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11. Plant a love for gardening. Encourage kids to dig
in the dirt, water the garden, and choose which flowers should be
planted where. Show them how to plant seeds, mulch bushes –
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12. Bubble fun! Prepare a bubble mixture of six cups water, two cups dish detergent and ¾ cup corn syrup in a shallow pan several hours before use. Twist coat hangers into closed shapes for bubble wands (don’t forget the handle), dip the wand into the solution and move your arm through the air for beautiful bubbles. 13. Public art: Bring art out of doors by hanging an old sheet on a clothesline – or laying it on the ground – and “spray painting” it with a spray bottle filled with equal parts water and tempera paint. If there’s snow on the ground, use food coloring instead of tempera and decorate the yard. 14. Treasure hunt! Hide a box filled with inexpensive trinkets outside and devise creative clues (e.g. “Start at the stump and look under the biggest rock for your next clue” or “Walk twenty paces straight ahead and five paces to your left”) to guide kids to the hidden treasure! 15. Expand your horizons. Take the kids to a neighborhood, cultural district, or town you’ve never been to before and delight in exploring it together. 16. Sprinkler Splash: On a hot day, turn on the sprinkler and challenge kids to duck the droplets and touch the sprinkler without getting wet by “snake crawling” through the grass on their stomachs. Or set up a tug of war over the sprinkler — first team to get wet loses! 17. Snow Castle:Castle building isn’t just for the beach! On a snowy day, use big buckets to scoop snow into creative castles (don’t forget the moats, turrets and drawbridges), or try to build your very own igloo. Safety Tip: And if your family spends lots of time outdoors in the winter, be sure to soothe severely dry, chapped lips with NEOSPORIN® Lip Treatment®. 18. Scavenger Hunt! Create a list of ten things that can be found outside with a little bit of concentration, such as specific leaves, feathers or bottle caps. The first child to return with all ten things wins. 19. A day at the races! Encourage healthy competition with a series of fun competitions. Wheelbarrow, three-legged and potato sack races are a way to get kids moving – and laughing. 20. Get into Disc-o. Play a “hot potato” game of Frisbee® by throwing it back and forth as quickly as possible. First one to drop the Frisbee – or hold on to it for too long – loses!* |