Child-like Positive Activities

[treble.maker]

I work in the childcare center at Lifetime Fitness! The kids are always a huge positive part of my day, and all us staff try to mimick their careless fun-loving nature. All the games we play are so simple and still fun, too.

 

[SweetPeaandSunBird]

Thanks all for replying with your fun ideas. I love to color/draw too. And, Nimkekaa, I've forgotten about jumping in puddles, probably because my folks forbade us from doing that. So, next time I've got my boots on and I see a puddle, I'm there! (I won't make my dog do it, though; she's so funny, she always walks around a puddle.)

You know what I miss (which is probably very out-dated now)...I miss jumping rope double-dutch style when I and the other jumpers sang those schoolyard songs.

Jump on!

 

[JustBe]

What does that do? Cornstarch and water?

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If you dump a whole box of cornstarch into a dishpan and slowly add water until it gets fun you'll see that if you grab some and make a ball it will hold it's shape until you stop and then it will liquify and run through your fingers. Very cool.

 

[amethist]

Kicking the autumn leaves about, to get that wonderful autumn smell.

Never mind if you have wellies on or not, just do it.

 

[JustBe]

Find a small stream and build a rock dam with pebbles, then jump in it!

Climb a tree

Spend time with horses, not riding, just hanging out.

Do tree bark and leaf rubbings.

 

[The Albatross]

I get bubbles from the dollar store and blow bubbles in my back yard.
I have a coloring book now.
I do some children activity books too.
I got a bunch of fabric paint and made a t- shirt. Maybe I should do that again.

 

[p-no]

Hug trees.
Walk through a meadow in spring and pick a flower here and there.
Watch the birds in the sky (preferably not while crossing a street :D)
Read children's books (latest purchase: "Love Monster" by Rachel Bright)
Go to the playground and do everything you like (preferably "fly" on the swing) when the sun sets or in the early morning hours
Watch The Peanuts and Wallace & Gromit, Pixar stuff too
Read cartoons and don't worry about reading each and every bubble
Before you watch a dvd, fix a bowl with your favorite ice cream, favorite sauce, favorite toppings and then devour while watching that movie
Write postcards to friends just with one sentence like "love you" and draw things, too
Origami
Sing while going for a walk (make sure not too many people are around)
Play Chinese Firefighters
Close your eyes and go on an imaginary trip wherever you like
Get "Succulent Wild Women" by SARK and actually do one of the things she mentions every time you read in it or flip through the pages

 

[Privateer]

Watching Bagpuss

 

[Jen93]

Picnics!

Bike rides!

Face painting!

And MY favourite:

Jumping on a bouncy castle!

 

[SweetPeaandSunBird]

Make Halloween ornaments all year long!

 

[Deleted member 12723]

For my kids, I used to cover the table with shaving cream and let them have at it. I used to make home made play dough and they made all kinds of things. Blowing bubbles. Making forts out of pillows, chairs, and blankets and fill it up with necessity. Put up a tent and camp out, Having tea parties is the tree house. Lots of great ideas here on this thread. Lots of fun.

 

[Eleanor]

I second the blanket tent idea!

and Kite Flying! Frisbee playing. If at the beach - playing in waves (racing them in and out)

If you have a stream/creek, or just water running down the side of the street - a good round or ten of "pooh sticks" is always fun!

On the more elaborate end: decorating cookies.
On the easier end: finding animals etc. in clouds...
Running through all the animal songs you know (the Gnu is a favorite, and can be appropriately sung to adults and children alike!)