Recommended Indoor Activities and Recreation Games for July

Tanabata Magic

[Elderly Care Recreation] Authentic with Simple Tricks! Tanabata Magic

We present two tricks perfect for Tanabata events: the Bamboo Leaf Magic and the Milky Way Magic.

In the Bamboo Leaf Magic, an ordinary bamboo leaf instantly transforms into a beautiful Tanabata decoration.

In the Milky Way Magic—how mysterious!—water turns into a flowing Milky Way.

Give these seasonal tricks a try.

Simple Origami Yukata

Let’s make a summer yukata out of origami that you’d love to wear to summer festivals and fireworks displays.

The more you make, the more fun you can have mixing and matching colors and patterns for the kimono and the obi.

If you use wrapping paper with letters of the alphabet, surprising and delightful patterns can appear.

It’s also fun to draw a face on construction paper and pair it with the yukata.

Coin drop game

Coin Challenge: Sibling showdown in a coin drop game! Godlike skills!? Festival stall play at home

Even in the heat of summer, you can enjoy a cool atmosphere with the “Coin Drop Game”! Fill a tank with water and sink glass cups or dishes inside.

Drop coins into the tank—if a coin lands in one of the submerged containers, you score! Using containers of various sizes expands the range of challenges.

You can also assign points based on container size and have players try multiple times, with the higher total score winning to boost the game’s excitement.

If you prepare higher difficulty settings and offer more luxurious prizes for tougher challenges, it will motivate kids even more!

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Water mat play

You can play with water indoors! Here are some ideas for water mat play.

On hot summer days, you might want to enjoy water play but find it difficult for various reasons.

That’s when a water mat comes in handy.

Just fill a vacuum storage bag (like the kind used for bedding) with colored water and toys, and you’re done! Kids will be captivated by the cool feel of the water and the toys gently floating and moving inside the mat—no doubt about it! It’s also lovely to spend time relaxing while watching the soothing movement of the water.

ball pit

Get kids excited! Here are some ball pit ideas.

Children love colorful balls, don’t they? This time, let’s gather 500 color balls in one place and enjoy a ball pit.

Just the cool sensation of the balls touching their skin can be stimulating—you can almost hear their adorable voices, right? Plus, you can sort the balls by color, toss them like a snowball fight, and come up with all kinds of play ideas.

Give it a try!

Rescue play

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♬ Under The Sea (from “The Little Mermaid”) – From “The Little Mermaid” / Soundtrack Version – Samuel E. Wright & Disney

Rescue toys from a sea of gelatin! Here are some rescue play ideas.

Let’s enjoy an activity kids will get hooked on during those hot summer days when it’s hard to focus.

Add blue paint to water, then stir in gelatin and chill it to set.

The key is to put the toys in before it solidifies! As children enjoy the cool, firm texture of the gelatin, they’ll be completely absorbed in the process of retrieving the toys—no doubt about it! It also works as a sensory play activity, so be sure to give it a try.

Thunder Game

[Exercise & Gymnastics Kids Enjoy] The “Thunder Game” recommended from age 3 / Rule-based movement games and exercise-gymnastics educational videos to improve motor skills together with mom

Let’s move our bodies while having fun! Here’s a thunder game idea.

If you’re spending time indoors, you might worry about not getting enough exercise.

That’s when this thunder game is perfect.

Children should lie down on their backs.

Make sure to leave enough space so they don’t bump into furniture or other people.

While a parent or teacher says “goro goro” (rumble), the children stay lying down.

When they hear the cue word “dokan” (boom), they quickly flip to put their stomachs on the floor.

Try whispering or speeding up the cues to add variety and keep it fun.