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This is an excellent tool for expressing one's creativity and artistic abilities. It allows for kids who do not want to be athletic to have fun while outside. It also does not put any pressure on them as an art class may because this is not graded.

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A great tool for exercise and can come in many different forms for different sports/activities, EX: Soccer, basketball, tennis, and catch. Encourages children to exercise and use hand-eye coordination skills as well as play with others. It can also promote friendly competition.

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Goal HPD-2: Children engage in active physical play indoors and outdoors.

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	Goal HPD-4: Children develop the large muscle control and abilities needed to move through and explore their environment

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	Goal HPD-4: Children develop the large muscle control and abilities needed to move through and explore their environment

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-Freedom

-Outdoor Time

-Nature

-Shapes

-Curiosity

-Playful

-Exercise

-Teamwork/Socialization

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How does being outside inspire a child's creativity?

What outdoor activities allow children to express themselves while working with others?

Should children be required to exercise outside daily?

Should there be an outdoor class?

How long should children spend outside vs inside in a school day?

Is having class outside a good idea?

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Starting with basics, I think playgrounds are great and fun ways for kids to interact with each other and get exercise. It allows a safe space for the children to express themself without feeling like an authoritative figure is watching them 24/7. It also encourages play and is a good staple for any student.

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One of my favorite parts about going outside at my old school was a simple trail. It was about a mile stretch of beautiful nature, and it felt very freeing as a child. It was a great break from the regular school activities. It gave me time to think to myself and have fun with my friends without feeling like I was being controlled or interrupted every five seconds. The trail also allowed us to participate in other activities that encouraged creativity, such as scavenger hunts and various games. It could also be used for exercise if we choose to run it.

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This includes sticks, pinecones, leaves, and really anything that students can use to put something together and express themselves.

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Very versatile, it can be used both indoors and outdoors, and encourages play regardless. Allows children to express themselves musically.

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Preferably in a kit, encourage students to find objects, participate with others, and use critical thinking skills. These kits could include items such as magnifying glasses, papers, rewards, and more.

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One of my personal favorites, bubble wands are extremely fun for kids to play with, while also giving them the ability to express themselves with.

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Great for kids to test their artistic abilities. Easy to use and sculpt, allowing kids to make creative shapes and figures.

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It can be used for games such as tug-of-war or building things. Encourages kids to work together.

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A very fun activity. It can be a great learning experience for children interested in bugs. Allows children to explore and learn how to catch and release bugs.

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This video featured several great outdoor activities for children. Still, the one that piqued my interest the most was the nature journaling activity, because it requires children to utilize various abilities simultaneously, such as their cognitive skills, while being active. This is an excellent break for children as well, and it lets them express themselves as they can write down whatever they want to observe in their journals. It could become a class-sharing activity, which allows students to become accustomed to speaking in front of their peers.

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This blog features several creative outdoor physical activities that are enjoyable for children of all ages. I recall participating in many of these activities as a child, including hula hooping, musical chairs, dancing, and jump rope. All of these are great ways for kids to get exercise while learning creative abilities.

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Creative Ideas for Indoor Recess Activities

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Discover creative and engaging ideas for indoor recess. Keep kids active and entertained with fun games and activities during indoor playtime.

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Night at the Museum is a game similar to Red Light, Green Light. The game is straightforward yet fun and can be played both indoors and outdoors. The game requires students to pose as a statue when another student, the "nightguard," turns around to look at them. This encourages socialization as well as the development of critical thinking skills. I also think it requires creativity when posing as a statue.

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5 Outdoor Recess Games For Primary Students- My Day in K

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These 5 outdoor recess games are easy to teach and will make recess more fun for primary students! No more students just standing around!

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Using nature's natural elements, students must find items and tie them together to create a wind chime. This promotes creativity and can even encourage musicality. I think this is an entertaining idea, and the only thing the teacher would need to provide is a string and maybe some scissors.

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Our favorite outdoor art ideas for kids that are fun for warmer weather. These art activities are extra big, extra messy, and are perfect for the outdoors. Updated February 2023
Today we have some seriously fun outdoor art ideas that you might want to try with your kids while the weather is nice.

We do plenty of art inside, of course, but we also like to take our creative activities to the backyard. Sometimes just because we want to be outside enjoying beautiful weather and we also want to do art.

There's always simply painting or drawing! Or just about any other art activity that we would normally do inside.
But some art activities are just better suited to the outdoors, whether because they involve nature, need more space, are extra messy, or use outdoor equipment.
So, we put together a list of these extra fun and interesting outdoor art activities for kids. Try one today and add some of the others to your summer bucket list. Many of these activities would be fun for a play date, party, a children's art group, or even a neighborhood summer camp.
P.S. This post got crazy big, so we made a separate post on Nature Art for Kids.

Outdoor Art Ideas for Kids

Splatter painting is a big-time favorite with all the kids we've known. It can get a little messy, so it's the perfect art activity to take outside!

We love this action art idea from Hello, Wonderful! Raid the recycle bin and get a variety of squirt bottles or containers you can squeeze. Fill them with paint and create an abstract masterpiece!

This group project can take several days, adding a different layer of color each day to build up the surface of the canvas. If you have the space outside, this is a perfect summer project.

This art activity from Babble Dabble Do takes spin art a step further by turning the wheel of a bike into your spin canvas!

Combine three summer classics: water balloons, the kiddie pool, and messy art! Your kids will have a blast making the art and you'll have a cool abstract piece to hang up afterward.

While you've got the water balloons out, try this process art activity from Meri Cherry! It's simple but so much fun!

This action art activity is great for toddlers (and big kids too!) to explore painting in a new way. So, get some paint and watch as a car, digger, train (you name it!) creates colorful tracks.

We love that this art activity is painting, printmaking AND a sensory activity, all in one! It's great for kids of all ages!

Create beautiful sun prints in a few easy steps with a sun print kit for kids. It's the perfect sunny summer day activity!

We don't know about you, but shaving cream is one of the most requested art materials in our house. But it can get a little messy, so bring it outside and let the kids go for it!

What's more fun than building your own playhouse? Decorating it with paint!

Sidewalk chalk is the perfect drawing material for washable graffiti. Check out this post from Babble Dabble Do on how to make your own outdoor art!

Oobleck is a completely mesmerizing material for kids to touch and play with. Whip up a big batch for your kids outside and then sit back and let them play!

This is a sensory play material kids love! It's easy to make with only 2 ingredients, but can be pretty messy. The easiest way to contain the mess is by moving the activity outside.

Bubble printing is a pretty awesome action art activity on its own but combine it with super fun bubble snakes and you can take it to a whole new level of fun.

We love when the days start to warm up and it's fun to move our art outdoors again. This recipe for how to make chalk paint is super simple and uses equal parts cornstarch and water.

Splat painting so easy and so much fun for kids! This simple action art activity involves hitting paint-soaked cotton balls with a small mallet or spoon.

18. Splat surprise painting with the paint hidden inside (on A Crafty Morning)

This fun idea from A Crafty Morning takes splat painting a step further by hiding the paint under cotton rounds, for a surprise splat when you hit them!

Sensory play is so engaging for kids of all ages, and it's a great activity to take outside. Here's how to use baking soda, vinegar and glitter to create magic potions that fizz!

We come back to this simple science experiment for kids again and again. One fun way to set this up is as a simple color mixing activity by coloring the vinegar. The colors mix together and fizz as we all happily watch new colors emerge.

If your kids are like ours, they love to gather rocks on every walk they take. Here's a fun way to put all of those rocks to good use! You can use regular paint or try "painting" on hot rocks with crayons, which melt as they touch the heated rock.

How about you? Which outdoor art ideas would you like to try?

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Our favorite outdoor art ideas for kids that are fun for warmer weather. These art activities are extra big, extra messy, and are perfect for the outdoors. Updated February 2023 Today we have some seriously fun outdoor art ideas that you might want to try with your kids while the weather is nice.