Useful for childcare! Birthday party performances and popular entertainment ideas
Nursery schools and kindergartens have lots of events throughout the year, like birthday parties and fun gatherings.
It can be quite a challenge to come up with performances and content every time! Many teachers may be struggling with a lack of ideas.
In this article, we introduce recommended skits and entertainment for nursery schools that will liven up events for both teachers and children.
We’ve gathered ideas that are sure to make participating kids smile, including solo performances as well as plays and dances put on by all the teachers together.
Event performances are a great chance for teachers to shine! Make full use of your creativity and put on a wonderfully fun event for the adorable children who are looking forward to it.
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Helpful for childcare! Birthday party performances and popular entertainment ideas (21–30)
Piñata
Do you all know about piñatas? They’re like the Japanese kusudama, and in Mexico they’re an essential part of celebrations such as children’s birthday parties.
Piñatas are filled with treats and other things kids love, and everyone takes turns hitting them with a stick to break them open and get what’s inside.
They’re easy to make at home, much like a kusudama, so I recommend giving it a try.
Pantomime: Speed Remote Control
Let’s make a “speed remote control” that can move people however you want, and put on a pantomime performance.
Create a remote out of cardboard with buttons like Start, Stop, Fast Forward, Rewind, and Slow.
Press the buttons while saying their names out loud so everyone knows which one you’re pressing, and the people in front of you will stop, move in slow motion, or otherwise move according to the buttons.
Dance ‘Paprika’
Why not have the nursery teachers try Foorin’s “Paprika,” a song beloved by children? Many kids may already have mastered it, but if the teachers perform the “Paprika” dance, the children will surely be delighted! The choreography is simple enough to dance even without prior dance experience, so teachers who aren’t confident in dance or physical activity can do it easily.
It would also make a great surprise performance at various events.
Once the children can dance together with their teachers, they’ll enjoy dancing even more!
Sketchbook Theater: “Transforming Little Ghost”
We’re going to make a sketchbook story about a ghost whose body turns the color of the food it eats.
It’s easy to make with everyday materials, yet the way the colors keep changing will have kids glued to it! First, cut out the outline of the ghost’s body from black construction paper.
Next, glue it onto a sheet torn from a sketchbook and cut away only the inside of the ghost’s body.
From the back, attach a transparent sheet such as a clear file.
Fold the paper around the transparent sheet inward, except for the ghost’s head area, and glue it into the sketchbook.
Then draw the ghost’s face.
Prepare various colors of construction paper, each small enough to fit inside the ghost, and draw food that matches each color on one side.
You’re done! After showing the drawing of the food, flip the colored paper to the blank side and slide it into the ghost’s body—instantly, the ghost’s body changes color!
Rhythm Play
“Rhythm play” is play where you move your body to the rhythm.
Any form is fine—for example, when the music is playing you move, and when it stops you freeze; as the rhythm changes, you keep changing your movements.
It’s simple and fun.
When everyone does the same movements together, kids get excited, their movements get bigger and bigger, and it turns into great exercise!
