40 ka pai things to do outside - DOC

40 ka pai things to do outside

Some cool ideas from the Department of Conservation website!


Activities

  • Play tag
  • Kick a ball around
  • Build a hut
  • Play hide and seek
  • Wash the car
  • Weave harakeke
  • Lie on the grass
  • Find cloud shapes
  • Dig a hole
  • Play catch
  • Jump in puddles
  • Dig for worms
  • Catch rain on your tongue
  • Kōrero (talk) with the plants
  • Look at ngā whetū (the stars)
  • Skip, run, jump, dance, repeat!
  • Read a pukapuka (book) under a tree
  • Explore with a magnifying glass (or old specs)
  • Fly paper planes
  • Cartwheel and handstand
  • Make a treasure hunt
  • Have a teddy bear picnic
  • Make a daisy chain
  • Run around with paper strips
  • Wash the windows
  • Pick some flowers
  • Gather seeds and plant them!
  • Play hide and seek
  • Make a leaf collection
  • Make a nature mandala
  • Make a mini moat in the garden/gravel
  • Make a leaf and rākau (stick) creature
  • Make and float a leaf waka
  • Make a bark rubbing
  • Head out with torch at night!
  • Waiata (sing) with the birds
  • Play ‘real’ pick-up sticks
  • Look for spider webs
  • Paint a kōhatu (rock) friend
  • Camouflage yourself in the garden

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