As spring is well and truly getting underway, it’s a great time to get stuck into some really easy and fun spring activities to enjoy with your kids! It’s always a great idea to have a few activities up your sleeve to entertain your little people in moments of boredom, or when the bad weather shows up unexpectedly, so take a look at these ideas and give them a go!
- Nature Collage
Making a nature collage is an amazing activity for kids of all ages, and it can be pretty fun for adults too! All you need to do is collect a few nature bits from outdoors (your garden or local park) and then grab the PVA glue and some paper.
Lay down a protective layer on the table or floor where you’re working, get your materials ready, and let the kids have at it! They can either freestyle their collages by gluing down their nature bits wherever they fancy, or they (or you) can draw an outline first to help guide them with their gluing. If you’re not sure where to start, draw a very simple tree outline on a piece of paper and see what they can create from it. If you need more inspiration then head to Pinterest or google and search ‘nature collage’. You’ll see that it’s possible to create some really fun artwork, and some of the things people make are really impressive too!
- Growing Cress and Egg Decorating
Growing cress is super easy and it’s one of those fun spring activities that can be done year on year and never get old! Crack the top of your egg shell off, save the egg to use for cooking later, and give the shell a rinse. Pop some cotton wool in the shell, sprinkle some cress seeds in and watch them grow over the next few days as you keep the cotton wool moist!
This is a really fun process for kids, but it can be made even more fun by decorating the egg shell with a face. The face can be simple or detailed – whatever takes your kids’ fancy, but it’ll be hilarious to watch it sprout cress ‘hair’!
- Home Made Bird Feeders
If you have even the smallest of gardens, making a home made bird feeder is a great idea. There are a few different ways in which you can do this, but a tried and tested method that’s easy for kids to do is to use a cardboard tube, peanut butter, and bird seed.
Simply thread a piece of string through an old cardboard tube so it’ll hang up, then coat the whole tube in peanut butter. Once you’ve done that, it needs rolling in birdseed, and that’s it! Hang your makeshift feeder somewhere near a window so your kids can watch the birds enjoying their new feeder. Identifying the birds that visit your garden with a birdwatching book or online resources is a great way to get kids interested in wildlife too!
Violet x
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