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OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS
FRUIT TREE
1. Fill a large container with water, chopped apples, lemons and oranges. Surround the container with kid-safe utensils, cups, mugs, teapots and other vessels for filling and pouring. Filling and pouring activities help develop fine motor skills and provide opportunities to explore simple math concepts such as ‘less’ and ‘more’. To minimise indoor mess and maximise benefits for your kids,1 place the container outside and let them splash to their heart’s content.
2. Mud Kitchen & Potion Play
If you have a purpose-built mud kitchen – great! Otherwise, the same fun can be had with a simple collection of old kitchen pans, empty bottles, soil, picked grass, leaves and sprigs of herbs. Let them use their imagination to create messy ‘food’ and ‘potions’ of their choice. This open-ended nature of mud-play encourages creativity, curiosity and experimentation, not to mention the benefits of immune-boosting dirt!2
3. Nature Photography
Take a walk-through field near the coast or even country/back roads, allowing your child to snap away at any plants, bugs or animals that grasp their interest. A polaroid camera works best for this as they get the gratification of an instant photo which can be stuck into a summer scrapbook – bonus! Outdoor photography enables your child to enjoy the benefits of both connecting with nature3 and engaging in a creative activity.
4. Rock Painting
This was one of our favourite lockdown pastimes. The added element post-lockdown is that you can collect suitable rocks and pebbles from anywhere – near or far. Using chalk paints, or good quality acrylic, little ones can create their own piece of artwork onto the rock face. Allow to dry before coating with a weather-resistant sealer (best that grown-ups to do this bit).
5. Barefoot Walking
Let them cast their shoes aside and go barefoot, whatever the weather – your little one will love the sensory experience and you’ll love that it’s improving their proprioception and balance.
INDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS
Create paper animals.
If you’ve got some card, scissors and a pen lying around then you’re in luck, as that’s all you need to make these simple animal crafts at home. There’s a lion, elephant, and orangutan, or you can get creative and make your own!
Try these toddler crafts Got a toddler to keep busy? This list of 6 easy toddler craft ideas is great for little hands and help to develop scissor skills too!
Make Easter bonnets.
Move over Easter Bunny, this year we’re learning how to make Easter bonnets with the kids! Decorated with chicks, eggs and maybe even some fake grass – the list is endless. Beware, they’ll be wanting to wear them all week!
Decorate eggs.
Decorating Eggs is another Easter-inspired craft, but one that can be done all year round if you’re stuck for ideas on entertaining the kids at home. For these, all you need is some hard-boiled eggs and then all the crafts you can think of – from paint and pens to stickers or temporary tattoos!
Do pottery painting at home.
Can’t make it to a pottery centre near you? Mum Penny has your guide for Pottery painting at home. You can either to buy a porcelain online or get creative and mould your own shapes using hardening clay, then whip out the paint and get creative!
Dinosaur garden for kids
If dinosaurs and digging seem like the perfect combo, you’ll love making this easy dinosaur garden for kids. Use things you have lying around the house or garden to create your perfect dinosaur haven and add some succulents to give it a real Jurassic feel (they need very little care too, so it’s easy to manage!)
