50 Activities to do outside
The weather has been beautiful and I am fully in the summer spirit. All I want to do is be outside, so I thought I’d put together a list of all the fun things that little ones could possibly do outside for those times when my “let’s go outside” is met with a chorus of “I don’t want to.”
- Look for bugs
- Follow some ants
- Put together wildflower bouquets
- Make daisy or clover necklaces
- Build a sandcastle
- Dig a deep deep hole
- Go to the park
- Pretend the playground is a pirate ship
- Make mud pies
- Start a sand bakery
- Find shapes in the clouds
- Draw your scientific observations
- Decorate with sidewalk chalk
- Blow bubbles
- Make giant bubbles in a baby pool
- Chase a butterfly
- Play dodge ball
- See how high you can go on a swing
- Build an obstacle course
- Throw water balloons
- Run through a sprinkler
- Soak in a wading pool
- Have a squirt gun fight
- Start a game of tag
- Build a fort
- Watch ice cubes melt in the sun
- Trace your shadow
- Play hide and seek
- Pretend that you’re camping
- Make music with things you find outside
- Pick up litter
- Plant a garden
- Ride bikes
- Start a car wash for bikes
- Read books outside
- Have a picnic
- Make up your own game
- Start an outdoor dance party
- Fly kites
- Put together a bike parade
- Go for a walk
- Listen to birds
- Create your own relay races
- Do crayon rubbings
- Take a hike
- Go on a scavenger hunt
- Start a rock collection
- Jump in puddles
- Play with a parachute
- Fly paper airplanes
Now you’re sure to have a response every time a child tells you that they are bored!
