Physical Activity

• With children, plan and set up an indoor or outdoor obstacle course.
• Plan races, “Who can run/hop/slither/skip to the fence and back the fastest?”
• Armed with a list of things from around the house or yard, have children rush to find things in a scavenger hunt.
• Let children go through their toys and decide what they have outgrown or don’t use, then help them set up a yard sale and sell lemonade too.  The next rainy day, plan a “shopping day” to spend the money they earned.
• Walk to a nearby park, and have a picnic.  Let children help prepare the food.
• Have children decorate their bicycles, and have a bike parade.  Invite the neighbourhood children to join in the fun.
• Find local trails, and go on a family hike.
• With bubbles in hand, have a bubbly fun day.
• Visit an appliance store for very large boxes, so they can build a castle or a rocket ship.
• Buy a cheap magnifying glass, and take your children on a backyard safari.
• Equip everyone with gloves and bags, and plan a community clean-up of litter.
• Buy or make a pinata, and plan a party with neighbourhood children.
• Visit or volunteer at a local seniors’ residence or nursing home.