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Outdoor activities for kids is one of the best parts about spring. After winter’s end, kids feel the need to re-explore outside. It is like visiting a new place. Kids Activities Blog is highlighting some of our favorite outdoor activities for kids that have been linked up to our It’s Playtime Kids Meme in the [...]
Family games bring loved ones together for laughter and fun. This chalk game board is great for playing outside. Please leave a comment on Kids Activities Blog if you have some other fun ideas for using this giant chalk game board! Family Games Our family loves board games. They’re wonderful for bringing everyone together, having [...]
Make time for a few family outings this season. Fall is a season of change that speaks to the senses…the crunch of leaves, the kaleidoscope of colors, the coolness of the air. The impending holidays invite togetherness and create the perfect setting for family activities. Kids Activities Blog is excited to share these ways you [...]
Do the beautiful colors of autumn have you searching for creative fall crafts for kids? If so, then this leaf craft may be just what you were looking for. Kids Activities Blog has many fall crafts like this to keep you little one happy. Fall Crafts for Kids Fall is a time of raking leaves [...]
Tell your neighbors – You’ve Been BOOed! This fun Halloween surprise is sure to create smiles around your neighborhood. If you do this Halloween activity with your kids, please come back to Kids Activities Blog and leave a comment to let us know how much fun your kids had. We’d love to hear your stories! [...]
What happens when you let a pumpkin rot? That was the question proposed by my son last year…so we decided to find out. Rotting Pumpkin: We carved our pumpkin & put it on the porch to greet visitors. After a few weeks, our pumpkin, who Reese named Jack Rotty, began to get a little mushy. [...]
It’s been really, really hot here. I’m talking about 110 degree highs every day! Perfect weather for wax crayon art. It’s hot enough to melt crayons in my van. Unfortunately, I know this from personal experience. We decided to see how well they would melt outside and experiment with an art project while we were [...]
Beach games were on my mind. A while back, I caught a beach activity segment with Martha Stewart on the Today Show. Although I liked many of her ideas and would like to try some of the others eventually, the one that I remembered and knew I could easily execute was her Beach Towel Tic [...]
Another fun hand print project! The past few months, Rory has been very into birds. She loves all kinds of birds; ducks, flamingos, roosters, eagles, and owls. Owls are one of Rory’s new favorite animals, she has a book called; “Say Hello to the Snowy Animals,” that she loves. One of the pages has [...]
From an early age, my kids have loved riding bikes. Always looking for something new & fun to do outdoors, we decided to try to come up with some fun games that involved riding our bikes. Here are a few fun ones we liked: How Slow Can You Go? Using sidewalk chalk, draw a 4-inch [...]
Play Bubble Shooter A bubble shooter: a brilliant mechanism combining bubbles and the act of shooting. This Play Bubble Shooter was borne out of desperation. At one time we had many bubble wands. They have since disappeared into their secret hiding places somewhere in our garden. No matter, this Do It Yourself Bubble Shooter is [...]
Outdoor Adventures: Animal Hunt Sometimes my children need some imaginative prompts to set them off in their outdoor adventures. This simple animal hunt outdoor adventure is sure to have your little ones happily running, jumping and searching through your garden. You’ll need an assortment of toy animals for your animal hunt. Have your [...]
When the sun is shining and the children are feeling creative my girls love nothing more than heading out into the garden and creating some big, messy, joyful art. The extra space the garden offers, and the fact that tidying up is that much easier when you can just get out the garden hose to wash [...]
We were walking outside in our backyard and Rory noticed all of the pinecones and sticks that had accumulated on the ground. She immediately begin picking them up, throwing them, and kicking them. I tried to think of craft things to make with these great items from nature. I decided to combine Rory’s two favorite [...]
If your family hasn’t experienced a movie under the stars yet, I highly recommend you enjoy one this summer. We are big fans of outdoor drive-in movies in our family! To host a “drive-in” movie all you need for the kiddos are a few supplies! Supplies to make cars for the drive in movie: boxes [...]
I saw this activity on Melissa & Doug’s blog and suddenly found myself back in childhood racing around a field in the warm sun with friends chasing me close behind. With this post as inspiration, I had to figure out a way to adapt it to my 3 year old. I knew he would love [...]
Remember that craze from last year? Of melting crayons? We made our own melted crayon art. We are blest to live in Texas where the summers are nice and warm. Who needs a hairdryer for this art project when you can use the sun! In our playroom I had an empty wall that was begging [...]
My children love to collect leaves, twigs, and flowers petals anytime we are outside. We have quite a collection! But what can we do with all of these “treasures”? Make a collage! On our most recent walk to the park, my daughter brought her Elmo bucket along to help her collect items she wanted to [...]
After trimming the bushes in your yard, you may normally drag the branches off to the curb for pick up. Instead of dragging all of them off why not pull out a few with leaves and bare to paint with. Tree Branch Brushes Branches have a long handle for children to hold onto and strong [...]
What do you do with all of the rocks your kids collect? One idea is to build with them. Gather up as many rocks as you can find. We found rocks of various sizes, shapes, and colors. How do you get your kids to create a play scene with little help from you? Here are some [...]
I plan. Materials are sourced. The stage has been set. The invitation to play has been accepted. Game on. A few short minutes after play commences, the phrase “What was I thinking?!” rambles repeatedly in my head or through my mouth, I know not because I’m consumed by the disaster of my planned activity. Such [...]
I love our weekly It’s Playtime Link-up! Each week you have hundreds of activity ideas and suggestions for us! Thank you for being an inspiration to us each and every week. Below are just a few of the activities that have been linked up this past year. These activities are on our Summer Bucket List [...]
This is the perfect time of year to head out into your neighborhood and look for things to count. The weather is great for walking around, camera in hand, with a seeker of things to take pictures of by your side. I helped my son decide to limit the things were looking for to flowers [...]
May 5th, Cinco De Mayo, is often celebrated with a visit to our favorite local Mexican food restaurant. This year, I want to be a bit more intentional then just ordering a plate of fajitas and a margarita. I want my kids to understand why the 5th of May is a holiday. Many think that [...]
Earth Day is coming up and Rory and I have decided to make a few “earthy” crafts for the next few weeks! One thing we do, almost on a daily basis, is go on a nature walk. Our nature walks range anywhere from our own back yard, picking out colors of flowers and watching squirrels, [...]
I love the sense of awe that gardening with my kids gives them. They just love watching new life spring from a seed (and let’s be honest, they also LOVE to get muddy). This is our favorite time of year. It must be many of yours too as we had a bunch of gardening activities [...]
My boys have been obsessed with volcanoes for awhile. I think it all started on our road trips between Dallas and Colorado several times a year. Just off the highway in Capulin, NM is a volcano. Capulin, NM is interesting because it is the only “hill” for MILES and MILES. It is in the middle [...]
Ah, Easter Sunday morning. What a peaceful, quiet time of reflection. The children come downstairs dressed in their Sunday best and the family enjoys a leisurely breakfast before heading to church. What? That doesn’t happen at your house? Yeah. Mine neither. My kids are up at the crack of dawn to see what the Easter [...]
With Spring rains we need LOTS of ideas of rain activities to occupy the kids when the weather is less than ideal. Thanks to everyone who added their posts to last week’s kid activities blog hop, It’s Playtime. I love browseing all of your posts! Today’s featured collection was inspired by the activities over at [...]
It’s another playtime, winter playtime. Last week there were several bloggers who played with ice. Out2Play made ice sculptures, while Preschool Play and Delivering Grace explored and experienced ice in their play. My favorite frozen activities from last week were the bloggers who played with ice and color or sound. I just love watching how [...]
