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Spring Outdoor Activities for Kids

May 10, 2025 by Sarah White

spring outdoor activities for kids

I hope if you’re in the Northern Hemisphere that it’s getting warm enough where you live to add in some outdoor activities with the kids. It’s easy to do a lot of learning outside when the weather is nice; my daughter has a fond memory of doing long division in sidewalk chalk at her school. But if you need some more specific ideas, here are some fun and educational spring outdoor activities for kids to do at home or at school.

Gather some glass bottles, rocks and other natural materials to make a garden xylophone with these instructions from The Moments at Home. This looks so fun, and you can use this idea to make musical instruments with other objects you find around the home/classroom/playground too. 

This post from Child’s Play ABC has a lot of great outdoor learning ideas for kids, but the one I wanted to highlight is going on a rainbow scavenger hunt. Kids can collect things of different colors and see if they can make a rainbow (or just sort things by color). Check out more ideas for scavenger hunts.

Another good activity to do with things you collect from outdoors is making natural paint brushes. Get the instructions from Messy Little Monster, and of course you can test them out by painting outside, too.

Speaking of art, have you ever made paint from dandelions? (I dyed yarn with dandelions once, and it was a lot of fun.) Learn how from Little Cooks Reading Books, and then you can use your natural paintbrushes along with natural paint!

You can also paint with mud, like in this post from There’s Just One Mommy. Or make an outdoor, garden themed sensory bin with real dirt like this one from Mess for Less.

Or kids can gather materials to help them build their own nests as they learn about how birds and other animals build nests. The Crazy Outdoor Mama has a printable and post that will help.

What activities do you love to do with kids when it’s nice outside?

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Pet Themed Learning Activities

This month we’ve looked at cat learning activities and dog learning activities, but what if you have a different kind of pet? Here are some other pet themed learning activities you can try at home or in the classroom.

Tot Schooling has a cute pet bingo game, which does include dogs and cats but also lizards, snakes and fish. They also have a cute mathing game for learning about pets and their homes.

No Time for Flashcards has a ton of great pet themed learning activities including crafts, printables and more. There’s a PDF in there with a super cute animal checkup sheet for doing a pretend play vets office.

Planning Playtime has a great set of pet themed printables available for purchase, including things like making patterns with feathers, pet racing with unit cubes, beginning sounds, shapes and more. These would be great for a classroom.

Speaking of classrooms, Pocket of Preschool has ideas for pet-focused centers you can set up in the classroom, including counting, number lines and this cute frog shape I spy activity pictured.

If you have a pet store where you live you can try this pet store scavenger hunt from Toddler Approved. Or head to the library and see if you can find books about these different kinds of pets. You can also grab a pet-themed scavenger hunt you can do at home or in the classroom as part of the printable pack from Crafty Life Mom. If you don’t have all the items you can use pictures.

Let kids invent their own pets with this activity from Stories by Storie based on the book Invent a Pet. The printables are free when you sign up for their newsletter.

Sunny Day Family has adorable templates kids can use to build pets, including a dog, cat, rabbit, lizard, mouse and bird. These blank slate designs allow kids to add features including faces, stripes and more.

Make pets with playdough with the printable playdough mats from Preschool Play and Learn.

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