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

5 super fun activities

[Don't Miss Out] 5 Super Fun Activities You Should Know

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.

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My One-Piece Dress Play

One-Piece Play is an idea you can enjoy with kids in the spring.

It’s super simple: all you need is construction paper, scissors, laminating sheets, and a pen to get started! First, draw your favorite character—like Miffy wearing a one-piece dress—on the paper, then cut out the figure with scissors.

Next, laminate the illustration, and you’re done.

Using self-laminating sheets from a 100-yen shop is also recommended.

If you hold the laminated part up to spring flowers or the sky, the patterns show through and look beautiful!

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Go see the fireflies

Jike Furusato Village Cat Watching Fireflies, May 2015

Fireflies are often associated with summer, but in fact, the best time to see them is from early May to early June.

How about taking the kids to a clean, clear river where you can spot them at the end of spring? The faint lights floating in the darkness are magical and beautiful.

It’s a perfect event to feel the end of spring and the approach of summer.

Mugwort rice cake making

mugwort mochi

In spring, I also recommend making yomogi mochi (mugwort rice cakes).

Yomogi is in season from March to May, or from April to June in colder regions.

Like foraging for other wild plants, picking yomogi is exciting, isn’t it? However, be careful of aconite, a wild plant that closely resembles yomogi.

You can tell them apart by checking whether the underside of the leaf is white.

If the underside isn’t white, it’s aconite—be sure not to eat it.

Boccia

Children's Boccia Tournament (with rules explanation)

Have fun using both your head and your body! Here are some ideas for boccia.

Boccia is a sport enjoyed by everyone, regardless of age, gender, or disability, where all can compete together.

After throwing the white target ball, two teams compete to see which team can get their balls closer to it.

Each team has six balls, so you can strategically hit other balls to close the distance or push them away—another key point of the game! Try incorporating it into your playtime, too.

A flower that blooms when you water it

Why not try making a cherry tree in full bloom out of origami? With this craft, a mist of water makes the cherry blossoms bloom—such a magical flower! Prepare a cherry blossom–shaped hole punch and pink origami paper.

After punching cherry blossom shapes out of the paper, fold the petal sections inward.

Glue these onto the base cherry tree, and you’re done.

When you spritz the flowers with a mist of water, the petals open and you’ll have a springlike cherry tree.

The look of the blossoms changes depending on how you arrange the pieces when gluing, so have fun experimenting!

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Discovery Sticker Book

The discovery sticker book is a game where you put stickers on things that match the shapes or themes shown in the book—like “square,” “oval,” or “fluffy”—when you find them.

The rules are simple, so it’s nice that you can easily give it a try as soon as you buy the book.

Once you get good at finding the items on the shapes pages, it also sounds fun to try looking for specific objects or people, like “a black car” or “a delivery person.” Planning a walking route to match the book is exciting too!

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Easter Puzzle Treasure Hunt

Tried a mystery-solving treasure hunt game in our secret base! [Dollar Store Easter]

Let’s go treasure hunting in a secret base! Here are some ideas for an Easter puzzle treasure hunt.

One day, a challenge letter arrives, instructing you to search for hidden Easter eggs.

Look carefully around the yard and inside the house to find them all! Inside the collected Easter eggs, you’ll find clues—one letter at a time.

Rearrange them to crack the code, and a hidden word will be revealed.

Enjoy the excitement of an Easter event and the fun of a treasure hunt!

Making a Playable Butterfly

How about a cute butterfly craft using children’s handprints? First, stamp handprints with paint onto construction paper, then glue on origami pieces to make it colorful.

Next, fold it in half and cut so that two peaks are formed; open it back up and it will instantly turn into a butterfly silhouette.

Finally, use green pipe cleaners to make the antennae and create ring parts for fingers.

Once it’s finished, slip it onto your fingers and head out for a springtime walk!

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Strawberry picking

I went strawberry picking and saw the Kominato Railway in spring.

Thanks to greenhouse cultivation, some places now offer strawberry picking as early as January, but since winter is cold, spring is definitely the best time to go.

With their cute appearance and amazing flavor, springtime strawberry picking is a wonderful activity that both adults and children can enjoy! You can eat the strawberries you pick on the spot or take them home, so you can keep enjoying them along with your memories after you return.

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