[For Seniors] Recommended Events for February: Fun Ideas to Fill Everyone with Smiles
February still brings lingering cold, but let’s hold events and get through it together with smiles and fun! When it comes to events that liven up February, the classics are Setsubun and Valentine’s Day.
There’s also Cat Day, Mount Fuji Day, and Kabuki Day.
Recreational activities that let you enjoy seasonal traditions with seniors create special moments that warm both heart and body.
From bean-throwing and heart-themed games to exercises full of seasonal flavor, we’ll introduce ideas packed with February-specific touches.
Move your mind and body, and enjoy a time filled with smiles.
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[For Seniors] Recommended Events for February: Fun Ideas That Bring Out Everyone’s Smiles (21–30)
Valentine’s arrangement
Valentine’s Day is coming in February.
Many seniors have experience giving chocolates or presenting bouquets in the past, don’t they? This “Valentine’s Arrangement” involves putting chocolates and flowers into a clear bag to create a gift.
Making a present for someone special is such an enjoyable activity, isn’t it?
Heart Fishing Game
Valentine’s Day is one of the big events in February, and heart motifs are a must-have, cheerful symbol for the occasion.
Let’s have participants try a game that fully incorporates those heart motifs to “reel in” their targets.
Attach heart shapes with clips to cans wrapped in paper, and have players catch them using a fishing rod with a magnet.
By varying the weight of the cans, the force required to lift them changes, helping players become more aware of controlling their strength.
Good fortune tea
In February, many elderly care facilities incorporate Setsubun into their events.
While most people are familiar with customs like throwing roasted soybeans and displaying holly with sardines, have you heard of “fukucha” (good fortune tea)? Fukucha is also believed to ward off evil and is easy to make, so consider serving it to older adults during your Setsubun event! To prepare it, bring water to a boil and simmer roasted soybeans for about five minutes.
Then put some salted kelp and a pickled plum (umeboshi) in a teacup, pour in the soybean broth, and it’s ready to serve! Since many older adults find hard soybeans difficult to eat, offering fukucha is a great way to let them enjoy the seasonal tradition.
Hit the Heart! Game
Valentine’s Day is an event for expressing your feelings to someone special, and hearts are an essential motif for conveying gratitude and romance.
This is a game that focuses on the idea of trying to capture that Valentine’s heart—like a target-throwing game.
The target is human-shaped, and the large heart in the center has a structure like a large hole with a cover.
The rule is to throw sticks toward it.
A key point is that you throw not a ball but sticks styled like arrows.
Make sure players carefully control their throwing technique and the force they use.
February calendar
@risan2511 February Original CalendarEasy creationFun for both kids and adultsAt-home play#2022 Original CalendarI love the admins.I kind of want to go viralDemons out, fortune in.Setsubun
“Demons out! Fortune in!” – TMW
Let’s incorporate an ogre (oni) face into the February calendar to boost the Setsubun spirit! The key feature of this craft is, without a doubt, creating the hair with yarn.
It gives the calendar a fun, three-dimensional look.
Make the eyes, nose, mouth, and other parts from construction paper and stick them onto your preferred color of paper.
The face can be smiling or angry—either works.
Fold an okame (good-luck lady) with origami, and once you’ve made the hair by curling yarn, it’s complete.
Adding a phrase like “Good fortune comes to a smiling home” or writing your goals for the month would be wonderful, too! It’s a piece that will make you smile every time you see it and look forward to Setsubun.
Demons out! Cap-dropping game
https://www.tiktok.com/@toiro_efilagroup/video/7465874003874434311It’s a game where you drop ogres made from plastic bottle caps through a hole in a plastic sheet.
There’s a hole in the center of the sheet, and everyone holds the four sides, shaking and lifting it.
If you manage to drive all the ogres into the hole, you win! Be careful with the height and position you hold the sheet—if you’re not careful, the ogres will escape off the edges instead of going through the hole.
The ogres are easy to make by gluing two caps together and sticking a face sticker on the outside.
Since everyone will be holding the plastic sheet, prepare a large one.
Wreath of plum blossoms and bush warblers
Here’s a craft that brings a touch of spring in February, when we start longing for its arrival.
You’ll make parts like a bush warbler, plum blossoms, a plum branch, a wreath, and a base to attach the bird and blossoms.
Everything is made with origami, so feel free to choose springlike colors for the wreath and base.
The wreath is made by combining eight sheets of origami paper.
You can use all the same color, or alternate colors and patterns—either is fine.
Arrange the parts as you like, vary the number of plum blossoms, and enjoy completing your design.
