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[For Seniors] Have Fun Moving with Halloween Exercises! Introducing Songs You Can Dance To
Halloween season is a special time that brings smiles to everyone.
Halloween exercises are gaining attention as recreational activities you can enjoy with older adults while moving your body.
With a little creativity, anyone can join in easily—whether it’s a jerky ghost dance, simple routines using rock-paper-scissors hand shapes, or seated choreography.
Why not move to the music and enjoy that unique blend of spookiness and fun? This time, we’re introducing some extra-special exercises to liven up the Halloween season.
[For Seniors] Have Fun Moving with Halloween Exercises! Introducing Danceable Songs (1–10)
Halloween dance for seniors
Speaking of Halloween, many people picture it as a spooky yet fun event filled with all kinds of motifs like ghosts and monsters.
This activity aims to capture that variety of motifs and eerie atmosphere through body movements so you can really feel the spirit of the event.
The basic movement is the ghost’s swaying motion, which you can do with your arms and upper body to keep the physical strain low.
It also sounds fun to have everyone think up new motifs they’d like to see at Halloween and add more movements based on those ideas.
Ado Chant Simple Zombie Dance
Ado’s song “Show” drew attention when monsters danced to it at USJ.
Let’s adapt the “Show” zombie dance, making the moves easier and using them for exercise.
Since it’s a dance that incorporates must-have monster movements for Halloween, keep that aspect and express the monster slowly.
The song’s tempo is fast, so rather than matching it exactly, it’s important to adjust the moves to be more relaxed.
Grim Grinning Ghosts
This activity gets you moving along to “Grim Grinning Ghosts,” the popular song used in the Haunted Mansion attraction at Tokyo Disneyland.
It has a powerful touch of horror, yet the rhythm is light and playful, capturing the fun of Halloween.
The choreography is simple—like the way ghosts sway—so let’s recreate it and connect it to a full-body exercise routine.
If the song feels too fast, try adjusting by moving on more relaxed counts and other tweaks, so you can keep your whole body engaged.
Pumpkin Cha-cha
Pumpkins are an essential motif for Halloween—they appear not only as decorations but also as monsters themselves.
This piece is a cute, pumpkin-themed Halloween song designed to get you moving in a fun way.
The highlight is the motion where a monster pops out: you shrink down and then open up your body, allowing you to move your whole body thoroughly.
To convey the excitement of the event, it may also be important to dance lightly with a smile while feeling the rhythm of the music.
Hahaha, Halloween
Halloween is an event filled with a variety of motifs, and each one’s unique movements helps liven things up.
Let’s express and introduce the kinds of Halloween motifs that appear by using body movements.
Ghosts, monsters, and other spooky things make their appearance, but by recreating them with smiles to an upbeat tune, you can convey just how fun the event is.
Swaying your body from side to side and moving your whole body also gives the impression of refreshing both body and mind.
Caregiving Dance Exercise: Dracula
Halloween, with its images of various monsters, has a fun side amid the eeriness, doesn’t it? Among the monsters that convey that Halloween fun, we’re focusing on Dracula—this is an exercise routine that expresses Dracula playfully through body movements.
Set to MAX’s “Dracula,” it recreates lunging, attacking motions; encourage participants to feel the rhythm firmly as they go.
Because the song is fast, structuring the routine with relaxed movements—like making one move span two beats—is the key to helping everyone enjoy moving their bodies.
Halloween Boxercise
This is an exercise where you throw punches in the indicated directions to the rhythm of the music, moving your whole body.
Instead of just extending your arm in that direction, using your entire body to deliver smooth punches turns it into a full-body workout.
You can do this exercise with any song, but since it’s Halloween season, choosing music that fits the theme makes it even more fun to get people engaged.
It’s also accessible because those who find it difficult to stand can do it while seated.