Spring Activities for Kids

Spring Crafts

Spring has lots of holidays to celebrate, such as Easter and Mother's Day. Of course, you don't need a holiday to create fun and easy crafts with your children.

Coffee Filter Flowers

Why not let your child create her own flower bouquet? You'll need markers or crayons, coffee filters, and pipe cleaners. Let your child draw designs on the coffee filters, then fold them in half, and then in fourths so that you have a somewhat pointed end. Wrap a pipe cleaner around the end, leaving plenty of extra length for the flower stem. Make several of these to place in a vase!

Paper Bag Puppets

Your little one can create her own puppet show! Give her several brown paper bags to decorate. You can add pieces of yarn for hair, and cut out noses, mouths, eyes, etc. from construction paper. She can make her own animal puppets. Once she's finished, let her entertain you with her puppet show!

Easter Eggs

Kids love to decorate Easter eggs, and you can help them be even more creative in their efforts! Give them crumpled pieces of paper to roll across the eggs after they've dipped them into the dye, or wrap their eggs with rubber bands before dipping them into the dye for unique designs.

Styrofoam Eggs

For keepsake eggs, help your child create her own Styrofoam egg. She can wrap her eggs with delicate lace, ribbons, toile, etc, using glue. Then, add beads and/or sequins to the eggs.

Flower Pots

Small, decorative flower pots make wonderful Mother's Day gifts. Give your child a small terra cotta pot to paint. Once he's finished decorating it, help him add some soil, and then give him a small packet of flower seeds to plant. What a precious gift!

Popsicle Frame

Kids can make inexpensive but adorable picture frames out of popsicle sticks. Glue the sticks end to end to make a frame, then glue a piece of cardboard to the back of the stick, leaving the top section open so you can slid a picture into the frame. Glue a small magnet onto the back of the cardboard, or glue some string to hang the picture from, then let your child decorate the frame with sequins, beads, colored markers, etc. Place your child's picture inside!

Spring Activities for Kids

Springtime means the weather is changing, the days are warmer, and there will be more time for playing outside. There are lots of great games that you and your child can enjoy.

Sidewalk Art

You can buy a set of sidewalk chalk, and let your child become a Picasso on your driveway or sidewalk. When the rains come, the art will disappear, but that just gives your child more room for a new picture! This simple idea is just one example of the many inexpensive spring activities for kids.

Garden

Give your little gardener his very own garden spot. Help him clear the space of weeds, sticks, etc. Then, show him how to plant seeds. He can plant vegetables in the center with flowers around the outside to attract plant-friendly bugs. Be sure you show him how to water his garden. Now, sit back, and watch his plants grow!

Portable Pool

It may not be warm enough for playing in the pool, but your children can still have fun in the water. Bring a large bucket outside, give your child some boats and other water toys, then let her sit in the sun beside the bucket and play with her toys! Be sure you supervise her play, and empty the bucket when she is finished.

Sand Box

If you don't have room for a big sandbox in your yard, why not create a portable one? You can take a plastic storage box, fill it with sand, add some sand toys, or cups, spoons, bowls, etc., and let your child play. When he's finished, place the lid on the box, and store it away.

Decorate a Box

Don't throw that old television or dryer box out! Let your child create her very own playhouse! You can cut out a few windows and a doorway, then hand her some crayons and markers and let her decorate!

Easter Egg Hunt

Schedule a neighborhood Easter egg hunt. Fill plastic Easter eggs with small treats. The kids will love it!

More Spring Activities for Kids

Finally, there are lots of wonderful print outs and puzzles that you can access online at Activity Village and Kids Domain.