[For Seniors] Recreational Activities Enjoyable in Large Groups

Newspaper-pulling-with-your-feet game

Three pull-out games using your feet that seniors can play while seated #recreation_for_seniors #seated_activities #newspaper

Here’s a game that gets you moving your feet while having fun and training at the same time.

Have older adults sit in a chair and pull a sheet of newspaper with their feet.

They can pull it with one foot or with both feet together.

You can also have two older adults sit facing each other at a distance and compete—it should be fun.

Besides providing leg exercise, it’s likely to increase interaction among older adults and bring more smiles.

It can also help with a change of pace and stress relief.

Please give it a try.

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Paper Cup Sumo

Aim for yokozuna! We tried the flapping paper-cup sumo game (=ﾟωﾟ)ﾉ

There’s a game called paper sumo, where you play with paper wrestlers.

Some older adults may have played it at least once.

Using paper cups and a fan, you can try a different version.

Divide the tabletop in half to set territories, and place paper cups as the wrestlers.

The wrestlers move using the force of air when you flap the fan.

Since it’s sumo, if a wrestler falls off the tabletop ring, they lose.

Flapping the fan back and forth will surely liven up the recreation.

It’s a game where you can almost hear the chant, “Nokotta, nokotta!”

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Paper cup drop

Insanely Hard Paper Cup Drop lol [Senior Recreation]

Here’s a game using paper cups.

Line up the paper cups in a row.

Use the lined-up cups as targets and have older adults throw a ball at them from a short distance away.

Depending on where you set up the cups, the goal is to throw the ball so that the cups tip over or fall to the floor.

Even if they don’t hit the cups perfectly, it’s likely to spark laughter and provide a nice change of pace.

It can also encourage conversation with others and help expand social interaction among older adults.

Paper cups are sold at 100-yen shops, so preparation is easy.

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Stick & Paper Cup Game

Hands-off! Stick and paper-cup passing recreation [Senior activity]

Here’s a recreation activity for preventing care needs that can be enjoyed by large groups.

All you need are paper cups and long, thin sticks.

You can make the sticks from a wrap core or cardboard.

Form a circle or a line, place a paper cup on the tip of your stick, and start! Carefully pass it to the person next to you without dropping the cup.

Once you get used to it, increase the number of cups to raise the difficulty.

This activity involves fine motor movements of the hands and large arm swings, so it’s also recommended as arm training.

Because you have to think while moving to avoid dropping the cups, it also stimulates the brain.

Try incorporating it as a fun recreation for preventing the need for long-term care!

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Cup stacking (with paper cups)

Recreation for seniors – super easy, can be done with one hand! Paper cup knockdown

This is a “knock down the paper cups” game you can play with one hand.

Use a stick and a ball made from newspaper to knock over paper cups.

Attach a string to the newspaper stick and tie the newspaper ball to the string.

Aim at the paper cups placed on the floor and swing the hanging ball to knock them down.

Recreational games also help relieve stress.

With this game, you can have fun while blowing off steam and refreshing your mind.

Since you use your arm, it’s an easy way to try some light training.

Because it can be enjoyed with one hand, it’s also recommended for people with hemiparesis.

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Towel relay with newspaper

2 Recreation Mini-Activities You Can Do with a Newspaper Stick and a Towel

Here are two games that use newspapers and are great for getting a large group excited.

The first is the Newspaper Towel Relay.

Have older adults sit in a circle, and use a long, rolled-up newspaper stick to pass a towel to the person next to them.

The person who receives it last should throw their hands up and shout to signal the goal.

The second is the Towel Catch Game.

The person holding the towel throws it toward a teammate, and the teammate catches it with a newspaper stick.

The thrower needs to control the strength of their throw, and the receiver needs to imagine where it will fly in order to catch it well.

Recreational activities that get lots of people involved can spark conversations between those who don’t usually interact.

Enjoy these activities that help expand your circle.

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Newspaper Stick Holder

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

Think back to your school sports day—chances are you enjoyed the “tamaire” (beanbag toss) event once or twice.

The activity introduced here, “Newspaper Stick Toss,” is a variation of that game.

What you’ll need is a target made from milk cartons: cut off the spouts and attach about nine cartons together to create the target.

Then, participants throw rolled-up newspaper sticks at the target.

Sticks made from newspaper about 15 cm long work well; about pencil thickness makes them easy to throw.

Set your own rules—like a time attack or taking turns one throw at a time—and have fun!