Use this BIG List of Fun Outdoor Activities to encourage your children to play outside more often. FREE PRINTABLE!
We all know that children need fresh air and sunshine. But with the distractions of video games and the comforts of air conditioning, it can be difficult to convince kids to actually spend more time outdoors.
Sure, you can make plans to go somewhere — to take the kids to a new playground or the beach or for a hike. However, we shouldn’t have to leave our homes every single day just to get the kids to spend some time outdoors.
Can you relate?
Every time I ask (or often tell) my kids to go play outside, they ask the same question. What are we supposed to do out there?
So I made a list of ideas for them. Problem Solved!
21 Fun Outdoor Activities for Kids
Here is a list of more than 20 fun activities for kids to do outdoors. Find a link to a printable version of this list at the end of this article.
- Go for a walk or hike
- Ride a bike or skateboard or scooter or whatever
- Hula hoop
- Jump rope
- Play a sport (basketball, soccer, kickball, etc.)
- Make an obstacle course
- Practice cartwheels or handstands
- Pretend to go camping
- Be a nature photographer
- Set up a hammock
- Pretend to be an explorer
- Play hide and seek
- Fly a kite
- Play catch with a Frisbee or ball
- Draw with sidewalk chalk
- Fly paper airplanes
- Weed the garden or water the plants
- Play in the sprinkler
- Look for birds or animals
- Skip or dance
- Blow bubbles
Print the BIG List of Fun Outdoor Activities
Print this list for your own home. There are even some blanks for you and your children to add your own ideas to the list.
Go Play Outside!
Finally, the kids can no longer complain that they don’t have anything to do outside.
- What is your favorite outdoor activity on our list?
- What other activities should we add to the list?
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Fun ideas! I always love a good walk outside as we look for animals and other cool things. The weather’s getting cooler, too!
I’m excited for the cooler weather, too! It makes outdoor activities so much more enjoyable when it’s not unbearably hot out.