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2023 Author: Gabrielle Mercer | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-05-21 12:25
Rain, snow: your children don't want to step outside the door. 5 cool ideas with which you can lure your children outside even in bad weather.
You know it: the moment the weather gets worse, your children see few reasons why they should step outside the door. Better to play a little computer, or watch the film … if you're pedagogically lucky, they might even want to read.
But exercise is good for you. Fresh air even more. It helps the children to get rid of excess energy, to work out, to refuel with oxygen … and, for your benefit, to fall asleep faster in the evening.
Only: How do you lure the little oxygen deniers to the door when Nintendo, Playstation or Netflix are your competitors?
5 good ideas with which you can bring the children outside even in bad weather
MAKE A BIKE TRACK. Optionally also a scooter or skateboard course. Get small cone hats (or use old boxes) with which you can set up an obstacle ride in the playground, on the meadow or in the driveway. Your child has to drive serpentine lines or overcome obstacles. You are stopping time (a little competition is always a good motivator). Next, the children have to play a soccer ball between the cones - or compete in a race with an orange on a spoon.
HAVE A SCAVENGER HUNT. Okay, this will take a little more planning - but you will be severely rewarded. Write small messages on pieces of paper where you can find the next clue on the hunt for the treasure (for example: "In the tree house on the playground you can find out how you can get a little closer to the treasure"). It's especially fun if you design the little notes in a pirate look - the children's imagination will do the rest. The end of the scavenger hunt is then a surprise. A new book, a little toy … If you have a GPS device, you can also go on a high-tech scavenger hunt. At Geocaching.at you will find tours for families all over Austria, sorted according to their degree of difficulty and approximate duration. I was with my son on the Kahlenberg near Vienna - a lot of fun.
MARSHMALLOW BBQ. You need: A clean yard or storage space. Now you and the children collect dry sticks. They may have a bucket or wheelbarrow with them to collect the wood. Now you put a campfire (make sure you have a bucket of water ready for extinguishing). If your child is already skilled with the knife, they can cut skewers and skewer marshmallows or sausages on them. A campfire that is grilled over is always a little adventure that will keep you outdoors for at least 1 1/2 hours.
BUILDS SNOW CREATORS. It doesn't just have to be the snowman. How about building an igloo out of the fresh snow? Or two bases high enough that you can duck behind them. And then the snowball fight starts from the opposing castles. Or you can recreate the figures from "Frozen" … You just need raisins, chestnuts and carrots as decorations for eyes, noses and ears, maybe a few old scarves and hats to keep your new snow friends warm.
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YOU CREATE A FORT. What you need: large branches, cardboard boxes, painted paper for flags or warning signs, empty toilet paper rolls for telescopes. First, you should brainstorm as a family. What should the fort look like, where should it be, what other materials do you need? Then you start building the new "hideaway" for kids in the forest or on the meadow.