The return of sunny days and mild temperatures allow us to finally enjoy the outdoors.
Nothing better for children than playing in the garden.
Here are some ideas to keep them busy.
To discover
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The playground
Build a hut using wooden planks.
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Behind a row of trees or in a corner of the garden, installing a playground is a clever idea for keeping children busy outside.
You can place a slide or a swing there to create a real children's corner.
To add a "Robinson Crusoe" effect, build a cabin using wooden planks.
Gather and fasten the boards together to form a household.
For more comfort, add old sheets, sleeping bags or even cushions so that your child can have a place of his own and invite his friends over for tea.
Good to know
To hide "treasures" or even make beautiful sand castles, the sandbox is also an element to add to the playground.
In wood or plastic, it allows children's imaginations to run free.
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A sports course
With pieces of wood or logs, create a balance course.
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Creating a playful sports course allows children to exert themselves without counting the cost.
To do this, here are some ideas to put in place in your garden:
A balancing course:
with pieces of wood or logs, create a course with different obstacles.
The goal of the game: not to set foot on the ground.
Climbing
: thanks to a smooth or knotted rope hung high enough on a solid branch, your child can learn to climb.
A
trampoline
:
this sports accessory allows you to work on balance, coordination, body control and endurance.
The treasure hunt
Imagine a route in your garden with puzzles.
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This great classic still requires some preparation.
You have to start by finding a theme, according to the age and tastes of the children.
Then, imagine a path in your garden with puzzles that will lead to a well-hidden box that conceals a treasure.
For example, you can say that the first clue is hidden under the raspberry bush, the second close to the potato plantations, the third near the rosebushes... to finally arrive at a box filled with chocolate gold coins .
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pretend to be an adventurer
The puzzle, a test of agility.
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Like a candidate from the Koh-Lanta show, on TF1, your offspring can, by inviting friends, compose red and yellow teams and try to win the famous pole test.
The series of tests can be made up of a sack race or an orienteering race, each one being equipped with a compass to find the hidden object or piece together a puzzle quickly.
Each event can be won individually or as a team and end with a hearty well-deserved snack for all.
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A giant power of four
Set up a giant version of the 4-way game in your garden.
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It's possible to create a giant version of the famous game "Puissance 4" in your garden.
Start by choosing a flat area of your garden and then, with pieces of wood, start by marking out 6 rows and 7 columns on the lawn with the material you want.
To replace the pawns, choose pebbles of 2 different colors: light gray and dark gray.
You can also decide to paint wooden logs in yellow and red, like the pawns of the board game (which has 42 in total).
Finally, just like the game, once 4 pieces of the same color are aligned (horizontally, vertically or diagonally), you win!
Good to know
For a shorter version, opt for the tic-tac-toe (also called morpion), which consists of aligning three elements (in 3 rows and 3 columns), on the same principle as Power 4.
Read alsoHow to make a bird feeder?
A quiet corner
Children need a quiet space to let their imaginations run wild.
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Lying on a carpet in the shade, or on a hammock hung between two trees, your child needs a quiet space of his own to give free rein to his imagination.
He will be lulled by the movement from left to right, sheltered from the sun's rays while cultivating himself with books, playing with games or simply taking the opportunity to take a nap.
It will focus on the life that unfolds above: the observation of clouds, the comings and goings of birds and insects, the shape of leaves.
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Apprentice gardeners
The evolution of the tomato in the vegetable garden before ending up on a plate.
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Play while growing.
The different plantations in your garden arouse the curiosity of young and old alike.
For these budding young gardeners, it's time to learn the names of roses, wisteria, tulips.
Why does flowering occur in certain seasons?
How to make them last a long time?
Prepare to answer questions from curious children.
You can also broaden their knowledge by telling them about the vegetable garden, the orchard and the presence of certain insects or the passage of hedgehogs on your lawn.
Your children may later become useful assistants.
Read alsoHow to properly maintain your vegetable garden?
outdoor games
Hopscotch is very easy to play.
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On a flat ground, on the terrace still the flagstones, with a chalk, create the game of
hopscotch
.
This easy-to-make outdoor game is perfect for entertaining children, but also for teaching them to count and keep their balance.
Just like the famous "
games of cat and mouse
", "
hide and seek
" and other "
one two three sun
".
If the space is not lacking, then why not install a small dance floor on your lawn?
With a portable speaker, music and accompanied by a few friends, your children will be able to think of themselves as real dancefloor professionals.
Finally, with a soap bubble liquid (either bought in a store or homemade), head for the garden to make, using one or more straws, the most imposing bubble, which will be gently transported into the 'air.
Good to know
To make bubble liquid, you will need four tablespoons of dishwashing liquid, one tablespoon of cornstarch, one tablespoon of powdered sugar.
Then mix everything in a glass of warm water of about 25 cl.
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Open-air workshops
Offer a painting workshop to color the flowerpots.
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On a table, you can launch the making of a herbarium to be carried out in a notebook.
Once the chosen plants have dried between two sheets of white paper placed under a large dictionary, set up a frame-making workshop, with cardboard cut out and painted in the color of their choice.
In the center, place the flowers picked from the garden and cover them with a plate or plastic film.
On the table or on the grass, offer a painting workshop for a moment of artistic creation.
To change from the traditional blank pages, why not paint the flowerpots in the garden?
In the vegetable garden, indicate which seeds have been planted using painted thick pieces of wood or spatulas that are no longer used in the kitchen, or even with flat and wide pebbles.
Finally, always curious, your child will be delighted to show you his finds and learn about their usefulness.
You can suggest that they collect them in one place and introduce them to those around them.
Make them run having fun
Who will find the items the fastest?
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On a sheet of paper, make a list of items (a flat stone, a heart-shaped leaf, a pinecone, etc.) that the children, alone or in groups, will have to find as quickly as possible.
The last to come back is eliminated, until only one remains!
A game for them to spend while being reactive and imaginative.
Take care of the fish
Feeding the fish, a daily mission.
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If you have a pond that hosts aquatic plants and fish, your child will no doubt be delighted to feed them every day and may later give them names to recognize them and try to tame them.
Left, right, food tossed sideways will entice aquatic vertebrate animals of all colors to swim in a kind of ballet, with your little one as the choreographer.
Read alsoDo you need permission to build a pond in your garden?
An outdoor cinema session
A private outdoor session.
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When the weather permits, instead of watching television in the living room, why not invite some friends over, prepare a cozy place by setting up lots of cushions on the grass, put cupcakes and a lemonade available in a corner of the garden and spread a white sheet to broadcast, with a video projector, a film or a cartoon that will delight all the participants?
A unique theatrical performance
Three strokes of the sticks will be given before the start of the play.
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Actor at heart, he can concoct, with the help of his friends, a play, from the writing to the staging through the costumes.
He will invite you to a specific date and time for a unique performance that will take place in the garden, between the fruit trees for example, to be able to hang a pair of red curtains.
A few chairs or stools will be made available facing the stage, before the show begins after the three famous blows of the stick and ends under your ovations.
Read alsoFruit trees: to succeed, start on the right foot!
According to the occasions
The making of flower crowns is possible in the spring.
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A gift for mom
On the occasion of Mother's Day, your child will be able to give free rein to his imagination for a unique gift from the elements of the garden: bouquet or necklace of flowers, frame with branches, etc.
Egg hunt
At Easter, hide eggs everywhere in the garden, near the flowers or in the hole of a tree.
Equip your child with a basket so that he can go hunting and savor his loot.
A little queen
The flowers reappear in the spring.
It's time to make wreaths.
The opportunity also to embark on "do-it-yourself" (DIY) creations to create chimes or eggs for Easter Monday, for example.
The return of the bouquets
Daffodils or irises are out, ready to be picked and collected in a pretty vase and given for any occasion.
Read alsoHow to make a perfect round bouquet?
Luncheon on the Grass
Take advantage of a beautiful afternoon to have a picnic.
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Finally, weather permitting, a picnic in the middle of the plantations with harvests that come directly from the vegetable garden will mark the start of a beautiful afternoon.
Before tasting this tasty meal, pick them directly from the vegetable garden with your child so that he can discover vegetables and fruits.
