50 Activities to do outside

The weather has been beautiful and I am fully in the summer spirit. All I want to do is be outside, so I thought I'd put together a list of all the fun things that little ones could possibly do outside for those times when my "let's go outside" is met with a chorus of "I don't want to."

1. Look for bugs
2. Follow some ants
3. Put together wildflower bouquets
4. Make daisy or clover necklaces
5. Build a sandcastle
6. Dig a deep deep hole
7. Go to the park
8. Pretend the playground is a pirate ship
9. Make mud pies
10. Start a sand bakery
11. Find shapes in the clouds
12. Draw your scientific observations
13. Decorate with sidewalk chalk
14. Blow bubbles
15. Make giant bubbles in a baby pool
16. Chase a butterfly
17. Play dodge ball
18. See how high you can go on a swing
19. Build an obstacle course
20. Throw water balloons
21. Run through a sprinkler
22. Soak in a wading pool
23. Have a squirt gun fight
24. Start a game of tag
25. Build a fort
26. Watch ice cubes melt in the sun
27. Trace your shadow
28. Play hide and seek
29. Pretend that you're camping
30. Make music with things you find outside
31. Pick up litter
32. Plant a garden
33. Ride bikes
34. Start a car wash for bikes
35. Read books outside
36. Have a picnic
37. Make up your own game
38. Start an outdoor dance party
39. Fly kites
40. Put together a bike parade
41. Go for a walk
42. Listen to birds
43. Create your own relay races
44. Do crayon rubbings
45. Take a hike
46. Go on a scavenger hunt
47. Start a rock collection
48. Jump in puddles
49. Play with a parachute
50. Fly paper airplanes

Now you're sure to have a response every time a child tells you that they are bored!