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![Chalk Obstacle Course](/images/content/NEWS/2019/april/13952_429chalk-course.jpg)
Chalk Obstacle Course
A little game that helps them learn literacy and numbers as well as being fun!
All you need is:
- Chalk
- Patio
Method:
- Write out an array of movements that animals would make in a sequence. Example; Jump like a bunny x 3, walk on your hands and feet like a monkey.
- Give them a sequence to do and let them enjoy!
![Sardines](/images/content/NEWS/2019/april/13953_430sardines.jpg)
Sardines
Are your kids a massive fan of go-hide-and-go-seek? They are bound to love this then!
How to play:
- A person who has been tagged hides and everyone else looks for them.
- Each player that finds the person tagged also known as it joins him or her in the hiding place.
- As the players find the person tagged, one by one, they all crowd into the hiding place and end up packed together like sardines in a can.
- The last person to find the hiding place is the next one to be tagged it.
![Red Light, Green Light](/images/content/NEWS/2019/april/13954_45red-light-green-light.jpg)
Red Light, Green Light
Looking for a fun outdoor game that doesn't involve mess, equipment or setting things up? This is ideal then!
How to play:
- A person must be picked as the spotlight. That person then stands with their back towards the other players, who stand away from him.
- The stoplight calls out green light, which lets the other players know they can now begin moving towards the person who is spotlight.
- The stoplight yells red light and turns around. If any player is caught moving when the stoplight turns around, that player is out.
- The game is over if all the players are out before anyone reaches the stoplight or if someone tags the stoplight. If a player reaches the stoplight, that person gets to be the stoplight in the next game.
![Kitchen Utensil Bubbles](/images/content/NEWS/2019/april/13955_814kitchen-bubbles.jpg)
Kitchen Utensil Bubbles
Go through a kitchen drawer and collect slotted spoons, fly swatters, spatulas, and anything else that has holes to make bubbles.
All you need:
- Kitchen equipment such as; spoons, spatulas etc.
- Washing up liquid
- Water
- Big bucket
How to do it:
- Make up a bubble solution with washing up liquid and water in a large bucket.
- Gather as many utensils that will create the best bubbles. Make sure the utensils have little holes.
- Put them in the bubble solution you made up and see which person makes the best bubble.
![Toy Obstacle Course](/images/content/NEWS/2019/april/13956_383toy-obstacle-course.jpg)
Toy Obstacle Course
It's important to get your little ones outside and in the fresh air but sometimes that can be a challenge, but with this fantastic game you won't have any issues!
All you need:
- Hula hoops
- Toy tunnel
- Cones
- Pylons
What you need to do:
- Get your kids to set up an obstacle course. You may need to step in to help make it a little more challenging for them!
- Then set them a time on the clock and let them enjoy their way through all the fantastic obstacles.
![Keep The Balloon Up](/images/content/NEWS/2019/april/13957_7keep-the-balloon-up.jpg)
Keep The Balloon Up
Balloons offer a lot of entertainment and provide you with a selection of games!
All you need:
- An array of balloons
How to do it:
- Get some of the balloons you may have lying around from the last birthday party.
- It's simple! Try going against your family for a little healthy competition. Try to beat eachothers records for how many hits it takes to keep the balloon up in the air for the longest amount of time!
![Playing with Water](/images/content/NEWS/2019/april/13958_823playing-with-water.jpg)
Playing with Water
This activity goes back a long way, being a classic old childhood favourite! Having endless amounts of fun with water, mud and anything else your garden may have crawling around.
You will need:
- Water
- Jugs/Watering Cans
- Grass, Plants & Mud
- Pots, Pans & Spoons
How to do it:
- Find some kitchen utensils you will certainly have laying around, pots, pans, any you don't mind being used outside.
- Fill up plastic jugs or watering cans with water.
- Get your kids to add grass and mud and mix that with the water.
- Then it's time they can finally make up their own restaurant. Serving grass soup or mud pie!
![Water Balloon Baseball](/images/content/NEWS/2019/april/13951_194water-balloon-popping.jpg)
Water Balloon Baseball
Great outdoor game for kids when the sun is shinning!
All you need is:
- Cricket bat
- Balloons filled with water
- Plastic tub
- Hosepipe
How to do it:
- Get a cricket ball bat.
- Fill a load of balloons with cold water.
- Place them into a plactise tub
- Then have a thrower and a batter and enjoy!