With the weather finally cooling my kids and I are having a blast playing exterior! That said, there are times when I take to encourage them to stay outside. Making something similar to this Indoor Boredom Buster Dice, we created a dice   full of activities they tin do exterior. Whenever they complain, "Mom, simply I don't want to ride my scooter – I wanna come up inside." We roll the dice and meet what fun activity nosotros get to do together.

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Here are just a few of the activities the kids and I thought of to put on our exterior dice. Do y'all have whatever ideas to add?   Let me know in the comments!

  1. Go on a Nature Hunt. – Tin can you notice 10 living and 10 not-living things?
  2. Race, play Reddish Light, Green Lite or do Basketball suicides. We accept even played fetch, where I throw a brawl or some other toy and the kids race to run across who can get it outset.
  3. Make a mini-pool out of a tupperware tub. This is by far one of their favorite activities. We'll fill a shallow tub with h2o and every bit information technology is Spring and too absurd for true pond, the kids go to practice pouring and dumping all with minimum mess/wetness.
  4. Make and play with Moon Sand. Another favorite activity we utilize with a tupperware tub to help incorporate the spread of the sand.
  5. Decorate your sidewalks with chalk or sidewalk pigment. We love playing with chalk and accept even created our very own sidewalk pigment recipe!
  6. Weed the lawn or water the grass. You can utilise a sprinkler if the weather is balmy, if non give the kids watering cans. Mine bask walking effectually the lawn dumping their h2o.
  7. Discover and feed the wildlife in your own backyard. That stale breadstuff is good for birds, but also for the bugs! How many different bugs can y'all find?
  8. Make mud cakes. Some other favorite activity. We really accept mud wearing apparel set aside for simply this activity.
  9. Wing a kite (or a plastic pocketbook). Kites are great, just plastic bags fly more easily and with less wind. I demand to make a video of this one of these days!
  10. Make plant rubbings. Have grass clippings? You have art!

Kids Activities Blog is Holly's blogging dwelling.

She is the co-author of 101 Kids Activities that are the Bestest, Funnest Ever! and The 101 Coolest Simple Science Experiments.

She is the mom of three boys ages 13, fifteen & 17 who partially homeschools. She believes that y'all shouldn't have to buy stuff to have fun when there is a kitchen junk drawer total of possibilities.