Best Outdoor Fun-Time Activities for Kids

Published by July 23, 2020 Category: Tips

This summer break is long and it’s a chance to spend quality time with your kids and help them learn new things every day. The parks, beach and old-home backyard have turned into an outdoor play station for kids. Besides the handful of fun games, it has become a challenge for many parents to keep their kids busy in activities. Not anymore! We took out time and listed some of the best outdoor activities that’ll keep your kids busy playing and learning.

Water Balloon Fight

Fill a bunch of balloons with water and leave them outside in a bucket. Let your kids call out their friends and have a friendly water balloon fight which is as fun as it is exciting. 

Plan a Treasure Hunt

Put together a basket of treats and small toys and then hide them in not-so-common areas of your play area. Prepare some exciting rhyming clues for them to find each thing step-by-step.

You will notice sheer excitement on their face every time they solve a hint and earn a small gift. In fact, you can even record this activity for them to see later.

Help Your Kids Plant a Mini Garden

Planting and gardening can be the best outdoor activity to teach kids during the summer. Task your kids with watering, ploughing and harvesting the plant. When they see their plant growth, they’ll see what their hard work has accomplished. 

Paper Boat Race

All it takes is a handful of colorful papers, water tub and that’s it. Your kidswill have a time of their life by making paper boats and float them in the water. Even more, you can teach to make other crafts from recycled papers.

Ride a Bike

Working with your children to learn the skill of riding a two-wheeler is a memory that will last a lifetime. Biking is beneficial in so many ways:

  • Pedaling helps build core and leg strength 
  • Perfect balance skills
  • Biking helps develop directional kills

Build a Sandcastle

Help your child build their first sandcastle in the playground in which they can fantasize to live.

Fly a Kite

If you’re looking for inexpensive yet the most exciting outdoor activity then nothing beats flying a kite. Kids love it! Head out on a breezy summer day and let your child fly their kite high.

More Outdoor Activities:

  • Frisbee
  • Blow bubbles
  • Set up outdoor swings
  • Tag