[For Seniors] Liven Up Cherry-Blossom Viewing! Fun Games and Recreational Activities

Bingo Tournament

Spring Bingo

In Japan, bingo-style games have started to be sold as a type of lottery.

The origin is said to be Italy around the 1500s.

Overseas, it’s a fairly popular pastime often held at welfare facilities and churches.

Let’s all bring small prizes and get excited with a bingo tournament.

A contest based purely on luck—with no physical strength or intelligence required—might make everyone’s eyes light up! Whether it’s a spring party, a bus trip, or cherry-blossom viewing, it guarantees a sure-fire boost to any occasion.

When in doubt, this is the go-to recreation!

Treasure Hunt Game

Recreation for seniors: Newspaper activities and an easy one-handed treasure hunt

It’s a game where you search for a ball hidden inside a cardboard box filled with crumpled newspaper, pushing the paper aside as you go.

By focusing on the sensation of touching the ball and grabbing it, you train not only your vision but also your hand coordination and concentration.

Since you need to thoroughly explore the entire box to find the ball, it’s also a good opportunity to move your arms actively.

If you increase the variety of “treasures,” players may pay more attention to what their hands are touching.

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Cherry Blossom Blizzard Game

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Cherry blossoms, the symbol of spring, are beautiful not only when blooming on the trees but also when their petals are lifted and dance in the wind.

This game is inspired by that swirling motion: create wind to make petal motifs flutter.

At the start signal, use the fan in your hand to waft air toward tissue-paper “petals” placed in a basket in front of you, and race to blow all the flowers out as quickly as possible.

Focusing on generating stronger gusts helps train both concentration and wrist movement.

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Sheet Valley

Senior Recreation: [100-Yen Store Goods, Daiso] Lively and fun sheet volleyball for everyone! #RecreationForSeniors #Daiso #Fun

Let’s play Seat Volleyball using sunshades sold at 100-yen stores.

It’s a game that many older adults can enjoy.

Connect two sunshades to make a volleyball court.

Have seated older adults hold the two connected sunshades.

Roll a beach volleyball on top of the sunshades.

Before starting, use tape or similar to mark territories on the sunshades.

When the time limit is up, the side where the ball is located loses.

With gameplay similar to real volleyball, older adults are likely to enjoy it.

Since it can be played while seated, many older participants should be able to join.

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Strawberry Picking Game

2021.4.16. Strawberry Picking Recreation

The bright red fruit, strawberries, are one of the foods that evoke the feeling of spring, and strawberry picking is also an event that brings a sense of the season.

This game is inspired by the scene of strawberry picking, where players compete to collect as many strawberry mascots as possible within a time limit.

A string is stretched out in front of you, and clothespins attached to it hold strawberry motifs.

You remove them and place them into a basket.

It’s a game that values the pinching motion used to remove the strawberries from the clothespins, as well as the speed and concentration needed to aim for a higher count within the time limit.

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Kick Darts

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This is a game where you sit in a chair and kick a beanbag into the air, aiming to land it on a high-scoring area of the dartboard in front of you.

It helps develop the leg strength needed to send the beanbag to a distant dartboard and the ability to control force to reach the target spot.

The farther the dartboard is, the more power is required, so have participants try at distances suited to their stamina and muscle strength.

If you run it as a face-to-face match, players will likely focus even more as they try to beat their opponent.

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Gift-stuffing game

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This is a game where players compete to see how many presents they can stuff into their own bag within a time limit, taking them from a table.

When pushing the presents in, they should use force while still being careful not to tear the bag—encouraging awareness of strength control.

To keep players from focusing only on the simple act of stuffing, it’s recommended to make the presents colorful so the visuals are enjoyable too.

If you randomize the sizes and shapes of the presents, you can also add an element of judgment in choosing which ones to put in the bag.

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