Easy Spring Activities & Games for Kids

Spring-Themed Crafts

• Help your child make a bouquet of paper daffodils using egg cartons and construction paper. Have your child cut out star shapes from yellow construction paper. Take an egg carton and cut it up into individual cups and have your child paint them yellow on the inside and outside. Once dry, paste the cups to the center of the stars using nontoxic school glue to create the daffodil flower look. For the stem, tape green drinking straws to the backs of the flowers. Put the flowers in an old spaghetti jar or tin can. To make a simple butterfly craft, let your child press her hands into paint in any bright color. Have her press her hands one at a time sideways on construction paper, so that the wrists touch to create the butterfly wings. Paint the body in the middle using black paint. Your child can add glitter glue in various colors to the wings.

Spring Outdoor Activities

• Take advantage of the warm spring weather to spend time outdoors with your child. Take her on a walk in a scenic park or other area where she can see trees and flowers bloom. Point out the buds on the trees and talk to her about their life cycle. Name the different types of blossoming flowers you see. Pack a picnic lunch and enjoy the springtime breeze near a local lake. Feed the ducks. Lay back on blankets outside on a cloudy day and point out shapes in the clouds.

Visit a Farm

• Take your child on a field trip to a local farm or petting zoo to see newborn baby animals. Your child might get the chance to see baby cows, foals, chicks, lambs and goats and may even get to feed some of them. A trip to the farm also gives your child the opportunity to see spring fruits, such as strawberries, lemons and cherries; and spring vegetables, including lettuce, peas and turnips. You might even be able to take a bushel of produce home. You can also visit a pick-your-own farm, where people can people can pay for and pick a wide variety of their own fresh produce.

Games

• Invite your child's friends over for an afternoon of spring-themed games outside. For young kids, you can play spring versions of classic games. For example, instead of "duck duck goose," the kids could play "bee bee dragonfly," or something similar. For older kids, play classic outdoor games that will get them running around, such as "red light, green light," in which the kids run toward the caller on green and must freeze on red. For a twist on tag, the kids could play shadow tag, where the person who is "it" tries to step on a child's shadow to "tag" him.