Fun! Spring activities for children: recreation and hands-on play

Easter Egg♡Salt Painting

Salt painting is a fun activity with a beautiful look that can lift your spirits.

Recommended supplies include salt, a pen-type liquid glue, watercolor paints, brushes, white drawing paper, paper cups for the paints, and a shallow tray.

First, use the liquid glue to sketch an Easter egg.

Next, place the paper in the shallow tray and sprinkle salt over the entire surface.

Finally, paint with your favorite colors, and you’re done.

The way the salt repels the paint and creates a soft bleed effect is super cute—give it a try!

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Yuuki

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Spring Things Bingo

Spring Bingo

Let’s aim for bingo! Here are some ideas for a spring-themed bingo.

When you think of spring, things like cherry blossoms, tulips, and Children’s Day come to mind! How about sharing words that pop into your head and creating your very own bingo card? It’ll feel fun when you find matching words with your friends or family.

If you’re playing at a preschool, it’s also great to turn each idea into a simple illustration, cut them out, and paste them to make your bingo cards.

Give it a try!

Badminton

Perfect for the outdoors! Grab this wind-resistant badminton set and have fun at the campsite! #OutdoorPlay #CampFun #Badminton #ThreeSistersCampPlay

Time your swings and hit the shuttle! Let me introduce badminton.

When spring arrives and the weather warms up, many people head out on trips or go camping, don’t they? Badminton is a great recommendation for those times.

As long as you have a spacious area with no car traffic, you can start playing right away.

At first, aim to simply hit the shuttle with your racket.

Once you get used to it, try sending the shuttle over to your partner! It’s exciting to level up little by little, and it’s so satisfying when you can rally.

Insect collecting

[Giant house centipede sighting…] Spring insect collecting is fun!

Insects are said to make up over 99% of all creatures living on land.

Many children love them, but lots of adults say, “Not my thing!” It might be a bit tricky to collect insects right in the heart of Tokyo, so how about turning it into a mini trip and going on a bug-hunting adventure? Spring, when all sorts of insects start to move around, is the perfect time.

In a small vacant lot or along a riverside, you might easily spot butterflies, dragonflies, or scarab beetles! If you bring an insect field guide, you can look up what you’ve caught on the spot.

Stepping away from your smartphone and letting yourself sink into nature is refreshing—what a delightful way to spend a moment in spring!

Spring Flower Matching Game

[Make and Play♪] Spring Flower Matching Card Game 🌷 #preschoolcrafts #preschoolteacher #teacherresources #traineeteacher #teacherlife #withkids #constructionpaper #matchinggame #paperart #papercraft

Build kids’ concentration while they play! Let me introduce a spring flower matching game.

You’ll need flower illustrations, construction paper, glue, and scissors.

The rules are simple: find pairs of identical picture cards, and the player who collects the most cards in the end wins.

What flowers come to mind when you think of spring? It could be fun to go outside with the children and look for flowers to turn into cards.

Remembering where previously flipped cards were is an important key to success! It’s also great because you can adapt it for each season.

Spring Sports Day

Yamanote Academy Kindergarten, Junior Class, Spring Sports Day

Run, throw, laugh, and have fun! Here are some ideas for a spring sports day.

Many people might associate sports days with autumn, right? In recent years, however, more places have started holding them in spring.

The reasons include more stable weather, a lower risk of heatstroke, and the desire to avoid packing too many events together.

As for the events, it’s nice to choose ones like sprints and ball tosses where you can watch the kids give it their all.

The look on their faces—after they refuse to give up, gain new skills, and build confidence—is truly inspiring.

soap bubble

Eye-catching soap bubbles with the power of science! Here’s how to make them♪

Winter is so cold that it’s hard to play outside, but once spring arrives, it gets warm and playing outdoors becomes fun again! That’s why I recommend soap bubbles! It’s not easy to do bubbles indoors, right? Using store-bought bubble solution is fine, but if you make your own, you can create bubbles that don’t pop as easily! It’s also a plus for parents that you can make it with ingredients like purified water and laundry starch that are available at pharmacies or home improvement stores.

If you make the bubble solution together with the kids from scratch, it’ll make the whole experience even more exciting!

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Hane Keisuke

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Picnic

Three sisters who enjoyed a picnic with their close friends

On warm, sunny spring days, you feel like going on a picnic, don’t you? Just spreading out a picnic blanket in a spacious park or on a gentle hill and eating a packed lunch is enough to make you happy.

It’s exciting to think about what to put in the lunch, too.

Try asking your child what they’d like.

If you have plenty of space, you might also enjoy playing some light sports together with your child.

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Saitō Ayumu

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April Fools’ Day

[Prank] Since it's April Fools', we tried pulling a prank on Eishin with a 'potato chip–shaped jack-in-the-box' (・∀・)

April 1 is April Fools’ Day.

Spring brings new encounters—how about lightening the mood with a playful joke? These days, even corporate social media accounts run April Fools’-themed ads on April 1, so it might be fun to look for some unique April Fools’ ideas!

Exercise play you can enjoy at home

Introducing age-appropriate physical play you can do at home [Rakuwakai Health Class Web Edition]

Even when you can’t play outside, you still want to move your body! In times like that, let’s enjoy some active play at home.

For infants and toddlers, try baby massage or touch-and-play activities.

For preschoolers through elementary school kids, how about a spy game with a treasure hunt or a round of table tennis on the table? For the spy game, setting up obstacles around the room and preparing a treasure map can really liven things up.

For table tennis, you can substitute household items: a tissue box for the net, a pot lid for the paddle, and a super ball for the ball.

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sasashina

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