Let’s get our creative hats on! This week we have a variety of creative outdoor activities! Whether you are walking in the woods or in your own neighborhood, we can have all kinds of fun together!
Feeling creative? Check out the Au Pair in America Pinterest boards for some great ideas to get you started!
- How about some awesome chalk art ideas?
- Summer activities with ice to help us cool off!
- Make soap boats and then race them!
- Check out even more fun ice activities to try!
- How about some I Spy free printables? Or these printables.
- Make nature inspired crafts!
- Chalk ideas to keep your host kids active!
- Check out the squirt gun racing!
- Learn how to make sponge water balls!
- Create an ice block treasure hunt for lasting, cool fun!
- Make sidewalk chalk paint and help your little Picasso’s shine!
- Make homemade mud playdough for creative play!
- Learn some new handclapping songs!
- How about a nature scavenger hunt?
- Check out this amazing list of 100 things to do this summer for more amazing ideas!
Field Trips:
Please discuss any field trip options as a family and decide if this is an activity you are comfortable participating in before heading out!
Annmarie Garden :
Enchanted Summer at the Garden
Through September 4, 2023
Enjoy a safe, outdoor, engaging experience during Annmarie’s Enchanted Summer at the Garden! You will find a variety of low-touch, no-touch fun along the trails and paths of the Sculpture Garden. Grab your bug spray, pack a picnic blanket or chairs, and spend your summer with us! Admission.
During the Enchanted Summer, daily visitors can:
-Explore the galleries
-Search for over 100 fairy houses
-Play in the Fairy Lolly nature play space
-Build your own fairy house in the forest
-Search for gems and fossils at the Fairy Grove Mining sluice (additional fees apply)
-Try the Wild Rumpus Run
-Enjoy unique photo ops along the trail
-Find the hidden Dragons Nest
-Search for the hidden tree pop paintings
-Pack a picnic to enjoy in the park or enjoy our Food Truck Fridays
-Create your own artwork in the artLAB creative reuse studio
-Enjoy the sculpture throughout the park, including the Creature in the Garden exhibit
Goldpetal Farm is Southern Maryland’s ONLY living maze. We design, plant and manage two unique mazes, providing about six weeks of beauty, nature and family fun. Admission.
Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum:
Explore the grounds, trails, Indian Village and more of Jefferson Patterson Park! The grounds and outdoor facilities are open. Enjoy 560 Scenic acres along the Patuxent River in Calvert County, more than 65 identified archaeological sites! Check out the Visitor Center full of interactive exhibits, enjoy the trails, the educational programs or exhibits, find the beach areas, the hidden playground and so much more! No admission.
Books:
Photo credit: Chalk art – Walter {Flickr}; Sach1tb {Flickr}; Cynthia Chan
