50 Ways to Play Outside - Autumn/Winter
“I know it is wet and the sun is not sunny, but we can have lots of good fun that is funny.”
― The Cat in the Hat
Yep, it's Autumn. It's getting cold, the days are shorter, and it rains ALL.THE TIME. But that is no reason to stay inside and bounce off the walls! There is SO much to do outside at this time of year, and you know what, the rain can actually make things a whole lot cooler, and open up a whole lot of new possibilities for play. Who knew you could make art in the rain!?
We have come up with a list of 50 Ways to Play Outside - our special edition for Autumn, Winter, and rainy days. All ideas are either free, or cheap! And most are easy to do around the home, but feel free to get down to your local park or enjoy some new surroundings!
Hopefully these ideas will be enough to keep your gang busy, get you through this last week, and spark some new reasons to get outdoors. Then print it out and keep it on the fridge for the next rainy day.
Scroll down for the full list with links included!
50 WAYS TO PLAY OUTSIDE
- Catch raindrops on your tongue
- Make rainbow art in the rain
- Take pictures of nature
- Jump in leaves
- Look for worms in the mud and make a worm farm
- Pick up rubbish
- Make leaf prints with autumn leaves
- Play eye spy in nature
- Make a terranium
- Make stick boats and have a race
- Play hide and seek
- Make pine cone owls
- Make bark and leaf rubbings
- Make leaf butterflies
- Jump in puddles
- Take a walk in nature
- Make a bird feeder
- Look for and identify the deciduous trees in your neighbourhood
- Make mud pies
- Go geocaching
- Look for bugs and make a journal
- Build a dam
- Make a rain gauge and measure the rain
- Make rain music with pots and pans
- Paint with mud
- Plant a winter vege garden
- Colour puddles with chalk
- Roll down a muddy hill
- Make and decorate mud pies
- Be helpful
- Ride a bike through puddles
- Go on a nature scavenger hunt
- Make a leaf maze
- Draw something from nature
- Make a mud pie target
- Jump in the mud
- Make a nature sensory bin
- Look at the stars and spot the constellations
- Make pine cone barometers
- Toast marshmallows
- Look for acorns and conkers
- Fly a kite on a windy day
- Go for a bushwalk and take a thermos of hot milo
- Walk on the beach on a stormy day
- Catch falling leaves (harder than it sounds!)
- Find 10 different coloured leaves
- Look for mushrooms and toadstools
- Make an Autumn fairy garden
- Jump in bubbles on a wet trampoline
- Race toy boats in puddles
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