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Spring Outdoor Challenge for Kids + FREE PRINTABLE

April 3, 2017 by Larisha Campbell 2 Comments

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Are you ready for a Spring Outdoor Challenge!?

Spring has sprung and with that it means great weather is arriving. So I’m springing our little family out of the confines of our own home after hibernating this winter and we’re ready for a Spring Outdoor Challenge.

Every year winter comes in and seems like it restricts us to our home. As much as I try to get us out and doing activities at indoor places, nothing truly beats the fresh air and magic of really being outdoors. There’s something remarkable that happens with your mood when you are able to open the windows, hear the birds chirping, see fresh cherry blossoms, and start getting your hands into the soil again to grow your garden.  I notice that winter completely drains my girls too, even at such a young age, and how delighted their faces are when we get to go outside day after day again.

So this spring, I want to motivate you to get outside and get your own kids (and yourself) active with us! We have a goal to be outside for a minimum of one hour,three days a week. I, mostly likely, will be in the garden, while the girls are chasing each other around and playing on the swing set on most days. However, we also have a spring bucket list of places we want to get too as well! So can you join me in that goal?

To make it easier for you, I’ve created this Spring Outdoor Challenge with FREE Printable! In our challenge, we give you 10 places to go, 10 things to find, and 10 things to take a picture of your littles doing. It’s a fun way to enjoy nature even more! And who doesn’t love a challenge!?

Before we get into the challenge, let me first give you a little PSA – PLEASE KEEP HYDRATED! When you are out, even in cool weather, it’s easy for you, and especially littles to get dehydrated. We are loving our Contigo AUTOSEAL® Chill Spill-Proof Water Bottle. Our Contigo water bottle is BPA free, comes with a carry handle for easier carry, keeps drinks cold up to 28 hours with their Thermalock™ vacuum insulation, and comes with Auto seal technology, so it knows when to close™, meaning leak AND spill proof!

Now let’s have a spring outdoor challenge!

(Get the Spring Outdoor Challenge printable below)

For our Spring Outdoor Challenge, we give you 10 places to go, 10 things to find, and 10 things to take pictures of on your adventures. We want you to have fun, be outdoors, and get yourself and your kids active, so we are staying heart healthy.

10 PLACES TO GO

  1. Local Park (within 5 miles of your home)
  2. Nature Trail that’s at least 2 miles long
  3. Local Farm
  4. State Park
  5. Lake
  6. Beach
  7. Cavern
  8. Pick Your Own Fruit Farm
  9. Campground
  10. Skate park

10 THINGS TO FIND

  1. Red Bird
  2. Brown Leaf
  3. Pinecone
  4. Acorn
  5. Rock larger than your hand
  6. Nest
  7. Animal prints in the ground
  8. A feather
  9. A spiderweb
  10. Lichen on a tree (the green fungus growing on some trees)

10 PICTURES TO CAPTURE OF YOUR KIDS

  1. Hugging a Tree
  2. Playing in Water
  3. Smelling a Flower
  4. Cloud or Star Gazing
  5. Taking a break
  6. Going Down a Slide
  7. Playing in Dirt or Sand
  8. Running as Fast as They Can
  9. Climbing Something
  10. Walking Across a Bridge

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

CAN YOU COMPLETE OUR SPRING OUTDOOR CHALLENGE?

Grab your FREE printable Here!

Wherever you go, make sure to pack a lunch and a cold beverage in your Contigo water bottle!

The Contigo AUTOSEAL® Chill Spill-Proof Water Bottle is available for a Limited Time Offer of $19.99 at Target with three Exclusive Target Colors – Matte Black w/Iced Aqua, Very Berry, and Monaco. You can find the Contigo spill-proof water bottle with AUTOSEAL® technology in the housewares aisle at Target so you too can keep your drinks cold for up to 28 hours.

Filed Under: Home, Kid Friendly Outings, Travel Tagged With: challenge, kids, kids outings, nature, outdoors

Free to Be Scavenger Hunt Printable

May 28, 2016 by Larisha Campbell 1 Comment

This Free to Be Scavenger Hunt is the perfect outdoor activity to keep your littles busy no matter where you happen to be!

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One thing that I love about being a parent is watching the imagination of a child flourish.  When able, they have some of the biggest dreams and wildest adventures that we are able to explore together.  A blanket fort becomes a deep sea cave, a cardboard box becomes a train, a leaf becomes an airplane that we vividly ride together through the air along the mountainous region of South America…err, our backyard. Andrew and I together work really hard to allow our girls the freedom to be themselves as often as possible whether climbing, digging, or searching for the next adventure together or independently.

With us outside more, I often give Skibbles, our toddler, something to search for while we are outside. Right now her favorite things are to look for caterpillars and bugs, but sometimes she has to find a shape or an object.  It allows her to independently work on a task while exploring nature and the world around her naturally.

We’ve created this scavenger hunt of great things that you and your littles can work to find together.

 Print out this scavenger hunt and have fun exploring!

free to be outside scavenger hunt

 

Filed Under: Home, Kid Friendly Outings, Parenting Tagged With: challenge, kids, kids outings, nature, outdoors


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