[Nursing Home] Recommended for Sports Day! Lively Recreational Activities

Treasure Hunt Game

Recreation for seniors: Newspaper activities and an easy one-handed treasure hunt

Let me introduce a treasure-hunt game you can enjoy using just one hand.

You’ll need a cardboard box, a basket, some newspaper, and lots of colorful balls.

Put the balls in the box, then tear the newspaper and add it on top so the balls are hidden.

Place a basket next to the box, and you’re ready.

Decide which color ball will be the “treasure,” then on “Ready, go!” reach into the box with one hand and search for the balls.

The first person to pull out three balls of the designated color wins.

It’s fun with small numbers or in groups, making it a great recommendation for recreational activities in senior care facilities.

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Finger-Tip Rec: Ball Exercises to Build Grip Strength

[Finger Exercise] A Recreation Using Rubber Balls to Strengthen Grip [Senior Brain Training]

This is a recreational activity focused on gripping a ball to build grip strength.

In pairs, you will perform two movements: trying to pull out a fixed ball and passing the ball to each other.

While consciously gripping the ball firmly with one hand, add the pulling and passing movements to train other areas as well.

By carefully observing your partner’s movements, this exercise also helps you become more aware of dynamic vision, concentration, and force control.

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Newspaper Stick Holder

Recreation for seniors: super simple, exciting, and fun newspaper stick-in game

Think back to your school sports day—chances are you enjoyed the “tamaire” (beanbag toss) event once or twice.

The activity introduced here, “Newspaper Stick Toss,” is a variation of that game.

What you’ll need is a target made from milk cartons: cut off the spouts and attach about nine cartons together to create the target.

Then, participants throw rolled-up newspaper sticks at the target.

Sticks made from newspaper about 15 cm long work well; about pencil thickness makes them easy to throw.

Set your own rules—like a time attack or taking turns one throw at a time—and have fun!

Sing and pass it around! Ball relay

All you need is a ball! This is fun♪ Sing and pass-the-ball activity!!

Here’s an idea for a rhythm-based ball-passing game.

First, participants sit in a circle.

One person starts with the ball and passes it to the next person in time with the music; that person then passes it to the next, and so on.

When the music stops, the person holding the ball gets to drop out of the game.

You can also adjust the game by adding more balls depending on the number of participants.

Singing along while playing provides brain training benefits, and listening to favorite songs can boost motivation, which adds to the appeal.

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Bomb GO

[Newspaper Recreation] A recreation activity to improve lower-limb strength in seniors! Bomb GO

This is a game where players kick crumpled newspaper balls in two colors, aiming to get their team’s balls into the opponent’s side.

Sit in two facing rows, and mark a white line in the middle with tape to divide the territory.

Through the game, encourage plenty of leg movement, such as moving the feet back and forth to kick and stretching the legs to reach distant balls.

If you draw the white line at a distance that the feet can’t reach and place some balls there as well, players will also focus on finely controlling their foot movements by bumping nearby balls to move others—this setup is highly recommended too.

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ball toss (traditional Japanese beanbag/ball-throwing game)

[Day Service] Ball-Toss Battle!

Tamaire, the ball-toss game often seen at school sports festivals.

Some older adults may have taken part in sports days and played tamaire in the past.

Here’s a perfect tamaire activity for a warm April day to get the body moving.

Because it’s a familiar game, it can help older adults refresh their mood and relieve stress.

Have participants sit in chairs and place a basket in the center.

Prepare red, white, and other colored balls, and have the participants throw them into the basket.

The person who gets the most balls in the basket wins.

Throwing with the arms and shoulders also provides upper-body exercise.

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Ball Grabbing Game

[Mini Game] Ball Grabbing Game ♟️ #dayservice #recreation #elderly #nursingcare #rehabilitation #sportsrecreation #shorts

Let’s play a game where you grab balls using newspaper.

All the tools used in the game are made from newspaper.

Make the balls by crumpling newspaper into a sphere, and make the grabbing sticks out of newspaper as well.

You can create everything you need for the game using everyday materials.

Place several balls inside a circle, grab them with the stick, and put them into a basket.

If you set a time limit, the game gets more exciting.

Forming teams and competing for the best time will make it even more fun.

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Nakajima Junko

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