[Childcare] Fun February Indoor Play Ideas That Work for Both Small and Large Groups

Bean-Throwing App: ‘Setsubun—Oni Invasion’

Setsubun Game! Demons Attack! “A demon took over our home...” Setsubun Games

This is a game app called “Setsubun: Demon Invasion”! Throwing beans at home can be a hassle to clean up, but with the app you can easily enjoy the Setsubun vibe while keeping your room tidy.

It’s content you can enjoy with your children during your time at home.

Demon Bowling Game

[Crafts] [Handmade Toy] Perfect for Setsubun! PET Bottle Oni Bowling Game

Introducing the “Oni Bowling Game,” where you throw a ball to knock down pins.

First, let’s make the pins and the ball.

Prepare several empty plastic bottles and stuff them with tissue paper.

Decorate them with construction paper to create oni (demon) designs, and the pins are done.

For the ball, simply crumple up some newspaper into a sphere and wrap it with colored tape.

Using tissue paper in several colors will make it look festive.

If the pins are too light and topple too easily, try using colored water or something similar instead!

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Picking up beans with chopsticks

Anpanman and his friends have been captured by ogres! Defeat the oni with Setsubun beans! Bean-grabbing with chopsticks ★

The game starts with the idea that their beloved Anpanman characters have been captured by a demon.

The rule is that if you move one bean from the right plate to the left plate, you can rescue an Anpanman doll from the demon.

The time limit is one minute.

For children who aren’t yet used to using chopsticks, it also serves as practice for using them.

Setsubun ball-toss game

How about having fun with a ball game using ogres made from cardboard? The rules are simple: just throw a ball into the ogre’s mouth.

Infants don’t need to throw—putting the ball directly into the mouth is fine.

If you make the ogre’s mouth jagged, that alone can add a bit of excitement and thrill.

For preschoolers, assign different point values to each ogre and add a time limit so they can compete for the highest total score.

It should make for a pretty heated game.

Knock down the ogres and have fun playing!

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Made a bean container as a craft and did bean-throwing (Setsubun).

Setsubun bean container

Many families do bean-throwing on Setsubun, and with this, it’ll be even more fun! It’s a bean container made from a milk carton.

Adults can handle the cutting, and then decorating and drawing the face together with the kids will make it even more exciting!

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Building a cardboard house on Onigashima

The demons are coming soon!! Setsubun bean-throwing pretend play♪ We made an Ogre Island cardboard house! himawari-CH

It looks like a cardboard house themed after Onigashima is on sale! Assemble the cardboard house with a scary face, and then enjoy it however you like.

You can play Momotaro, use it as a stage for bean-throwing, and there are plenty of ways to have fun!

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[Mukbang] Just roll it! Easy! Extra-thick Ehomaki! I’ll make it and eat it! [Russian Sato]

【BIG EATER】ATE BIG Eho-Maki! 【MUKBANG】【RussianSato】

How about trying to make ehomaki by hand together with your mom? When having them help place the fillings, you could add a game-like twist—such as seeing if they can put the ingredients on in the correct order—so they’ll enjoy doing it.

Finally, you could set a rule that if anyone chats while eating the ehomaki, they get a tickling penalty.

That would probably make it even more fun.