[For Seniors] Fun and Engaging Recreational Activities in Nursing Homes

Color-Coded Singing Game

Easy! Hilarious and exciting! Color-Coded Singing Game! #Seniors #DayService #MusicRecreation #MusicTherapy

It’s a game where everyone claps to the rhythm while singing, with an added element of judging your own color.

Each person wears a band of their assigned color on their wrist.

When your color is called, you keep clapping; when it isn’t, you stop clapping.

You keep singing even if you stop clapping, and when no color is specified, everyone claps—so it really tests each person’s judgment.

Once everyone gets used to the rules, try speeding up the song to make players decide more quickly whether they should keep clapping.

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Warabi Mochi in Anmitsu Style

Oyachube! “Anmitsu-style Warabi Mochi”

Warabi-mochi has a jiggly, gelatinous texture in your mouth.

It’s often dusted with kinako (roasted soybean flour), but topping it with matcha or drizzling it with kuromitsu (brown sugar syrup) is also delicious.

Warabi-mochi is made with warabi starch, though using warabi starch can sometimes result in a slightly firmer texture.

Try some tweaks, like using a store-bought kit that yields softer warabi-mochi, or making a soft version with potato starch (katakuriko).

You can also turn it into an anmitsu-style dessert by adding sweet red bean paste and fruit, then drizzling kuromitsu on top.

It transforms warabi-mochi into a more festive Japanese sweet than usual, and it’s likely to be enjoyed by older adults as well.

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Korokoro Push Game

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It’s a game where you use a stick to keep balls from falling as they roll toward you.

Since the field where the balls roll is far away, your ability to control a long stick that can effectively transfer force to the balls is put to the test.

The rules increase the number of balls gradually over time, which adds a decision-making element about which ball to tap.

It’s a game that can train various skills—judgment, speed, control, and how you apply force—by keeping all these factors in mind.

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sweet potato pudding

Sweet Potato Pudding: Easy 4-Ingredient, Quick Dessert Recipe♪ | macaroni

Let us introduce a soft, easy-to-eat sweet potato pudding.

Microwave the sweet potato until tender, mash it, add sugar and milk, and blend.

Once it becomes a paste, add milk and eggs, mix well, and pour into containers.

Place the containers in a baking tray, add hot water to the tray, and bake in the oven.

After baking, let it cool slightly and top with whipped cream or the cooked sweet potato skins.

You can also steam-bake it by adding water to a frying pan instead of using the oven.

Turning cooked sweet potato into a pudding makes it smoother and easier to swallow than eating it as is.

It should be easier for older adults to enjoy sweet potatoes this way.

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Bamboo Shoot Digging Game

Recreation for seniors: Sit-down paper cup bamboo shoot-digging game #SeniorRecreation #CareRecreation #PaperCups

It’s a game where you use a stick with a paper cup attached to the end to stack and pick up paper cups with bamboo shoots drawn on them, and compete for speed.

The key to successfully picking up the bamboo shoots is to fit the cup on the stick perfectly over the target cup, so your stick control is put to the test.

If you do it well, you can stack multiple cups, so strategy matters—do you carefully stack and grab a bunch at once, or focus on speed and collect them one by one? The longer the stick, the harder it is to control, so adjusting the stick length is also a recommended way to set the difficulty.

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Valentine Game

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Place colorful cans on a base framed by a heart—a classic Valentine’s motif—and have the person on the opposite side pull a string to reel the base toward themselves.

It’s a trust-based game that tests how many cans you can stack and whether you can bring them over without dropping them.

There are also steps and bumps along the pulling path, so pay attention to how you arrange the cans to keep them from falling when going over obstacles.

Balance in placing the cans and control of force while pulling may be the key elements.

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Free Throw Game

Recreation for Seniors: A Sure-Fire Hit! A Seated Free-Throw Game Anyone Can Enjoy

It’s a game where you throw balls toward baskets that have assigned point values and compete on the total score.

The higher the point value of a basket, the harder it is to land a ball in it, so controlling your throwing power is key to getting a high score.

Since the rules allow a ball to bounce before going in, unexpected points can happen, and awkward bounces that miss the basket can also add excitement.

Let’s encourage players to focus on controlling the force needed to reach the basket and on moving their bodies in ways that effectively transfer that force to the ball.

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