- Grow something - Try these educational ideas, Carrots in a 2-liter bottle, or a cute Grassapillar
- Have a Mexican Fiesta for Cinco de Mayo and make a homemade pinata
- Build a garden labryinth
- Splash in some puddles
- Go on a picnic
- Play Hopscotch
- Go star gazing - indoors or out
- Go on a nature scavenger hunt
- Have a puppet show - with cardboard marionettes
- Do a puzzle
- Read a book together
- Have a soap box dragster race
- Have a bubble gum blowing contest
- Play dress-ups
- Have a photo scavenger hunt - go on a walk and see how many things on the list you can take a picture of that have to do with spring - bird's nest, new buds, baby animals, spring flowers, etc.
- Have a family slumber party!
- Go fishing
- Tap Dance - Here are some cute shoes you can make out of pennies
- Paint a window with window paint
- Build a rock pile
- Learn some magic tricks together and put on a magic show
- Fly Paper Airplanes
- Raindrop racing: Sit at the window and each person picks a raindrop, starting at the same place and traces it down the window. The first drop to hit the bottom of the window wins!
- Have a jump rope competition to see who can jump the most in 2 minutes
- Go on a treasure hunt. Hide some buried treasure and make a treasure map
- Get some bars of soap and have a soap carving contest
- Make paper daffodils
- Visit a greenhouse
- Play Fluffy bunny with marshmallows
- Decorate Easter Eggs
- Put on a play or puppet show - here's some free playscripts
- Have a bug safari and hunt for all kinds of bugs
- De-junk your house and gear up for a yard/garage sale
- Invite over some neighbors for a party
- Explore your city or town - find something that you never saw or knew about before
- Go on a hike - motivate kids with these fun games or come up with your own. Keep a pocketful of small snacks to motivate and give "turbo boosts" to lagging kids
- Play frisbee
- Start an ant farm
- Raining outside? Play ribbon limbo!
- Draw pictures of each other together
- Feed the ducks at a local pond
- Spring clean the house!
- Have a family parade - put on the marching music, get out the rythmn instruments (or pots and pans), dress up, and have fun!
- Plant a garden and teach your children the value of work and the law of the harvest!
- Adopt a grandma or grandpa in the neighborhood
- Decorate the sidewalks with spring art
- Make mud pies
- Have a catapult contest
- Write letter to someone
- Learn how rain works with this rain in a bag activity
- Visit a farm nearby and see the baby animals
- Do some landscaping together or a home improvement project
- Have a TV free week or month
- Hunt for a four-leaf clover
- Make nature mosaics or 3-D art by gluing rocks, leaves, plants that you find outside together.
- Play Spaz
- Plant some fruit trees
- Shake some homemade rainsticks in a rain dance
- Make a rainy day maze with bed sheets
- Go on a family bike ride
- Make a butterfly habitat
- Make Homemade Bird Feeders
- Have an upside down evening
- Go on a staycation
- Wash your windows
- Visit a local monument or historical site
- Play a homemade version of twister
- Volunteer in your community - plant some flowers, visit people in a rest home or hospital, etc.
- Play catch
- Climb trees
- Have a marshmallow war!
- Tape some paper to the wall and draw an art mural
- Have a game night where everyone picks their favorite game to play
- Go outside and play nature memory
- Give away some random acts of kindness - need ideas? Here's several to keep you going for a while!
- Have a bike wash
- Fly a kite - make your own or buy one
- Find some animal prints to identify and track
- Play freeze tag
- Have a paper airplane contest
- Play Frisbee or another outdoor sport
- Make a recycled twig birdhouse
- Make boats & float them in some water
- Have an Egg Wrestling Match or here's another Easter egg game idea
- Plant an indoor sponge garden
- Go to a local free museum
- Go on a nature walk and notice all the signs of spring
- Play Reverse Charades
- Play in the mud
- Get out your magnifying glasses and explore your back yard - see who can find the most interesting thing
- Make a parachute out of an old bed sheet and bounce balls or balloons
- Wash the car
- Make a meal together from another culture
- Play Swing the Statue
- Go bird watching. Or how about butterflies or squirrels?
- Build a backyard obstacle course out of chairs, hula hoops, jump ropes, or garden hoses
- Build a tower out of cards as high as you can
- Hunt for the other end of the rainbow
- Go to the park & play
- Host an egg olympics
If that's not enough ideas for you, here's a free e-book with activities and crafts for the spring. Or see my post on More than 100 Frugal Winter Family Activities, which includes many activities that would work for spring also.
What about you? Do you have any ideas to share? We'd love to hear from you. Then go out and have some fun!
Linked to: Frugal Friday, Thrifty Thursday, Frugal Fridays, Finer Things Friday, Hearts 4 Home, Weekly Kids Co-op
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