Kids Activities: 5 Must-Try Spring Play Recipes
The trees are budding, flowers are springing up, and the birds are singing. Spring is here at last! That means it's time for lots of outdoor family fun and kids activities. Here are my favorite recipes for springtime outdoor play.
Click to the next page for 5 great ideas!
1. Sidewalk Chalk Paint
This is a great alternative to plain ole sidewalk chalk. Bring out the artist in your child with a muffin tin of colorful chalk paints and several paintbrushes.
Recipe:
In a muffin tin, mix 1 part cornstarch to 1 part water. You can add more water for a thinner paint. Add food coloring.
2. Fizzing Puddle Bombs
We've had more rainy days lately than sunny ones, but that's okay! Rain leaves puddles, and puddles are awesome fun.
Recipe:
½ cup baking soda
Food coloring
2 Tbsp citric acid
Mix above ingredients together, then add 1 tsp of olive oil.
The mixture should be doughy by still crumbly. If it's not holding together well, keep adding a small amount of olive oil until you can form a ball with it. Then once formed, allow the fizzing bombs to dry overnight. Also try the recipe for DIY Bath Bombs on Fun at Home with Kids. I thought it would be great to make fizzing balls with or without the dinosaurs to use for puddle play!
3. Cloud Dough
We love this stuff, but it's super messy indoors. It would be great to put in a plastic tub outside. If you use whole wheat flour, your cloud dough will look like sand! With just 2 ingredients, how much easier could sensory play get?
Recipe:
8 cups of flour, 1 cup of baby oil or canola oil
4. Sidewalk Chalk Spray
Wine and Glue has a great recipe for this that I cannot wait to try! I have spray bottles that I found at our local dollar store - for $1 each. This is on my weekend to-do list!
Recipe:
1 tbs flour, 10-12 drops of food coloring, and a half cup of warm water. Shake and spray!
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5. Giant Bubbles
Bubbles are always fun, but those gigantic ones? Amazing!
Recipe:
6 cups of water, 1/2 cup of blue Dawn dish liquid, 1/2 cup of corn flour, 1 Tbsp baking powder
To make the bubble wands, thread yarn through 2 straws. Then, tie a knot to make a large square.
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