Recommended activities and recreational games for November: A collection of ideas to enjoy autumn
November brings a deepening chill.
As the natural world turns shades of red and yellow, are you looking for autumn activities everyone can enjoy together? In this article, we’ve gathered a variety of games and recreational activities, featuring plenty of autumn delights like sweet potatoes and acorns.
They all use familiar materials like newspaper and paper cups, so they’re easy to play with family and friends.
You’ll also find rhythm games set to children’s songs and active games to warm up your body—perfect for making autumn memories!
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Recommended activities and recreation games for November: A collection of ideas to enjoy autumn (51–60)
Command Game
The Command Game is a great way to play with a large group and get everyone excited! The rules are very simple.
First, choose one person to give the commands.
The teacher can do it, too.
Once you’ve chosen, that person faces everyone and gives instructions, beginning with the phrase “This is a command.” For example: “This is a command: stand up,” or “This is a command: sit down.” If the phrase “This is a command” is not said, you must not follow the action.
Anyone who gets tricked and performs the action loses.
Also, answering “Yes” to “Do you understand?” is a loss as well, because it wasn’t preceded by “This is a command!”
indoor bowling
When it’s cold and you don’t feel like going outside to play, how about holding a bowling tournament at home? You can easily make the pins with plastic bottles and the ball with newspaper.
It’s also simple to adjust the difficulty—fill the bottles with water to make them heavier, or space them farther apart.
Shogi piece stacking game
It’s a game where you flip over pieces on a shogi board and pick them up using only one finger.
If you make even the slightest sound, you lose your turn and it passes to your opponent.
In the end, the player who has taken more pieces wins.
Keep your ears sharp so you don’t miss any sounds.
Newspaper Rock-Paper-Scissors
It’s a competitive game.
You stand on a sheet of newspaper and play rock-paper-scissors.
The loser folds their newspaper in half.
You keep repeating rock-paper-scissors, and the person who can no longer stand on their now-small newspaper loses.
It’s nice because it doesn’t require any special preparation.
Recommended games and recreational activities for November: A collection of ideas to enjoy autumn (61–70)
Stick-removal game
The “Stick-Pulling Game” you can play easily with things around the house! Before you start, prepare 10 to 20 colored pencils and one empty core from a roll of cellophane tape.
Thread the colored pencils through the core, bunch them together, and stand them up while spreading them out.
Once you’re ready, start the game! Decide the order, then take turns removing one colored pencil at a time.
Whoever knocks the pencils over loses.
If you don’t have colored pencils, you can use chopsticks or similar items instead.
It’s a great, easy game to enjoy during the colder seasons!
Autumn Brain Training Exercises
We’d like to introduce a brain-training exercise with an autumn foods theme.
It’s a recreational activity where you can “harvest” fall foods while moving your body.
Try gestures like catching lively, wriggling Pacific saury with your hands and picking grapes from a vine.
The movement of picking up chestnuts involves bending your body forward, which helps train your upper body.
In the exercise that involves visualizing the size and shape of objects, imagine items like pumpkins to stimulate your brain, and have fun by challenging yourself to lift the foods you picture.
Bug-catching game
Here’s an idea for enjoying a popular outdoor kids’ activity—bug catching—indoors.
Prepare super balls with tape-made wings and some bug-catching nets.
Two people hold open a sheet, such as a garbage bag or a towel, and try to catch balls that a teammate throws to bounce once on the sheet.
The person with the bug net competes by trying to catch the ball before it lands on the sheet.
Wearing a straw hat or carrying a bug cage helps set the scene and makes the game feel like real bug catching.
Try making crickets and bell crickets that appear in autumn to liven up your November event.