25 Creative Activities for the Kids
Spring is in the air! The trees will be budding and the baby animals will be born. Take advantage of the world coming to life again. I have compiled a list of 25 activities to get you in the mood for those beautiful sunny days of Spring (and a few for rainy days too). From making rainbows, using rain to paint or launching paper airplanes, there are so many great activities this month!
- Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with Fingerprint Rainbow Pot of Gold.
- Practice writing with this Catch a Leprechaun.
- What kid doesn’t like wands? Try this Shamrock Wand Craft for St. Patrick’s Day.
- Paint a Handprint Flower Bouquet.
- Get scientific with a Flower Experiment for Kids.
- Try a craft with this Tissue Paper Flower Art Activity.
- Watch the wind blow with these Daffodil Pinwheels.
- March 31st Crayola crayon day, Draw a butterfly with our How to Draw a Butterfly video, and use your Crayola crayons to make it beautiful!
- Encourage the kids to play with mud with this Mud Paint Recipe!
- Take the kids out to enjoy early spring with an Early Spring Scavenger Hunt!
- What do Leonardo, Rafael, and Michelangelo have in common? … they all have spring birthdays (Donatello’s birthday is unknown) This spring break take the family to an Art Museum in celebration of the spring Birthdays of Leonardo, Rafael, Michelangelo and even Da Vinci.
- This is too cool not to try… Rain Painting!
- Welcome the birds back this spring with Bird Seed Feeders.
- When was the last time you made a Homemade Kite?
- Have a blast with this Paper Airplane Experiment!
- Do some sponge painting with the kids: The Very Hungry Caterpillar Craft.
- Make some adorable Ladybugs from egg cartons
- Recycle your toilet paper roll to make these Butterflies!
- Have some fun see how far things can go with this Elastic-band Launcher.
- Get the family drawing with our How to Draw a Birdhouse video!
- Don’t let the kids spend a rainy day inside have some fun with these Get Up & Move Dice!
- Save your plastic bottles for a fun game of Plastic Bottle Number Bowling!
- You have to move quickly for this to work but it is a fun experiment to try: Make Homemade Bouncing Balls.
- Go to a zoo or farm to see the baby animals.
- Make an Easter Egg painting with this Pom Pom Easter Egg Painting Craft for Kids.