Sunny Day Outdoors
Activities for Toddlers
1. Play Bubbles
2. Make Daisy Chains
Ok, this is admitting I’m a terrible gardener, or
that I love having a lawn full of dandelions – but I love the colors and the
smell of dandelions, and they do make such pretty daisy chains.
3. Plant a Fairy
Cheat and use cheap potted color from the nursery, or do it
properly and use fast growing seeds such as nasturtiums or paper daisies. Or,
if you have green thumbed friends, get some cuttings and seeds from their
garden. Once you've planted your colorful plants, the fairies
will need somewhere to hide, and perhaps a fairy stone ring or two to dance
around – use your imagination!
4. Build a Cubby House
I would say tree house, but our local council has banned
these (unauthorized structures or something ridiculous). A cubby house can be
as simple as a card table and a sheet or as elaborate as a timber shack – you’re
only limited by your construction prowess, either way, your child will have
fun!
5. Read a picture book under a tree
Go outside, snuggle up under the shade of a big tree and
share a special story. We love Pamela Allen’s “Mr. McGee’s
Apple Tree”
6. Have a Teddy Bear’s Picnic
Grab the bears, a blanket and a yummy feast, and share a
lovely afternoon with your children. Bonus points if you bake a few yummy
treats yourself – licking the spoon is the best bit!!
7. Messy Play
Spend a lovely afternoon, elbow deep in “slime” (corn starch
and water) sloshing around in the back garden. Followed by mud pies, and a dig
in the dirt looking for beetles. It’s not often as adults we have
the excuse to abandon our clean standards, and let me tell you – dirt and mess
is fun when you relax and go with it.
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