10 Family Friendly Activities to Play at the Park
- Let the kids play on the play ground equipment.
- Take a football, baseball, soccer ball, basketball, tennis ball and rackets, or a frisbee with you to the park. You will have plenty of space to play your favorite sport without having to climb over a fence to retrieve your ball or frisbee from the neighbors yard.
- Grab any old stale bread that you have in your pantry so that you can feed the ducks.
- Play a game of chase.
- If you have a group of kids, you can play capture the flag or ask several other kids in the park to play with you.
- Take a nature walk around the park.
- If you have a bike trail, take your bicycles with you to the park and ride them along the trail.
- Ask a few other kids at the park if they want to play a game of tag.
- Have a picnic at the park.
- Create a fun list of items to find during a scavenger hunt.
This past weekend we decided to take the kids to the park so that they could burn off some energy and enjoy some time outdoors. If you have a park close to your house, you should your kids to the park and let them burn off some energy.
Don’t forget to take plenty of water to drink and sunscreen with you to the park to prevent dehydration or heat related illnesses.
What is your favorite game to play at the park?
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One of my niece’s favorites is to play frisbee at the park! This is a great list. Thanks for sharing!
Frisbee is so much fun when you don’t have to worry about it flying over the fence in the backyard. Thank you for visiting.
While I’m usually at work during the weekdays, I make sure that I spend at least once a week to take my children out to play and enjoy the sun. I try to keep them away from the electronics – those can wait for when they get older. Thanks for sharing this list! I feel much better as a mom.
Thank you for sharing. It is hard to get to the park when you are working. Maybe the kids can even find some games to play in the backyard too.
This is great information! I try to make sure my children play outside at least once a day, we are lucky that even our garage is enjoyable when it rains that we can just sit and watch the rain.. We love to have picnics at the park and play afterwards!
I wish that we had a third garage so that the kids had a place to play even if it rains. We have a small cover patio but it doesn’t block the side ways rain. In fact, I used to love to run and stomp in the puddles after a nice big rain or ride my bike through the puddles to make it splash me. So much fun. Those were the days. 🙂
Love, love, love this post. Thank you so much for pointing out all the benefits of outdoor play and for providing parents with ideas to get their families outside! Technology has made it so easy for us to entertain ourselves by sitting on the couch or at a computer that we don’t get the fresh air and exercise as easily as we did 20 years ago. This post is a wonderful reminder and incentive to get up and get outside.
Thank you for the kind words Corinne but you are right kids are usually stuck in front of the television or their electronic devices. I try to encourage my kids to play outside as much as they can because it is good for them. 😉
I agree, kids need to play outdoors more! Playing outside is a lot more fun than just watching the telly or tinkering with gadgets. 🙂
You are correct, thank you for visiting. 😉
Hopscotch! We also take bikes and scooters to enjoy park trails. Volleyball is fun, too. Or even chasing bubbles. 🙂
Hopscotch is a great game, you can even play it in the backyard if you have a sidewalk or big enough porch. Thank you for visiting Karen.
When I was a kid, I liked to make a picnic with my family! I still like it! I do it sometimes with my friends. I love your post! 😉
I haven’t had a picnic at the park in a really long time. We might have to do that soon too. 🙂
we are at the park daily when the weather permits!
Awesome Pamela, I bet your kids enjoy playing.
LOts of great ideas! I need to remember these for our upcoming park dates!
I hope you enjoy your upcoming park dates. I need to take my kids to the splash pad too. 😉
Great information. Kids need to get out more often. I live next to a playground and it is so great to see the kids out playing but often it is empty, waiting for kids to come out.
Those are great tips. My daughter loves going to the park.
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