[For Seniors] Fun Small-Group Recreation

Ping-Pong Ball Bingo

[Seated Recreation] Build concentration with Ping-Pong Ball Bingo

Let’s make a “bingo” game using ping-pong balls and an empty egg carton.

You can apparently get commercial egg packs from restaurants or other food businesses.

Ping-pong balls are sold at 100-yen shops.

Cut the egg carton so it’s a 5-by-5 grid.

Then toss ping-pong balls into the cups; if you get a line of balls vertically, horizontally, or diagonally, you win.

For a higher difficulty, you can play by making the ball bounce once in front before landing it in the carton.

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[Senior Brain-Training Exercise] Must-See! 8 After-the-Fact Rock-Paper-Scissors Brain Trainings [Preventive Care]

Have you ever played “after-the-fact rock-paper-scissors”? A leader throws rock, paper, or scissors on the count of “Jan-ken-pon” so everyone can see it.

Then, after the cue “Ready, go!”, everyone plays their move after seeing the leader’s hand.

The prompts are: “make it a tie,” “lose,” or “win.” As a warm-up, making it a tie is easy because you just mimic the leader.

It gets harder if you make the calls rhythmical and speed up the tempo.

It’s perfect for a brain workout!

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Paper ball throwing

Recreation Care (05) “Paper Ball Toss” [Activate the Brain with Finger Exercises]

Cut newspaper sheets into quarter-size pieces.

Prepare 10 pieces per person.

Sit on a chair and place a sheet on your lap.

Set up a cardboard box or basket a short distance away as the goal.

At the start signal, crumple the sheet on your lap and throw it toward the goal.

If you crumple it quickly and loosely, it won’t fly well, so the trick is to take your time and squeeze it tightly into a ball.

How many can you get in?

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Ojami Soccer Game

Ochiai, Asakita Ward, Hiroshima City — Nagomi no Sato Day Service Center — Reliable medical collaboration — Beanbag soccer game

When you think of soccer, you usually kick the ball with your feet, but in this “Ojami Soccer Game,” you use ojami, or beanbags, to move the ball.

Create a soccer field with vinyl tape and place the ball in the center.

Each side gets a set number of beanbags.

Players throw their beanbags at the soccer ball to hit it and push it toward the opponent’s side to aim for a goal.

If you’re being attacked, you can also throw to block a goal.

Since the number of beanbags is limited, think strategically and watch your opponent’s moves as you throw.

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Cowboy game during Obon

Cowboy game for Obon: recreational activity for seniors

Roll a sheet of newspaper into a thin tube, tape both ends to form a ring, and tie a plastic string to it to make a cowboy-style lasso.

Sit in a chair and place balls on the floor.

Put the ring on a tray, move the tray to aim, toss the ring over the balls, then pull the string to collect as many balls as you can.

Compete to see how many balls you can get.

Using plastic bottles as targets instead of balls is also recommended.

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Cup-in ball

Gorogoro Cup-In: Recreation for Seniors

This is a “Cup-In Ball” game you can make with cardboard, paper cups, and ping-pong balls.

Prepare a long, narrow piece of cardboard.

Cut a hole at the front for the ping-pong balls to pass through, and attach a paper cup at the back to catch them—then it’s ready.

Roll the ping-pong balls through the hole so they land in the paper cup.

Since two ping-pong balls fit in a paper cup, it’s good to match the number of balls to the number of cups.

The winner is decided by how many ping-pong balls land in the cups within the time limit.

You can adjust the difficulty by changing the size of the box and the number of paper cups.

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flutter kick ball

Today's recreation at Day Service Asumiru 🎵

Put the balls in a box and place your feet in there as well.

At the starting signal, rapidly kick your feet to push the balls out of the box.

Compete to see how many balls you can get out within the time limit.

Ping-pong balls work, and if you can’t prepare enough balls, you can use balls made by crumpling up newspaper.

The difficulty changes depending on the size of the box and the number of balls.

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