30 Fun Spring Activities for Kids (Easy Ideas for Spring Break)
Need some fun things to do for Spring Break with your kids? 🥳
If you’re like me, you want to keep things fun and inexpensive, but also keep everyone moving and learning as much as possible too.
(And bonus points if we could keep the phrases “I’m bored”, “I’m STARVING”, “Can I watch TV?” to a minimum.)
So, to avoid eating every packaged snack you’ve stocked up on and sitting like couch lumps for a week, here are 30 ideas for fun, easy things you can do together during your kids’ spring vacation.
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1. Have a picnic lunch at the park.
2. Plan a play date with a friend!
3. Paint a picture of a rainbow or flower or insect (or any spring thing).
4. Make Bunny Bait together. YUMMM! CLICK HERE for the easy recipe.
5. Explore a spring sensory bin with rice or beans or cereal! You can add learning cards to it to add academic value if you’re feeling fancy. Haha!
6. Read a great spring book together on the porch or couch.
7. Plant some seeds and watch them sprout up by the end of the week.
8. Go on a hunt for ladybugs and roly polies.
9. Play with a spring task box.
10. Build a blanket and pillow fort to have lunch in!
11. Visit a children’s museum near you.
12. Get outside for a nature walk to collect leaves or flowers.
13. Create a tye-dye shirt or sweatshirt with THIS KIT.
14. Make a rainbow out of Fruit Loops. This rainbow is the PERFECT size!
15. Blow bubbles outside and see who can make the biggest bubble!
16. Draw pictures and write words outside with sidewalk chalk.
17. Make a simple bird feeder and see what kinds of feathered friends come to snack!
18. Stop by your favorite craft store to grab a couple small crafts to create.
19. Make homemade lemonade together and practice measuring the ingredients. (And tap into your kids’ inner entrepreneur and create some compelling signs to sell it on the corner!)
20. Go on a color hunt outside and find things that match each color of the rainbow.
21. Build something with LEGO or blocks and create a “spring town.”
22. Keep all that learning in their heads with a small handful of spring learning activities.
23. Write a short spring story together and draw pictures to go with it.
24. Have a spring dance party with your favorite songs.
25. Play a board game together and practice counting spaces or adding points.
26. Create a backyard obstacle course and time how fast you can complete it.
27. Make paper flowers or butterflies and count the petals or patterns you create.
28. Write a spring word list together (flowers, rain, bunny, etc.) and see how many words your child can read or spell.
29. Find a local coffee shop and have a “date” with your kids. Pink lemonade and blueberry muffins all around!
30. Let your child plan a “special activity” for the family to do together.
I hope you’ve found a whole handful of simple, fun things you can do together with your kids this spring! Every day we get to spend learning and playing together with them is so fleeting, so we’re all just trying to make the most of it.
Let me know which activities you try or which ones your kids LOVED. Hope you soak up the moments with those sweet kids of yours this week!
Cheering you on!
