[Childcare] Unique event ideas to try at a sports day
A sports day is a precious once-a-year occasion where you can witness children’s growth.
Classic events are fun, but here we’ll introduce some unique, slightly unusual ones!
With quirky movements and creative ideas, kids can enjoy practicing even more.
You’ll also see more moments that bring spontaneous smiles to parents watching.
If you mix these events in between the standard ones, the whole sports day becomes even more entertaining.
By all means, create a sports day that leaves the children saying, “That was so much fun!”
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[Childcare] Unique Event Ideas for Sports Day to Try (71–80)
Funny Relay
How about trying a fun relay that’s a little different from a regular one? All you need are rings big enough for your child to fit both feet inside—hula hoops work too.
Prepare about three of them.
Line up the three rings in a row from the starting line.
Walk forward across them, and when you run out of rings, pick up the one behind you and place it in front to make a path.
Keep repeating this to reach the goal.
It’s fine to play alone, or in pairs as a team! Instead of rings, you could also use seat cushions or sheets of newspaper large enough for your child to stand on.
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Here are ideas for sports day events that will get kindergartens and daycare centers excited, and that even small children can enjoy participating in.
It’s a color-matching game where children look for and match items of the same color.
Place colorful dinosaur eggs prepared by the teachers in the middle of the field.
Children find the dinosaur mom that matches the color of the egg they chose and run to deliver the egg to her.
It’s a simple color-matching game that even little ones can join.
Be sure to include it in your sports day!
Go! Energetic Moles
The event “Go, Energetic Moles!” adds cuteness and humor to a traditional obstacle race.
There are two main points.
First, the children wear mole-themed crowns and run as if they are moles.
Second, obstacles such as brown plastic sheets and hula hoops are set up to evoke the feeling of moving through the soil.
It’s also wonderful to let them enjoy the process of making the mole crowns.
Wearing a handmade crown will likely boost their motivation even more.
[Childcare] Unique event ideas for a sports day that we want to try (81–90)
Animal Race
Animal races are great for energetic two-year-olds! Pick an animal as the theme and have everyone race to the finish while imitating it.
Tigers, penguins, giraffes—anything goes! Four-legged animals can be tricky, but penguins have especially cute movements.
The free, natural way kids move is so childlike and charming.
My First Errand
In the “First Errand” event, children run an errand as part of the activity.
Place a variety of foods along the course and have each child pick one they like.
Then they deliver it to the house that’s the same color as the food to reach the goal.
Make the foods and houses using materials like cardboard, newspaper, and construction paper.
Through the event, let parents watch their children successfully complete their errand and feel their growth.
Flower arranging with everyone
Introducing a field day event that even very young children can enjoy: a collaborative flower arrangement race.
Prepare plenty of artificial flowers big enough for a child to hold in their arms.
Try making them in a variety of colors like yellow, red, and pink.
At “Ready, go!” the children run to the bouquet pile and each picks their favorite flower.
They then run with the flower, place it into an empty container at the far end of the course, arrange it nicely, and cross the finish line.
The rules are simple, and it’s a delightful event where you can see the children looking adorable as they play.
Dekapan Torch Relay
Footraces and relays are the star events of a school sports day.
Watching children run their hearts out is adorable on its own, but let’s add a creative twist to make the event even more exciting.
If there’s a race where kids run in pairs with friends or parents, prepare an oversized pair of pants that both can wear at once.
If the pair runs wearing a handmade jumbo pair of pants, it’s sure to become a crowd-pleasing highlight of the sports day.
It’s like a pants version of a three-legged race.
Let’s steal the show with laughter and applause as pairs synchronize their steps and run together in one big pair of pants.