[For Seniors] Guaranteed to Be a Hit! Popular Day Service Recreational Activities

Backward ball toss into a basket

Today's activity at Day Service Asumiru

In a traditional ball-toss game (tamaire), you aim at a basket and throw balls into it, but this version is played facing backward and you toss by feel.

Sit on a chair holding a ball, then toss it toward a basket placed behind you.

Set up different types of baskets—varying in size and height—and assign different point values to each.

Beanbags might actually be easier to throw than balls.

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Making chairs out of milk cartons

Making a chair with a 500 ml milk carton

We’re going to make a chair using milk cartons.

Cut open the cartons, assemble them into 24 triangular units, and combine them to create a hexagonal chair.

It’s made of paper, so it’s lightweight, and thanks to the honeycomb structure, it’s very sturdy.

In the video, they finish by wrapping it with cardboard, but you can also attach fabric at the end or draw on it to create your own one-of-a-kind chair.

Kick Bowling

Yuuyuukyo Day Service: This week’s recreation is kick bowling.

Let’s try playing ‘kick bowling,’ where you make pins out of cardboard and knock them down by kicking a ball.

The pins are large but light because they’re made of cardboard, so they fall over easily.

Since the power of a kick differs between someone kicking while standing and someone kicking while seated, prepare balls suited to each person—both large and small balls.

You can also split into teams and compete for points.

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tongue twister

[Elderly Care Recreation] Oral Motor Training with Tongue Twisters – Monday Edition: “Raw Wheat, Raw Rice, Raw Eggs”

Let’s train our mouths while having fun with tongue twisters! Tongue twisters seem difficult, but in this video they’re introduced with a lesson to help you say them easily.

Instead of trying to say everything from the start, it’s important to pronounce each character clearly.

Speaking out loud and quickly also gives your brain a good workout.

Don’t worry about making mistakes—just enjoy it!

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Clothespin speed-clipping contest

Recreation, caregiving, plastic bottles and clothespins, finger rehabilitation, older adults

All you need is an empty plastic bottle and clothespins—that’s it! This is a quick and easy clothespin speed-linking game.

Clip a clothespin onto the mouth of the plastic bottle, then keep attaching more from there.

You don’t have to make just one chain; you can clip them wherever there’s space around the opening and create multiple chains.

Compete to see who can attach all the clothespins the fastest without dropping any.

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Rock-paper-scissors with your feet

How to Fix Bunions: Toe Rock-Paper-Scissors Stretch

It’s about playing rock-paper-scissors not with your hands, but with your feet! Curl all your toes tightly for “rock,” spread all the spaces between your toes for “paper,” and open your big toe and second toe forward and back for “scissors.” Even just moving your toes in order—rock, scissors, paper—seems like it could benefit your brain and serve as exercise.

It’s also said to be effective as a treatment and stretch for bunions (hallux valgus).

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Newspaper Ball Toss Game

Day Service Asumiru – Today’s activity: “Toss It into the Neighbor’s Garden!”

This is a seated ball-toss game.

Place two boxes and some newspaper sheets on the table.

Roll up the newspapers from your team’s territory and throw them into the opposing team’s box.

Roll one sheet at a time—rolling multiple sheets together is not allowed.

If your throw misses and falls out, pick it up and throw it into the opponent’s box as well.

The team that throws more into the opponent’s box wins.

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