Indoor play

1. Build a tower and knock it down
2. Have a spur of the moment dance party
3. Bake muffins
4. Draw on the footpath with chalk
5. Build a fort out of couch cushions
6. Play balloon tennis, with a balloon and badminton racquets
7. Play hide and seek
8. Play indoor basketball, with a laundry basket and rolled up newspaper
9. Make a foil crown and play at being princes or princesses
10. Make a cardboard box car and go for a drive
11. Have a treasure hunt
12. Make a table tent
13. Decorate cookies or cupcakes

Outdoor play

14. Decorate cookies or cupcakes
15. Run and jump in puddles
16. Explore in the rain
17. Plant a flower and watch it grow
18. Roll down a hill
19. Lie on a picnic rug and watch the birds and the clouds
20. Stay up late and check out the stars
21. Collect sticks and twigs and make a picture
22. Make a fairy garden
23. Try geocaching
24. Skim rocks on a lake
25. Make water footprints on the pavement or driveway
26. Start an exploration journal together, going exploring and recording everything you find
27. Find some rocks and paint them different patterns
28. Build a cubbyhouse or fort
29. Track the phases of the moon

Sensory play

29. Make mud pies
30. Build a sandcastle
31. Squeeze and throw wet sponges
32. Cook some spaghetti and add food colouring to make slimy coloured worms
33. Jump on bubble wrap
34. Walk barefoot on the grass
35. Run through sprinklers together
36. Scrunch up tissue paper and glue it to cardboard to make patterns
37. Make your own rock pool at home
38. Go on an outdoor ‘sound’ hunt
39. Make scented playdough
40. Dip your feet in the running water of a stream

Visit

41. Go somewhere on a train
42. Reading time at the local library
43. A children’s museum
44. A botanical garden
45. A fountain
46. A local sporting match
47. A playgroup
48. Go berry picking
49. A national park or bushland
50. Take a boat ride