transfer force to the balls is put to the test.

The rules increase the number of balls gradually over time, which adds a decision-making element about which ball to tap.

It’s a game that can train various skills—judgment, speed, control, and how you apply force—by keeping all these factors in mind.

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