Summer is finally here and it’s time to enjoy the sunshine, warmth and outdoor spaces. These simple outdoor ideas and activities for your toddlers and preschoolers are fun to do together. Check out our top tips for getting outdoors this summer with your toddlers too! So here you go our ideas for activities to do outdoors with your little ones this summer.
Top Tips for Getting Outdoors with your Little ones This Summer
Although the sun maybe bright, the temperature soaring it doesn’t mean that you can’t get outdoors this summer with your toddlers and preschoolers here are our top tips for getting outdoors safely and enjoying it too.
Head outdoors first thing in the morning or late in the afternoon evening
Set up a play area in the shade
Put umbrellas up over water tables and sand pits to provide shade throughout the day
Keep misters available to cool down
Pack some ice pops in a thermos to stay cool and hydrated
Use sun-safe swimwear as cover-ups
Don’t forget a hat!
Set up a drinks station where even little kids can help themselves to the water
Outdoor Activities for Summer Fun with Toddlers and Preschoolers
We’ve put together our favorite outdoor activities to do with toddlers and preschoolers check them out below.
Homemade Bubble Mix
Bubbles, bubbles and more bubbles. Toddlers and preschoolers love to blow bubbles but if your little ones are anything like mine then the bubble mix is always been tipped over or running out. This bubble mix recipe is perfect, quick and easy to make and your little ones will have hours of fun blowing bubbles to their hearts content.
Want to create some fun art with your toddlers, this coloured bubble art is best done outside. But what a great way to get creative, have fun and if your little ones are like mine get a bit messy too!
Never run out of sidewalk chalk again with this simple recipe to create your own. This paint version is ideal for toddlers and preschoolers to use as they can squeeze it out of bottles to create pictures on the ground, fence and walls. Just wash off at the end of the day!
Keep cool and paint at the same time with this easy DIY Ice Paints that your toddlers and preschoolers will love to use their imagination to create artwork for you.
Get digging in the soil and find some worms and then create a home for them and over the summer watch how they change the soil with this simple DIY Plastic Bottle Wormery that little kids will love to make.
Get gardening with your toddlers and grow your own plants, check out our tips for using recycled contains and the best plants to grow with your little ones this summer.
Beach Games for Toddlers and Preschoolers that everyone will enjoy
Even little ones can play at the beach – check out our games that your toddlers and preschoolers will enjoy as well as you and any bigger kids you have.
Hunt for creatures in the woods whilst you stay cool with the kids. Get the FREE printable scavenger hunt and discover whether there really is a Gruffalo or other forest creatures near you!
Go Rock Pooling with your Toddlers and Preschoolers
Head to the shore and discover the amazing life that lives in the rock and tide pools that appear. Hunt for fish and crabs with this simple guide on what you will need and some of the fantastic creatures that you will discover too.
Keep an eye out on your walks and at the first sign of ripeness head out with your toddlers and preschoolers to pick some delicious blackberries. Read our guide on tips and advice for doing this with little ones and some delicious recipes and crafts that you can use them for.
