[Parent-Child Rec] Recreational activities and games for parents and children to enjoy together—also great for sports days.
We’re introducing recreations, games, and crafts that are perfect for parent–child activities at sports days and for quality time at home!
If you’re a teacher unsure which parent–child events to include in your sports day, or a parent looking for fun activities to enjoy with your child, please feel free to use this as a reference.
If you’re not fond of active movement or don’t have much space, crafts are a great option.
Crafts also leave you with something tangible, making for a wonderful keepsake.
Work together to take on challenges, or create memorable pieces, and strengthen your bond while enjoying parent–child activities!
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[Parent-Child Rec] Recreations and games for parents and children to enjoy together. Also great for sports days (21–30)
playing ninja
Kids love the sound of the word “ninja.” Let them pretend to be ninjas and enjoy a variety of movements—walking on tiptoes, creeping along the floor and walls, or stopping suddenly.
If you make origami shuriken, they can even have a thrilling shuriken-throwing experience.
Creating targets for a target-throwing game will make it even more exciting!
rhythmic exercise
These are rhythm activities that parents and children can enjoy together.
We introduce many simple hand-clap songs that even very young children can join, as well as games that use the whole body.
If the hand-clap songs get everyone excited, some kids might even start dancing without thinking.
Activities that use the body also offer plenty of physical contact with adults, so they’re highly recommended.
Spoon relay
It’s a game where you place a ping-pong ball on a kitchen ladle and carry it.
It requires a good sense of balance, and because it isn’t decided simply by differences in physique or strength, parents will want to take on the challenge seriously too.
Once you get used to it, try changing the difficulty by switching the ladle to a spoon or using a larger ball.
Borrowed Item Race
Let’s enjoy a “Borrowed Item Race” at the parent-child recreation event.
First, draw a lot with a prompt for what to borrow, such as “something red” or “a banana.” Prepare items that are easy for anyone to recognize.
Borrow something that fits the prompt and carry it to the goal.
For ages three and up, you can also make it a race to “borrow” people—like “someone wearing red clothes” or “someone with long hair”—which is also fun! Will the children be able to find what they need? It’s a recreation activity that will have even the onlookers smiling.
5 super fun activities
We’ll be introducing five activities: “Irregular Play,” “Swirly Tail Chase,” “Receive & Catch,” “Ball Rolling Play,” and “Cross Rubber Jump Tail Chase.” They mainly use a ball—putting it into a basket, catching it, and combining movements like hopscotch and forward rolls to get the body moving.
In “Swirly Tail Chase,” attach a jump rope instead of a string and run away from the tagger, changing directions between clockwise and counterclockwise.
For “Cross Rubber Jump Tail Chase,” stretch elastic bands across the room and escape from the tagger while jumping over the bands.
Puzzle-solving stamp rally
A popular puzzle-solving activity often featured at local events and theme parks! If you’re planning a slightly more elaborate parent-child recreation, how about a “Puzzle-Solving Stamp Rally,” where you solve puzzles, collect stamps, and reach the goal? Stamp rallies often evoke the image of traveling long distances, but adding puzzles makes the thinking time fun, so it can be done easily even in a small space.
Let’s work together as a parent and child—thinking this way and that—and aim for the goal!
Paper Airplane Contest
Origami is a classic pastime, and many kids especially love paper airplanes.
How about holding a “paper airplane contest” with your child? What’s fun is that even though we just say “paper airplane,” there are many different types.
The folding method changes how far they fly and how long they stay in the air, so try out different folds and have fun experimenting.
