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

Newspaper Spiderweb Circuit

[Ages 0–5] Let’s play boldly! Use the whole room to make a spider web!

Tear it! Stick it! Crawl through and play! Here’s an idea for a newspaper spiderweb circuit.

You’ll need plastic ribbon (suzuran tape), newspaper, and tape.

This is a great idea when you want to include crawling movements in your circuit.

Some children find tunnels challenging because they’re dark and long.

By tearing and sticking newspaper as part of everyday activities, you can naturally encourage crawling movements! The making process also stimulates children’s creativity—what a wonderful idea.

Goldfish Migration Circuit

Tomobe Kindergarten Sports Day Event Description No. 6: “Goldfish Moving Operation”

Finish together as parent and child! Here’s an idea for a Goldfish Migration Circuit.

You’ll need homemade scoops (poi), two kiddie pools, goldfish made from colored plastic bags, and red-and-white flags.

Many children may feel nervous in the unusual atmosphere of a sports day, right? Participating in the event together with a parent can help ease those nerves a bit.

This event requires teamwork between parent and child! Let’s successfully move the goldfish while calling out to each other.

The cute costumes are another highlight, too!

[Parent-Child Event] Sushi Relay

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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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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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[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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Where’s my kid?

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I think a sports day gets more exciting when there are events with a strong element of luck.

So I’d like to introduce “Where’s My Kid?” The rules are very simple.

First, a child hides inside a large cardboard box.

The parent then has to find the box their child is hiding in, pick them up for a piggyback, and head for the finish line together.

It’s also fun to switch up the last part to something like a three-legged race.

Alternatively, you can have the parent hide instead of the child.

There are many possible variations, so it’s also great to let the kids come up with the rules themselves.

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yamamoto

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