Here you’ll find all the fun ideas, tips, gear suggestions, and inspiration you need for outdoor family fun. Get both indoor and outdoor nature activity ideas. You’ll read about scavenger hunts, outdoor games, nature appreciation, backyard play, nature crafting, gardening with kids, books, nature study, and more.
Scavenger hunts are a great activity for kids. It’s lots of fun to race against each other, trying to find every item on the list. Plus they’re also a fun to do without a group or can give kids a bit of structure if they’re needing some direction or encouragement to get outside exploring. This […]
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Below you’ll find a list of great backyard campfire or firepit accessories and tools. With today’s rising trend in upscale outdoor living spaces and outdoor kitchens, having a fire pit is becoming a very popular backyard feature. With increased availability of affordable fire pit accessories, tools, and designs, setting up your own backyard campfire can
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Roadschooler, worldschooler, homeschooler, parent, traveller, learner… do any of these titles describe you? There are so many ways to educate our children these days and so many different tools, philosophies, ideals, and systems to lean to in order to push our children into the learning we feel they should have. We’re one such family that
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When the weather turns nice, it’s always a joy to get outdoors, isn’t it? The kids need some open space to run off all that extra winter energy and we all need some vitamin D to perk up from the gray doldrums of cold weather. Maybe some large outdoor games and oversized lawn games to
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Hands up if you like smores! I like smores. My kids love smores! Really, you can’t go wrong with stuffing melted chocolate and gooey marshmallow into your mouth, right? Perhaps I’m getting a little too excited about all this. But, I have reason. For our family, smores are an eat-outside-only food, so that means we
Pizza Box Solar Oven Smores: yummy science fun for kids of all ages! Read More »
We hear it all the time “kids need less screen time, more outside time”. Intentions aside, in today’s world of social fears, urban living, and over-scheduled lives, it’s hard to get your kids outside. It’s hard to get ourselves outside! We don’t need more lectures on why kids need outdoor time. Instead we need practical
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Playing outside is a great way for kids to have fun and get exercise. And, while most kids love to play outside, let’s be honest, playing alone can be a bit boring for some kids. The problem is that kids don’t always have a sibling or play buddy nearby, and sometimes kids are just
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Maps provide awesome guidance for learning! Despite GPS, map reading and map skills are still super important skills for kids to learn. Plus, map skills for kids are something they will use their entire lives! Map Skills for Kids MapQuest was the beginning of the end, am I right? Mapping programs and now GPS made
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Getting your kids outside isn’t always easy. Maybe it’s blizzarding and raining buckets, you live miles from a park, or your kids just simply refuse to go out. (Or remember that time the world was forced to stay home?…) Or, sometimes you’re not actually allowed to stray far from home or even leave it unless
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How to Make Nature-Filled Ice Ornaments You’ll find instructional photos and a video below. This craft is very simple and straight forward. Do you need extra motivation to get your kids outside when the temperature drops below freezing? Perhaps these ice ornaments will be just the thing to get you and your kids outside. These
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