[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 (41–50)
Heart gift box
Let’s make a heart-shaped gift box that’s perfect for Valentine’s Day to express your gratitude to someone special.
The process is to shape thinly cut construction paper into a heart, glue it down, and cut it out to complete one side.
It’s important to fold back the side pieces to make them easier to attach, and to make the two hearts different sizes so the lid can close properly.
You can also add originality by choosing the overall colors and how you decorate it.
[For Seniors] Recommended Events for February: Fun Ideas That Bring Out Everyone’s Smiles (51–60)
Heart wreath
We see heart shapes in all sorts of places, regardless of any special expression of love or romance.
You might spot them especially often around Valentine’s Day in February! If you’re confident with crafts, why not try making a heart wreath using cardstock? It’ll turn out so lovely that people might wonder, “Can I really have this?” Rolling each piece of cardstock takes quite a bit of time.
You could even make a larger one and display it at a day service center where seniors gather.
Add ribbons and beads to power it up even more.
Heart finger exercise
Valentine’s Day is strongly associated with couples, and heart motifs are a staple.
This exercise recreates heart shapes using various finger movements, letting you feel the Valentine’s vibe while training your fingertips.
By experimenting with your whole hand and different finger positions, you can learn which angles make it look like a heart.
If the muscles in your hands are tense, it can be hard to form a good heart, so it’s recommended to focus on relaxing your wrists and fingertips.
It also seems like a great exercise for striking a signature pose in photos.
Deliver the Heart Game
It’s a game with a comedic vibe where targets are set up using illustrations of people everyone admires, and players throw hearts at them.
If you ask in advance about celebrities or public figures they’ve admired on TV or in magazines and prepare targets to match, players will likely tackle the game with more passion.
The rules are simple—compete on how many hearts you can land in the target—but adding the element of sending them to someone meaningful helps sharpen focus.
It also seems like a great conversation starter afterward, since you can talk about who each person admired.
Heart mini bag
This is a small heart-shaped bag made with origami that can hold a gift inside.
You make two hearts of the same shape from two sheets of origami paper, then stick them together to create space for the gift.
As you fold the hearts, it’s important to create a slit where one side can be inserted and to leave areas for gluing.
Finally, attach two pipe cleaners to the edges to complete the bag.
Try to balance the look between the origami and the pipe cleaners as you make it.
Valentine’s hanging decoration
As the big February event, Valentine’s Day, approaches, why not get into the spirit by making hanging decorations with chocolate and heart motifs? These can all be made with origami, so be sure to include them in your February craft activity at the day service! Hearts and ribbons are easy to make using strips of origami paper.
You can also enjoy creating other Valentine-themed items with origami, such as strawberries, heart-shaped letters, and chocolate bars.
It might be lovely to make them together while sharing stories of romance and fond memories.
mini-golf
Although it’s spring on the calendar, many of us may still be spending a lot of time in warm indoor spaces.
So this time, we’d like to introduce an indoor putting golf game.
All you need is cardboard and a ball.
Cut various sizes of holes in a flattened piece of cardboard and write in the point values.
To make the game more exciting, assign fewer points to larger holes and higher points to smaller holes.
Once you place the cardboard on the floor, just roll the ball as you would in golf.
You can use a racket, or even a cane you’re comfortable with.
With simple preparation, it’s fun even with a small group, and it’s also effective for improving concentration.
