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

Fan Beanbag Relay

Fan Beanbag Relay

Struggling with those slippery beanbags!? It’s the “Fan Beanbag Relay,” where you catch a beanbag on a fan and pass it to the next person! While it’s easy to hand a beanbag to someone using your hands, it won’t behave so well when you can only use a fan.

The rules are simple and easy, but it requires a bit of tension, so it’s sure to get all older adults excited! You can do it seated, or stand and walk over to the next person while keeping the beanbag on the fan—feel free to adjust the format as you observe the group.

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Gesture Game

Gesture Game

You often see it on TV variety shows, right? That gesture game.

You’re not allowed to explain with words; you have to get others to guess what you’re trying to convey using gestures alone.

It’s a game you can enjoy without preparing anything special, whether with a small or large group, and regardless of age.

If you have paper and a pen, they might be useful when presenting the prompts and announcing the correct answers.

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Newspaper Stick Holder

Recreation for seniors: super simple, exciting, and fun newspaper stick-in game

The newspaper-stick drop is a perfect recreation for seniors.

It’s a simple game where you put sticks made from newspaper into a milk carton.

But it’s actually pretty challenging.

You need to control your hand movements precisely, so it also requires concentration.

It’s great because even people with hemiplegia can enjoy it at their own pace.

Even if it feels a bit difficult, you’ll get absorbed and time will fly by.

It’s also ideal for improving hand dexterity.

Give it a try and enjoy the sense of accomplishment—you’re sure to have a great time.

Bowling with milk cartons

Recreation for seniors – super easy, suitable for people with hemiparesis and can be done seated! Milk-carton kick bowling

Milk carton bowling sounds so much fun, doesn’t it? You can make both the pins and the ball out of milk cartons.

It’s designed so that seniors can easily take part, and you can enjoy it while seated.

Since you can kick the ball with your foot, people with hemiplegia can join in casually, too.

Adjusting your strength as you play helps build concentration.

By changing how you arrange the cartons, it can feel fresh every time.

It’s a fun group recreation that everyone can get excited about—why not give it a try?

Capsule Korokoro

This gets everyone super hyped ⬆️ The capsule rolls around~ 🤣 #seniorActivities #brainTraining #miniGame #shorts #dayService

You’ve probably seen capsule toy machines filled with toys and merchandise at arcades or supermarkets.

Let’s use those round capsules to play a lively game.

Attach a stick to an empty tissue box and use it to roll a capsule across a table.

The goal is to land the capsule in a target without letting it fall off the table.

To make the game even more fun, create gaps between the targets.

Placing the capsule without dropping it into the gaps is a great way for older adults to show their skill.

Cheering on the players and calling out to them can spark interaction with the people around them, too.

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Laundry Hanging Game

Laundry Day Game (Recreation at a Day Service)

This “Laundry Hanging Game” is played by tossing a towel toward a rope set a little distance away and seeing if you can hook it on to hang the laundry.

It would be fun with not just towels but various kinds of clothing, too.

You can play while seated, so it’s an accessible activity for everyone.

It’s simple, but it seems like it would get lively with a large group cheering each other on.

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AIUEO Puzzle

Whiteboard Game Part 4: Day Service, Elderly, Recreation, Caregiving, Indoor Activities

This is an “A-I-U-E-O Puzzle,” where you write out the 50 Japanese syllables on a whiteboard and form words from them.

For example, to make the word “sashimi,” you remove さ, し, and み from the fifty syllables.

Then you keep forming more words from the remaining characters and erase them from the chart, and so on.

You can also undo a word you made and rebuild it.

The player with fewer characters left wins.

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