[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)
Bean-throwing season’s “Hit, Put On, Rock-Paper-Scissors, Pon!”
‘Whack-a-Helmet Rock-Paper-Scissors’ is a game everyone played as a kid.
You play rock-paper-scissors; the winner tries to whack the loser on the head, and the loser tries to block it before getting hit.
People often use a squeaky toy hammer as the striking tool, but to get into the Setsubun spirit, let’s try using an oni’s club instead.
Of course, it’s just a soft, inflatable club, so there’s no need to worry about injuries.
Even so, just in case, the loser should defend themselves with a cushion or a helmet.
The first person to land a hit on their opponent wins.
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.
A game where you can get candy in the shape of an ogre’s iron club if you drop it
It says “a game where you get candy if you knock it off an ogre’s club,” but the rules are the same as ring toss.
The target, designed to look like a spiked club, has candy attached to it, and if your ring lands on the target and the candy falls off, you get to keep it.
It’s a fun idea because you enjoy the ring toss itself and there are prizes, too.
It’s also recommended as a game to enjoy with your grandchild.
You can easily make the target and rings with materials like thick paper, construction paper, origami paper, and toilet paper rolls, so be sure to make them and give it a try.
February calendar
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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
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It’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.
Heart card
Perfect for Valentine’s Day! Let’s make a handmade heart card.
You’ll need craft paper, construction paper, masking tape, and stickers.
First, fold both the craft paper and the construction paper in half to the same size.
On the construction paper, draw half a heart along the fold and cut it out with scissors.
Be careful not to cut through the base of the heart where it meets the fold.
Decorate the inside of the craft paper and the heart section with masking tape and stickers, then glue the two pieces together.
Make sure the heart is layered and attached so it stands up.
Finally, write a message wherever you like, and you’re done.
Ehomaki Catching Game
It’s a game where you catch and retrieve fake ehomaki using a frame attached to strings.
Think of it like goldfish scooping.
Because the ehomaki are round and tend to roll away, they don’t easily stay inside the frame.
So you’ll need to reel the frame in with the strings and throw your arm out repeatedly.
You can play it while seated, but it still engages your whole body and makes for good exercise.
After working up a sweat by seeing how many you can pull in within the time limit, be sure to enjoy some real ehomaki!