These enjoyable springtime activities will get your kids outside, discovering via play while learning about all the beauty the new season has to offer, regardless of the weather.
Now that spring has here, if you’re anything like us, you’re undoubtedly eagerly anticipating the longer days and warmer temperatures to come. Kids should take this opportunity to explore nature as fresh blooms develop, vibrant colors start to return, and the light starts to shine brightly once again. With these ten spring crafts and activities with a natural theme, you can encourage your kids to benefit of outdoor play while also learning and exploring via play.
During the Spring
Take a Hike
A terrific way to enjoy the outdoors and the crisp spring air is to go hiking. Going outside and enjoying nature has variety of benefits, including enhancing one’s physical and mental well-being, developing one’s skills, and discovering new things. Playing Nature Walk Bingo will spice up your journey and add something enjoyable. Whoever obtains four consecutive wins!
Construct a Birdhouse
A fun and easy spring activity you can perform at home is building a birdhouse! This is not only a fun DIY project for you and your kids, but it’s also a wonderful method to attract lovely birds to your yard, which is the genuine symbol of spring. Learn what attracts particular bird species by experimenting with various paint colors and seeds. You can buy all the supplies you need to get started at the dollar store.
Launch a Garden
Children can learn about the cycle of life and how to take care of nature through gardening. Give your child their own plant or garden to tend to as a spring or summer project. Together, you might visit your neighborhood garden center to choose lovely flowers and delectable veggies that will flourish in your particular garden setting.
Scavenger Hunt for Spring
A spring treasure hunt is a fun and imaginative way to get outside and experience everything spring has to offer, whether you go for a stroll, to your neighborhood park, or even in your own garden. Why not use it as a chance to teach others about the value of fresh growth and seasonal changes? To assist you in getting started, here is a free printable!
Enjoy a Picnic
For a quick and simple outdoor lunch, pack up all your favorite foods and throw a blanket on the grass. Crackers and cheese, a variety of fruits and vegetables, sandwiches, juice boxes, and healthy snacks like granola bars and trail mix (a nut and seed combo) are some of our picnic favorites.
Spring Crafts
The Rainbow In Order
Make a rainbow out of construction paper by making sure the color rays are all the same size. Next, put your pebbles in a tray off to the side and ask your child to match the colors! You may also ask your child to count the number of pebbles that fit onto each ray and compare the sizes of the stones to see if they can fit more or less depending on the size of the pebbles.
Nature Photograph
This project gives you the chance to draw inspiration from nature and paint a picture of what spring means to you. Allow your child to decorate and build their artwork by letting them combine loose objects and natural components they discover on a nature walk. You are welcome to use a number of various materials to create your spring-themed artwork.
Cardboard Camera
Take a piece of cardboard, cut out a rectangle, and then draw a second, smaller rectangle in the center for this simple DIY project. The inside rectangle must be cut out! Draw any additional “camera” parts you often see on a digital camera after you’re finished. Bring your cardboard camera outside to “capture” various images of the outdoors. Encourage your kids to look for similar-colored natural objects, various tree species, animal footprints, and habitats. Then, record your discoveries or pose “I Wonder…” inquiries.
Muffin-Like Cupcakes
This activity may be put up in no more than five minutes! A plate, a scoop, and some cupcake liners are all you need. Go on a nature walk in your garden or neighborhood and gather eye-catching, colorful finds; arrange them on one side of the tray; add earth and cupcake liners to the other; and encourage kids to create.
Landscape Mandala
Children can use their imaginations, learn about symmetry, and establish a connection with nature via this activity. The radiating petals of a flower, the swirling tree rings on a log, the interconnection of spiderwebs, or even in seashells and crystals, are just a few examples of the many natural objects that exhibit mandala patterns. The word “mandala” in Sanskrit means “circle,” and the circular pattern is intended to convey the idea that everything in life is interconnected. As you make your own natural mandalas with your kids, teach them about these concepts.
