If you are looking for some fantastic outdoor games for the family, you’ve come to the right place!
As a parent, it can be extra challenging to clear your mind enough to try to think of outdoor activities to do that would keep everyone engaged and active.
So, guess what?
Mama’s Grilled Cheese has already done all of that thinking for you!
Sit back, relax and pluck some fun activities from this go-to outside activity list!
Outdoor games…here we go!
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Draw with sidewalk chalk
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Ride bikes
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Play Hide n’ Seek
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Have a Three-Legged Race
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Set up an obstacle course
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Play What Time Is It, Mr. Fox?
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Play Mother May I?
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Collect a pile of sticks to see how high you can build them
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Make Pet Rocks
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Make snow forts
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Have a snowball fight
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Make tracks in the snow that lead to a prize and then have the family follow the tracks to find the prize
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Make snow angels
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Jump rope
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Hula Hoop
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Have a race from one corner of the street to the next
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Play football
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Go hiking
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Have a picnic, complete with a blanket and a picnic basket
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Go swimming
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Play in the sprinkler
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Play baseball
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Take a long walk
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Play catch with a ball
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Play basketball
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Try to catch fireflies
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Build little houses out of rocks, leaves and sticks
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Go on a scavenger hunt
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Play soccer
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Eat some ice cream
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Fly kites
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Play frisbee
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Squirt each other with the hose
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Throw water balloons
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Play Hopscotch
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Have an outdoor movie night
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Play Parachute with an old sheet (have everyone hold an end of a sheet and work together to make it float up and down and let the kids run under it)
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Have everyone walk along the sidewalk and whoever steps on a “crack” first is out of the game! See who is the last person left!
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Go fishing
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See who can jump the farthest!
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Wash your car in the driveway with a hose, soap and scrub brush
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Wash the deck
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Put on a talent show in the garage
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Play Duck, Duck, Goose
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Play Farmer in the Dell
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Wash the windows
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Rake leaves
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Go on a hunt for a long stick and then play Limbo with it
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Roll around in the grass
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Start a garden
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Step into a bucket of water with bare feet and then make footprints all over the driveway
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Play Leap Frog
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Search for a four-leaf clover
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Play Tag
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Go to an orchard and pick apples
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Pick flowers
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Play TV Tag
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Play Capture the Flag
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Swing
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Slide
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Play on a water slide
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Catch bugs
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Play Eye Spy
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Go on a butterfly hunt
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Make S’mores
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Jump off of the front porch (Carefully, of course!)
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Do an outdoor exercise class
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Make a Leaf Rubbing (Place a leaf under a sheet of white paper and then scribble over it with a crayon to see the leaf image)
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Build a fort
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Go play miniature golf
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Roller skate
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Rollerblade
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Make suncatchers
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Make and fly paper airplanes
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Blow bubbles
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Play golf with a small ball and a stick
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Pick white dandelions and make a wish before blowing the seeds off
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Do something nice together for a neighbor
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Make tie dye shirts
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Ride scooters
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Play Horseshoes
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Play Pin the Tail on the Donkey
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Have a lemonade stand
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Take turns laying on the ground and outline each other’s body with sidewalk chalk
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Choose a piece of scenery and have everyone draw or paint the scenery. See whose picture looks more like it.
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Play tennis
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Take board games outside and sit on a blanket in the grass and play!
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Play badminton
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Play Simon Says
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Have a pool party
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Go to the beach
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Play Red Rover
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Play Red Light, Green Light
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Set up a homemade carnival and put each person in charge of creating and setting up a game station
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Play Ring Toss
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Play Monkey in the Middle
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Bird watch
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Play Cornhole
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Have fun with an oversized cardboard box
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Lay in the grass and read books
There you have it!
100 activities to do outdoors as a family!
And here is a bonus idea…
Number 101: Some creative fun within a box! Check it out here!
Enjoy!
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Mama Morgan is a single parent by day and a writer by night! She is raising two, young children with special needs during a global pandemic. She aims to give other parents confidence, hope, and a practical, down-to-earth reading adventure through her own experiences. While Morgan is heavily focused on caring for her little ones, she is also dedicated to helping others and making the world a better place. Mama’s Grilled Cheese is just her delicacy!