July 22
Temperatures this week are in the upper 90s. Around here the pools, lakes, and spray parks are closed, but even if they are opening where you are, with new cases of COVID on the rise, you may be looking for ways to play it cool at home. Here are a few outdoor activities for hot weather.
- Put it on Ice. These way cool activities did not come with a warning that prolonged direct contact with ice on the skin can cause tissue damage. Well, it can. Please read this first and provide tools and supervision!
- For the youngest, try a Frozen Fractal Soup.
- Ice chalk has just gotta be awesome for any age.
- Ice Dying could be especially fun for older children and teens.
- Water Balloon Mayhem. “What? Balloons,” you may be saying. “Do you know the harm they can do to the environment?” Yes. Here are three options for eco-friendly balloons that may work better than conventional ones anyway.
- So if you are well supplied with eco-friendly balloons, how ’bout a very wet game of volleyball?
- Put away your device for the best game of Angry Birds ever!
- Create water balloon splash art.
- Spray it On. The spray parks may be closed, but that can’t stop the good times. Please combine fun and environmental stewardship. Play near a garden in need of watering. Set a time limit on activities involving running water and maybe add a valve to the nozzle of your hose.
- Grab a squirt gun or any squirt toy for some games that won’t dampen your spirits.
- Playing in the hose is classic kid fun. You can change it up a little by making it a game of tag or water limbo .
- Okay, this may be for people with too much time and PVC piping on their hands but I couldn’t resist the PVC spray park. Could this be made with enough flexibility that the kids could develop design skills by changing things up some? Maybe some valves and movable parts?