OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
Disclaimer: While we highly recommend outdoor time, please follow social distancing guidelines by maintaining at least 2 meters (or 6 feet) from others at all times and avoiding public spaces such as schoolyards and parks.
GENERAL IDEAS
Ideas from Pinterest
Hiking & nature walks
Scavenger hunts
Window Walks
Find shapes in the clouds
Start a collection (leaves, rocks, buttons) and make a museum display or a store
Make a nature collage
LARGE OUTDOOR SPACE ACTIVITIES
Bikes
Scooters
Frisbee
Soccer
Catch
Jump rope
See how many times you can dribble the basketball
Obstacle Courses
Races
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Hop on one foot, crabwalk, backward walking, relay races
Running Games
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Red light, green light.
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What Time is it Mr. Wolf?
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Hide and seek.
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Capture the flag
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Tag
BACKYARD & SMALL OUTDOOR SPACE ACTIVITIES
Blow bubbles
Chalk drawings
Play hula hoop games
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jump rope with them, use them for a bean bag toss or have hula hoop contests
Set up a toss-across game
Get some sidewalk chalk and bean bags- you can draw a tic tac toe board on the ground, and toss the bags into the squares to play.
Play hopscotch
Dig a hole in the backyard
Give the dog a bath
See how many times you can dribble the basketball
Have a water balloon fight
Make a fairy house for your garden
Plant some seeds
WARM WEATHER ACTIVITIES
Gardening
Picnic
Sprinkler with an outdoor dance party
Car or bike wash
Paint the fence with water
Give kids sponges and a bucket of water outside, and let them toss them to each other
COLD WEATHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
Tobogganing
Make snowpeople
Make snow angels