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

riddle

Riddles: About 16 questions with a time limit of roughly 15 seconds. Seniors, brain exercises, recreation, day service, rec, caregiving, indoor games, party, game.

These are recreational riddles.

When you have a little extra time but no materials prepared, riddles are perfect.

They’re a good brain workout, and clever questions can spark laughter and liven up even large groups.

While playing a video on a smartphone, read the questions aloud into a microphone.

The answers will appear in 15 seconds, so you can keep things moving at a good pace without any lull.

Chopstick Grabbing Relay

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“Chopstick Grab Relay” is a game where you use chopsticks to move beans from one plate to the next, and once you’ve transferred them all, you pass the baton to the next runner.

If the beans are too small and it’s difficult, you can use small pebbles instead or adjust the number of beans to suit the participants’ abilities, especially older adults.

Games that involve finger movements also help stimulate the brain, so this activity is highly recommended.

True-or-False Quiz

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This video is packed with simple true-or-false quizzes.

You can enjoy it by playing the video on a monitor, or by having a quizmaster watch the video and read the questions aloud to participants.

The questions—such as whether snails hibernate or whether earthworms have eyes—are easy for anyone to understand, making it enjoyable for everyone from children to seniors.

Coloring book

Introducing sponge cloths you can enjoy as coloring pages

In the video, we color a sponge cloth with fabric markers and set the colors with an iron before using it as a dishcloth, but of course a regular coloring book is fine too.

Adult coloring books have become popular in recent years and can be found at 100-yen shops, so give coloring a try.

Coloring small details helps train fine motor skills, and finishing a page provides a sense of accomplishment as a recreational activity.

ball toss (traditional Japanese beanbag/ball-throwing game)

Ball-toss game

This is a ball-toss game where you throw balls into rings made from newspaper.

Since a thrown ball will usually land in one of the holes, anyone can join and have fun.

If the look bothers you, you could make the rings with garden hose tubing instead of newspaper.

It’s simple, so it seems easy to adapt in different ways.

You could even enjoy it like bingo.

Roll the ball game

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The Roll-the-Ball Game is a simple, tabletop recreation you can enjoy easily.

You place a frame on the desk, put a ball inside it, and pull the ball using a string.

It’s played one-on-one, and because you can do it while seated, it’s easy on the body.

As you pull the ball, you wind the string around and around, which can help develop fine motor skills.

It’s also a bit thrilling, since you’re disqualified if the ball leaves the frame.

The key is to pull the ball without letting it slip out of the frame.

Thinking about how to pull the ball effectively can also help improve both mental and physical functions.

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Beanbag relay

Beanbag relay with 8 people at the day service

The beanbag relay is a game where chairs are arranged in a circle and each person holds one beanbag.

To the rhythm of the song “Momotarō,” everyone passes their beanbag to the right in time with the music.

If, at the end of the song, each person still has a beanbag in their hands, it’s a success.

If someone drops a beanbag or they pile up somewhere, it’s a failure.

There’s no winning or losing—everyone works together and has fun.

Since you interact with the person next to you, it also helps with communication.