When the sun’s shining, there’s no better way to spend the day with children than outside. And packing up a picnic and heading off to somewhere nice can be a fun and memorable adventure for the whole family.
Our picnic fun activities have been designed to make the most of sunshine and fresh air.
- Gather everyone into a circle. Use a potato or a small ball.
- Someone (take turns) sings a song.
- When the singing stops, the person with the potato (or ball) is out.
- The last person in is the next round's singer!
- Have an adult make a list of items to find.
- Separate into at least two teams.
- Hunt for the items on the list.
- Come back to the adult when you have the items.
- Now, with each of the items found, you have to find a way to make them make music (ex. Pot can be used like a drum.)
- Make your own song and sing along!
- If two people are playing, they should stand a little way apart, facing each other and clap each other’s hands in time to a song, chant or rhyme.
- You can make the clapping pattern up as you go along and try different actions, such as patting your shoulders, hands or thighs.
- You can try clapping with one or two hands at a time, hitting the backs of hands, palms or double claps.
- Try and get faster and faster, both singing and clapping. Carry on for as long as possible without making a mistake.
Our picnic fun activities have been designed to make the most of sunshine and fresh air.
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Singing Potato
1. Gather everyone into a circle. Use a potato or a small ball.
2. Someone (take turns) sings a song.
3. When the singing stops, the person with the potato (or ball) is out.
4. The last person in, is the next rounds singer!
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Musical Scavenger Hunt
1. Have an adult make a list of items to find.
2. Separate into at least two teams.
3. Hunt for the items on the list
4. Come back to the adult when you have the items.
5. Now, with each of the items found, you have to find a way to make them make music (ex. Pot can be used like a drum)
6. Make your own song and sing along!
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Clapping Game
1. If two people are playing, they should stand a little way apart, facing each other and clap each other’s hands in time to a song, chant or rhyme.
2. You can make the clapping pattern up as you go along and try different actions, such as patting your shoulders, hands or thighs.
3. You can try clapping with one or two hands at a time, hitting the backs of hands, palms or double claps.
4. Try and get faster and faster, both singing and clapping. Carry on for as long as possible without making a mistake.
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