7 outdoor group games for toddlers
Spring is here, and it’s time to get outdoors with your toddler! With the pandemic still upon us, finding safe ways to interact with other children can be challenging. But don’t worry—there are lots of great outdoor games you can play for kids that make social distancing easy!
These games are perfect for toddlers who aren’t quite big enough to sit in their school class or do an organized activity yet. They just need a little bit of help from mommy or daddy (or grandma or grandpa). Let’s get started!
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The Great Easter Egg Hunt
For this game, you’ll need eggs, baskets, and candy. Start by hiding the eggs in a designated area. Then, use a timer to keep track of how long it takes for everyone to find all of the hidden eggs.
First-person to find all of their eggs wins! Make sure you encourage them to look on the ground and in places they might not normally look (such as trees). It’s also fun if you throw in some candy along with each egg so they have something extra to look forward to!
Animal Relays
Animal Relays is a game that can be played with any number of kids, indoors or outdoors. Kids love it because they get to compete with each other, but without being too competitive.
The best part about this game is that it’s easy for the adult in charge of keeping things running smoothly—you don’t need any equipment and you keep track of each child’s progress on a simple piece of paper.
You’ll need:
- A pen and paper for each player (or one per team)
- A space large enough to run around in
A Colorful Tag
A Colorful Tag is a fun game for your toddler group to play on a sunny day. It’s easy to learn, and everyone can play—including parents! The rules are that you run around and try to tag other players before they touch you. If you are tagged, then you are out of the game until someone else is tagged.
This continues until there is only one person left who is still in the game (the winner). This can be played on any kind of grassy field or even inside if there isn’t much space available outside. A Colorful Tag requires plenty of talking and communication between group members; so it promotes social skills as well as physical activity!
The purpose behind this group activity is for toddlers’ development by promoting healthy living through movement while they’re having fun with their friends! The best age range would be between 2-5 years old because most kids won’t understand why they’re not allowed over certain areas yet.
but older children might get bored quickly since there aren’t many rules involved besides tagging each other off into another round after being “out” when caught by someone else hiding nearby who aims right behind them without warning first thing next time too soon again either way though which will probably happen more often than not without fail every time regardless how much planning goes into making sure no one gets hurt during gameplay…..
Scavenger Hunt
A scavenger hunt is a game in which players are assigned a list of items to find and bring back to the starting point. The list can be anything—a list of everyday objects, things from nature, or even more obscure objects like the name of an actor who is wearing red.
Scavenger hunts are great for getting kids active and exploring their surroundings. If you’re playing with multiple children, each child can make up their own scavenger hunt list and then compete against each other to see who finds the most items on their lists first.
To play this game.
Draw up a list of items that you want your group to find (e.g., “Name 10 trees”). This will become your “hunting ground.” You may want to choose that particular area because it has lots of trees or because there’s something else interesting about it (e.g., at our house we have some really tall trees).
Have each child write down his/her own list individually, so that no one knows what anyone else has written down yet! Then take turns reading off these lists while everyone searches for those items around your hunting ground (or wherever you decided on). When someone finds an item on another player’s list they should yell out “I found one!”
Teddy Bear Picnic Game
The teddy bear picnic game is a great way to get your toddler up and moving.
It’s also a great way for them to interact with their friends and family, even if they are playing at different locations.
This activity can be played indoors or outdoors, so it can be enjoyed all year round!
Three-Legged Race
How To Play.Teams of two players each stand on one leg and race around the playground or backyard. The first team to touch the finish line wins!
Set-Up: You will need to create a finish line somewhere in your play area that is at least 100 yards away from where you start. This will ensure that all children have enough time to get back before losing their balance and falling over.
Set The Rules: The only rule for this game is that teammates must run together on one foot only, so they can use each other’s weight as a counterbalance while keeping their other foot off the ground during the entire race.”
The Magic of Water Balloons
Fill a bunch of balloons with water and tie them off. Have the kids throw the balloons at each other.
Make sure they don’t break!
Keep them in a safe place so no one gets hurt, and make sure you don’t throw them at people’s faces or heads!
Toddlers can play together, even at a distance!
While you may want to play tag with your toddler, it can be difficult to keep up with them. The same goes for hide-and-seek: they’re too fast! But there are some games that work well even if they aren’t played face-to-face.
The catch: This game is easy to set up and fun for both players and spectators alike. All you need is a ball (or a stuffed animal), which the “thrower” throws as far as possible in the air towards their partner who then has to catch it before it hits the ground.
If he misses, he gets another try; if not, he becomes the thrower and his partner becomes the catcher. Repeat until everyone has had equal turns catching or throwing!
Conclusion
And voila! You have your 7 fun games for the kids to play. Hopefully, these ideas will inspire you to come up with more and maybe teach the kids a new thing or two about nature and how much fun it is outdoors, without screens or video games. Just remember that even toddlers can play together, so don’t be afraid of creating some distance between them when playing these games because it’s good for their social awareness as well as developing their motor skills.
