While we’re all dealing with lockdowns and many of us are trying to keep the kids busy, we thought we’d compile a few ideas that have helped inspire us to keep getting out and add some extra fun for the kids
Stone Painting
Children around the world have been collecting stones from around the house or on your next walk (make sure not to collect them from any nature reserved!) and painting them with all their favourite colours.
On your next daily walk, take the stones with you and place them around the trees along of the paths.
It brightens everyones day and is a great way for the children to connect as they look at each others stones and see the collections growing daily.
Chalk the Walk
Everyone loves to Chalk the Walk and find other peoples creations!
Here are a few ideas of things you could draw along the Walk:
5 inspirational quotes
Be kind
Smile
You are loved
Think happy thoughts
Focus on the good
5 larger spaces and bigger scenes
Garden
Cities
Rainbow brick road
Classroom (cause we’re all missing those!)
Amusement Park
5 easy pictures to draw with chalk:
Hearts
Sun
Flowers
Stick figures with smiley faces
Rainbows
5 slightly harder images
Animals
butterflies
Earth
Stars
Balloons (with strings attached to hold on!)
Hopscotch
The original chalk the walk creation - get creative with some more movement-related fun activities. Some inspiration to get the juices flowing:
Spinning
Walk the plank then jump in to the ocean
Crab Walk
Bear crawl
Bunny hops
Touch your toes
Roar and stomp like a dinosaur
Follow the squiggly line
CREATE Leaf art
On your next walk, collect some fallen leaves and flowers. You’ll find all sorts of colours and sizes in your neighbourhood, especially now Spring is finally here.
Carefully, bring them home, grab the glue and paper and start creating your leaf art. Glue the leaves and flowers to the paper to create a beautiful picture - maybe of some waves with a flower sun, or a mountain with people climbing up it. Let your imagination run wild while doing this environmentally friendly activity.
For an extra layer of fun for the older kids, encourage them to find out what plant it is, whether it’s a native or imported, when it was discovered, when it was imported or how it survives and spreads.
