spring activities – Mum In The Madhouse https://www.muminthemadhouse.com The UK's #1 Parent Blog, encouraging others to live a creative life in a digital age Thu, 22 Aug 2024 09:50:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://www.muminthemadhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/cropped-favicon-32x32.png spring activities – Mum In The Madhouse https://www.muminthemadhouse.com 32 32 101 Low-Cost Activities for a Spring Bored Jar | Budget-Friendly Fun Ideas https://www.muminthemadhouse.com/101-low-cost-activities-for-spring/ https://www.muminthemadhouse.com/101-low-cost-activities-for-spring/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2015 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.muminthemadhouse.com/?p=11656 I can almost taste it, Spring is in the air and that means a whole new bored jar and a whole new list of low cost or no cost activities for Spring for kids and families.  Sometimes we just need a nudge in the right direction, some inspiration to encourage our kids away from technology and that is what this fantastic list is.

Not sure what a bored jar is, well here I tell you how to make your own bored jar.

Our Spring Bored Jar has all the below activities in and a bunch of chores too.  I hope that the added chores encourage the children to think twice before dipping in their hand and using the term “I’m bored”!

bored jar square springSpring Activities for Bored Jars. A 101 low cost or no cost spring activities for kids perfect for updating your bored jar. This printable list includes kids crafts, kids activities, family fun and chores too.

101 Low cost or no cost activities for Spring

  1. Flower arranging for kids
  2. Handprint flower wall art
  3. Make pompom chicks and bunnies
  4. Jump in muddy puddles
  5. Make some homemade gifts
  6. Make a spring lamb
  7. Spring yoga poses for kids
  8. Plant some seeds
  9. Make button biscuits
  10. Make a rainbow with post it notes
  11. Pick some flowers
  12. Make a sponge printed caterpillar
  13. Make a nature collage
  14. Make some pet rocks
  15. Make a volcano
  16. Make seed cards
  17. Make some spoon puppets
  18. Spring Nature Art
  19. Make felted wool chicks
  20. Make Salt Dough jewellery
  21. Make a rain catcher
  22. Spring nature barbie outfits
  23. Make a pompom rainbow
  24. Draw on the windows
  25. Paint a rainbow
  26. Make a hen and chick nest
  27. Find pictures in the clouds
  28. Leave some rock messages
  29. Fill a wall with giant flowers
  30. Skip stones across a pond
  31. Make flower fairies
  32. Use stones to record memories
  33. Make doily butterflies
  34. Go on a nature walk looking for signs of Spring
  35. Make an unbirthday cake
  36. Make toilet toll bunnies
  37. Make dream catchers
  38. Bird watch
  39. Make a spring wreath
  40. Visit the library
  41. Make a Spring felt play board
  42. Do some origami
  43. Spot a rainbow
  44. Make some paper flowers
  45. Make a terrarium
  46. Play back garden games
  47. Make pompoms
  48. Cook asparagus
  49. Sketch some flowers
  50. Do some easter crafts
  51. Make salt dough flower necklaces
  52. Print some flowers
  53. Look for four-leaf clovers
  54. Make a waterwheel
  55. Make some scratch paper
  56. Make bunny bunting
  57. Have a family movie night
  58. Make melted crayon poppies
  59. Make some fingerprint monster thank you cards
  60. Make patchwork fabric plant pots
  61. Pick dandelions
  62. Make potato print wrapping paper
  63. Make spoon branch bugs
  64. Wash the car
  65. Paint a picture of flowers
  66. Play hopscotch
  67. Make felted chicks
  68. Make a windsock
  69. Tell some joke
  70. Make cress heads
  71. Feed the ducks at a pond
  72. Play outdoor games with friends 
  73. Make some chick cards
  74. Make a pinwheels
  75. Make an alphabet spring garden
  76. Make grass caterpillars
  77. Blow bubbles
  78. Paint some plant pots
  79. Make nature collage suncatchers
  80. Make a loom bracelet
  81. Make paper plate clocks with moveable hands
  82. Decorate some easter eggs
  83. Go on a Spring scavenger hunt 
  84. Outdoor sand art
  85. Make some scratch paper
  86. Create some spring coloured art
  87. Make a spring nature mobile
  88. Make a footprint rainbow butterfly
  89. Make plastic lid ladybirds
  90. Complete a jigsaw
  91. Make fingerprint cards
  92. Make tissue paper fairy lights
  93. Make a bird feeder
  94. Go looking at tree blossom
  95. Make duck finger puppets
  96. Plant a living playhouse
  97. Make coke floats
  98. Fly a kite
  99. Make a Spring sensory box
  100. Spring nature imprints in playdough
  101. Make cupcakes
Spring Activities for Bored Jars. A 101 low cost or no cost spring activities for kids perfect for updating your bored jar. This printable list includes kids crafts, kids activities, family fun and chores too.

last years list was only 50 activities, but there is something here for everyone and I have yet again produced the list in PDF format so you can print off the Spring bored jar list 2015.

 

I have teamed up with fellow members of the Kid Blogger Network to bring you a fab list of kids activities, take a look at them all below:

Spring Activities for Bored Jars. A 101 low cost or no cost spring activities for kids perfect for updating your bored jar. This printable list includes kids crafts, kids activities, family fun and chores too.
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