[Childcare] Sports Day activity ideas. Let’s make the Sports Day exciting!

Candy-eating contest

Dad who got covered in too much flour during the parent-child candy-eating race

We’d like to introduce a simple but fun candy-biting race that both adults and children can enjoy.

A parent and child hold hands at the start.

Without using your hands, use your mouth to grab a candy hidden in the powder inside a food storage container.

Since you can’t see where the candy is, your face might end up covered in white powder while you search! Once you get the candy, hold hands and run around the cone together toward the finish line.

Have the guardian take the candy for you! We recommend wearing comfortable clothes that allow easy movement and that you don’t mind getting dirty.

Soccer in big underpants

Sports Day explainer video No. 4: Senior class parent-child event — “Soccer in Giant Pants”

We’d like to introduce a fun “giant pants” soccer game that strengthens the parent-child bond.

The parent and child both get into the prepared oversized pants.

While kicking a soccer ball wrapped in a net together, aim for the goal and get the ball into the net.

After scoring, the guardian carries the ball back to the starting line.

Once you return, pass the ball to the next person like a relay.

The key is how smoothly the parent and child can put on the giant pants together.

Think of an easy way to wear them, and do your best to win!

[Parent-Child Event] Sushi Relay

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Original song – Susu – Susu

This parent-child event, inspired by sushi, is incredibly unique and adorable! Just like its name, “Sushi Relay,” the children run part of the course wearing backpack-style sushi toppings on their backs.

From the middle of the course, the children ride on a tire while their guardians pull them to the finish line.

It looks just like sushi plates gliding along a conveyor belt—super cute! With such a fun and creative concept, it’s sure to get the whole venue excited.

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Hane Keisuke

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PET bottle circuit

With its colorful look, it really lifts your spirits! Let me introduce an idea for a PET-bottle circuit.

All you need are 2-liter plastic bottles, tape, and paint.

Many people find it challenging to prepare all the equipment for circuit activities.

This idea is appealing because it makes use of plastic bottles, so there’s no need to buy new equipment.

Try creating a course where you walk across the tops of plastic bottles filled with brightly colored water, keeping your balance as you go!

Go! Go! Summer

Tomobe Kindergarten Sports Day Event Description No. 4 “Go! Go! Summer”

This event is an obstacle course where you can experience activities associated with summer all at once.

First, while wearing a swim cap and an inner tube, you cross a taped “sea” that represents the ocean.

After crossing, you take off the inner tube, pick up a fishing rod, and catch a fish in your favorite color.

You then carry the fish to the finish line.

The fishing part in particular feels like a festival booth game, so children are sure to love it.

Also, by doing a seasonal activity like this, children can learn what kinds of things people do during this time of year, which is another reason it’s highly recommended.

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Hirakawa Masako (Bōkarisuto: Sakata Mizumako)

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[Parent-Child Event] Gather, Little Sushi!

My daughter’s daycare sports day: “Gather, Little Sushi!”

This is a parent-child competition themed around sushi that kids love.

At the start, the child flips a card that shows a type of sushi topping.

They find the matching topping attached with hook-and-loop fasteners to a cardboard base and stick it on the child’s back.

The parent then carries the child on their back: the adult is the rice (shari) and the child is the topping (neta), making a “sushi,” and they run together.

Next, the child grabs a hanging piece of wasabi, goes around the set-up cones, and finishes by getting into the plate at the goal.

It’s also fun to plan your target topping together before starting—asking things like, “Which topping do you want?” or “Where’s the tuna?”

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hiyori

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[Parent-Child Event] Fishing Game

5 parent-child activities we want to do at kindergarten and nursery school sports days

A parent-child event to build strength at the sports day: the Fishing Game.

In this game, the parent is the angler and the child plays the fish.

First, prepare a long towel and tie a knot at one end.

Have your child lie down, pinch the knot between their feet, and firmly hold the remaining length of the towel with both hands.

Once you’re set, the parent (the angler) pulls on the towel the child is holding and drags them along.

Be careful—if either of you loses your grip on the towel, you’ll come apart! If you’re doing this as a sports day event, we recommend a team relay format.

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SAKI

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