Activity ideas for the holiday

Outside play – the most important part of the day

• Ball skills: kick a ball/catch a ball/bounce the ball/play hockey/play golf/throw a ball into a target/throw a ball against the wall and catch it
• Play on the jungle gym: crawl through the tunnel/climb up the slide/hang upside down/play on the monkey bars
• Play hide and side/play touchers
• Messy-play: cut the grass using scissors/cut flowers and make arrangement/cut leaves and make animals/bake mud cakes
• Swim
• Play in die sand pit
• Ride a bike/go-kart
• Roller-skate
• J-board
• Hopscotch
• Jump rope
• Jump trampoline
• Swim
• Croquet
• Plan and do an obstacle course
• Paint the fence/garage door using brushes and water
• Pull all the weeds from the flower beds
• Hit nails into wood/screw screws into wood
• Blow bubbles
• Draw on the cement part of the garage – use chalk
• Scavenger hunt
• Shoot marbles
• Ring toss: toss rings over a can
• Hoola-hoop
• Swing-ball
• Look at the figures/objects/shapes in the clouds
• Frisbee
• Sack-race: child places both feet and lower legs in a bag and has to jump like this
• Throw water balloons against the wall
• Egg-race: place an egg in a big spoon and race without the egg falling out of the spoon
• Shoot water guns
• Walk like different animals e.g. bear-walk/walk like a gorilla/walk like a lion/kick like a donkey
• Play on a slip-a-slid
• Throw beanbags through the opening in a ladder
• Going walks around the neighborhood/hiking trails

And before mommy goes crazy; let the kids have some screen-time and hide away in your own room with a good book and a glass of wine or coffee

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