[For Seniors] Fun Activities That Liven Up Cool Evening Festivals and Summer Festivals

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It’s a game where you put your hand into a cardboard box and search for treasures relying only on your sense of touch.

The box is filled with things like crumpled paper, so enjoy the sensation of pushing them aside as you go.

What kind of treasures you put inside is also a key point—mixing items of various sizes can help heighten focus in the fingertips.

If you choose treasures that participants will be happy to find, they’ll feel a real sense of joy when they discover them, and the game is sure to be a hit.

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Bottle knocking game

Feel the Summer! Easy Recreation Using Traditional Uchiwa Fans [Elderly Recreation / Day Service Recreation]

All you need is a plastic bottle and a uchiwa fan to enjoy this simple game: Plastic Bottle Knockdown.

First, thread a rubber band or string through the fan and secure it so you can quickly retrieve it after throwing.

It’s a seated game, making it easy to tailor to older adults’ physical and mental conditions.

Since the bottles are empty, they’re easy to knock over, so anyone can have fun.

Compete to see who can knock down the most bottles, and consider preparing a prize for the top scorer.

Let’s enjoy it together!

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Nanaka

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Takoyaki Game

[Senior Activities] Takoyaki Game ❣️

When you think of food stalls at summer festivals in Japan, many people probably picture takoyaki.

But actually making takoyaki can be a bit challenging—the griddle gets hot and dangerous, and you can’t always use an open flame.

So how about getting into the takoyaki mood with a game instead? Use an empty egg carton as a stand-in for the takoyaki griddle and place plastic bottle caps in the compartments.

Put the caps in upside down, and at the starting signal, use chopsticks to flip the caps right-side up one by one.

You could also time it and see who’s the fastest.

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Let’s use cardboard and milk cartons to make and play a DIY version of the popular game Whac-A-Croc.

Use cardboard for the main body and decorate milk cartons to create the crocodiles.

Attach something like a plastic wrap core to each crocodile so you can hold it and move the crocodile in and out.

Participants will use a toy squeaky hammer to hit the crocodiles as they pop out.

You can compete by counting how many you hit, or forget about winning and losing and just enjoy it as a way to relieve stress.

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Treasure Fishing

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Let’s host a summer festival that gets participants’ hearts racing with excitement! Here’s an idea for a Treasure Fishing game.

When you think of a summer festival, many people imagine food stalls, right? This time, let’s try a treasure fishing challenge where you use a hook attached to a string to aim for and lift the ring attached to a prize.

The treasures can include snacks, drinks, tumblers, and small goods.

It’s fine to put them in transparent bags so the contents are visible, but setting them up in wrapping paper or paper bags so the contents are hidden could be fun too.

Be sure to give it a try!

Clothespin scooping

[Indoor Recreation for Seniors (Day Service & Nursing Home)] “Clothespin Scooping” using clothespins, a paper fan, and paper cups

Let’s try a goldfish-scooping style game you see at fairs, using a fan (uchiwa) and clothespins.

Place clothespins on a table, prepare a paper cup or basket, and use the fan to scoop and drop the clothespins into the container.

It looks simple, but it seems to take some skill to scoop the clothespins with a fan.

Since you use your hands, it can also serve as a bit of training.

You can focus and play alone, or play head-to-head with two people and compete for the fastest time to scoop up all the clothespins.

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Nakajima Junko

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Let’s play frisbee

[Senior Recreation] Let’s Play with a Frisbee: Plastic Bottle Edition

Here’s a game using a frisbee.

Stand empty plastic bottles on the floor, and have the seniors throw a frisbee to knock them down.

Frisbees had a bit of a boom in Japan from the 1970s to the early 1980s, so some seniors may have played with them back then.

The game might also bring back fond memories.

Forming teams and competing for points can make it more exciting, but of course, it’s plenty of fun to play solo as well.

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Nakajima Junko

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