There are so many outdoor activities to do in the summer! Outdoor games are a fun and exciting pastime.
EDIBLE - INEDIBLE
A fun and simple ball game that develops the mindfulness and ingenuity of the child. You can start playing it with a child from the age of 4-5, when the child owns a simple vocabulary. This game can be played by the whole family or by inviting other children.
Rules of the game: children stand in a circle, one child holds the ball. Names an object and throws the ball to any of the players. If the object is edible, then the ball must be caught, if not, then it cannot be caught. If a player makes a mistake and catches an "inedible" ball, then he is out of the game. If he is not mistaken, then he himself calls an object and passes the ball. The last player not eliminated from the game wins.
KANGAROO
Active ball game for physical fitness. You will need 2 balls.
Rules of the game: the participants of the game pinch the ball between their legs and, on a signal, begin to jump on two legs to the finish line and back. If the ball falls out, you need to pick it up and continue jumping from the same place. The winner is the one who reaches the starting point first. You can also hold team competitions, passing the ball as a baton.
ROPE ROPE
Remember when we were kids we used to love jumping rope? A simple game, but so many emotions! Plus, the jump rope is suitable for active irrepressible children.
Rules of the game: mother guesses a number for the child (for example, 7). The child must jump rope and count aloud. If he jumps to the hidden number and does not step on the rope, then he won. You can play with your child - it will be fun!
SHIPS
A fun game that requires a bowl of water and a few boats. The game develops the respiratory system.
Rules of the game: Boats are placed at some distance from each other. Boats can be made from paper or buy plastic ones. On command, the children begin to blow on their boats. The winner is the participant whose boat reached the finish line first. The winner must be rewarded with a delicious prize.
DANCE ON PAPER
A fun outdoor game that develops plasticity in a child. You will need sheets of paper or a newspaper and music.
Rules of the game: the child puts the paper on the floor and stands on it with his feet. The host turns on the music. Children are dancing. After 30 seconds, the host stops the music. Children fold a piece of paper in half and dance again. The one who steps past the sheet of paper is out. The game continues until one player remains in the game.
CATCHING UP
The simplest but fun game in nature, which develops the endurance of the child.
Rules of the game: the host counts, for example, up to 10, and the participants for this time must catch up with each other and touch a friend. Whom they caught up, catches up with a friend.
ENGINE
A fun game develops the ability to synchronize and work in a team. The more players, the better.
Rules of the game: Participants are divided into 2 teams and lined up. Everyone should put a hand on the shoulder of the one in front of him and bend his leg. If the children have different heights, then let them take on the clothes of a friend. On one leg, the team must jump to the finish line. The winner is the fastest team.
Summer Games
Usually summer is the time of the year when the guys the largest number spend time outside the home, playing with their friends.
Ball games in nature with children
"Ball and snake" This game is for the little ones. It gives the skill of pushing, improves coordination of movements and helps to develop attention. Children must be placed on the grass in pairs opposite each other. The distance between the guys should be about one meter. Children roll the ball to each other in turn with a snake. Complicated option: we ask the children to change position, first they rolled the ball, sitting on the priest, then, squatting, then standing on their feet.
"Bouncing Ball" This game teaches children to catch the ball even if it has changed direction. You need to find a more or less even wall, put the child about 2-3 meters from this wall and tell him to throw the ball so that the ball hits the wall and bounces back. The child must catch the bouncing ball. The game can be complicated: you can say that the child catches the ball that bounced off the floor / ground / asphalt, or that the child does not catch the ball, but jumps over it.
"Bouncer" This is an active team game for children in nature. Two players stand on the edges of the playground, the rest of the children are in the center of the playground. The task of the guys in the center of the site is to dodge the ball, which is thrown by two players standing on the edges of the site. Whoever gets hit by the ball is out. Whoever dodges the ball the longest wins.
Mobile entertaining games for children in nature
"Catchers"- one of the most famous children's games. Catching up is a game that is suitable for hiking, for a picnic, and for playing in the forest in nature for cheerful company children. One leads, the rest run away. The one whom the leader touches becomes water himself.
"Classics" Classics are drawn with colored crayons on the asphalt - cells with numbers from 0 to 10 inclusive. The child puts a pebble on the number zero, jumps on one foot into this square and tries to move the pebble to the next number, according to the rules of counting. Moreover, this must be done in such a way that neither the foot nor the pebble hit the line of the drawn classics. The winner is the child who accurately jumps all 10 classes.
Games-competitions and children's games in nature for a fun company of children
"Bunny" Children stand in a row on the drawn line, each child must make three jumps. The one who jumps the farthest in these three jumps wins.
"Heron - swallow" The leader is selected. He comes up with tasks, and the guys must complete these tasks. For example, one of the tasks may be to stand on one leg as long as possible in the pose of a swallow, or to depict a heron.
Spring - autumn games
Slush, cold wind and drizzle are not very conducive to walks in the fresh air. Despite this, children need to walk in any weather. So even mud and light rain should not scare you. Here are some games that you can play with your kids.
"Birds in Nests" On the pavement or on the ground you need to draw circles. It's like a nest. There should be one less such nest-circles than playing children. The host says: “All the birds are in the nests,” and the children should each stand in their own circle. When the leader says: “The birds are flying free!”, the children run out of the circles, run, play. But as soon as the leader says again: “Birds in the nests!” Everyone should return to their circle. The leader also occupies one of the circles. The child left without a circle becomes the leader.
"Ships" Often a father, having gone for a walk with a child, has absolutely no idea what to do with a child and what to play. The game "Ships" is the simplest and at the same time very interesting game for both a child and an adult. You can make a paper boat using origami. And you can take any sliver or just a match, find a stream and launch improvised boats.
"Private tree" On the street, in the forest, on a hike - anywhere you can always talk with your child about the need to love and protect the world around us. Any child will gladly agree to help plant, for example, a tree or shrub. And then he will visit his tree or bush, watch how the plant grows and tell his friends with pleasure that this is his personal tree.
Winter Games for children and parents
You can come up with many different interesting games for absolutely any time of the year, but, perhaps, winter, despite the snow and cold, offers just an incredible amount of all kinds of entertainment.
"Building a Castle" All boys and girls dream of building their own castle. Show them how it can be made from snow. For example, you can dig a snowy passage in a snowdrift!
"I know - I don't know" Even in winter, you can always take a ball outside with you and play the “I know - I don’t know” game. Of course, you first need to tell the child that there are wintering birds that stay here for the winter, and there are migratory birds - these are those that fly to warmer climes for the winter and return back in the spring. And then, according to the principle of the game "Edible - inedible", you ask the child a question - wintering or migrant, and throw the ball, catches - a wintering bird, repulsed - migratory.
As you can see, outdoor games with children are always interesting, informative and exciting not only for the children themselves, but also for adults. Play with your kids! After all, the most important thing is that you are together.
Summer is the time of year when younger and older children spend their days outside. When a group of guys more than 2-4 people gathers, they want to compete with each other in developing strength, endurance, agility and other skills. This is best suited for funny contests for children who can be spent outside in the summer.
Competitions for children outdoors in summer
For children spending time outdoors in the summer, the following are best suited:
- "Forest bast". At a distance of 10 steps from the guys, a predetermined construction of twigs is built. Each participant needs to knock it down with a stick without crossing the drawn line.
- "Fishing". At a predetermined distance from the participants, various small objects line up. The first of the players is given a "rod" - a stick about 2 meters long with a rope tied to it and a weight at its end. The task of the guys is to knock down the targets with the help of a "fishing rod", swinging the cable.
- "Balloon Battle" To the right ankle of each participant with a rope, the length of which does not exceed 30 cm, is tied to a small balloon. At the same time, the players keep their hands behind their backs, clasped in a lock. Initially, only 2 children compete with each other, who need to burst the opponent's ball with their free foot. The next player joins the one who won the battle. This continues until one participant with a whole projectile remains.
For children who relax on the beach in the summer, the following competition games are suitable:
- "Bear Bear". The participant, who will represent the bear, sits down in the middle of the beach. Around him, all the guys lay out their toys, clothes and other things that can be used for this. At a distance of 5-7 steps from this "composition" with a stick on the sand, you need to draw a line behind which there will be a safe place, or "house". At a certain moment, the host or one of the guys says “The bear woke up!”, After which all the players try to save toys and other items by transferring them to the “house”. The bear, in turn, seeks to catch those participants who have nothing in their hands. The one who ended up in the paws of a bear replaces him at his post. The winner of the competition is the player who managed to save more items and snatch them from the clutches of a predatory beast.
- "Short legs". Each participant holds an empty plastic bottle between their knees and tries to run as far as possible. In this case, it is necessary not only to move away, but also to besiege other players so that they return to the beginning of the distance. The child who manages to escape the maximum distance wins.
- "Joust". If there is a wide log on the beach, it can be used as a pedestal for the next competition. Two players must stand on a log and have a duel, trying to stay on it. The one who fell is eliminated from the competition, and the next participant joins the winner.
In the summer, for a fun pastime for children, you can also use comic ones, for example:
- "Fire brigade". The participants of each team stand in a line, while each of them receives 2 disposable cups, one of which is empty and the other is full. A bucket is placed in front of the captain. At the signal of the host, the last participant pours water into an empty glass of a neighbor, trying not to spill anything. So, gradually, the liquid reaches the captain, who pours it into a bucket. The team that manages to save the most water wins.
- "Coal". Players are divided into 2 teams, and each receives a small pebble. The task of all children is to run to a given place, tossing a pebble as if it were a hot coal, and lay down a “bonfire” faster than the other team.
Finally, for the children's quest taking place outside in the summer, the following competitions are suitable:
- "Turnip". According to the plot of this competition, grandfather forgot where he sowed the turnip. Moving from one fairy tale character to another, the guys perform simple tasks, for which they receive a piece of the map. From the collected fragments, players need to put together a picture, and then find a turnip in a given place.
- "In Search of Lost Treasures". This game is similar to the previous one, but in the end, the guys need to find a chest that was buried by an old pirate many years ago.
To be honest, it is quite difficult to hold such a holiday. Firstly, being a picnic, children least of all want to play in an organized way - everyone has their own interesting business. Secondly, organization children's holiday in nature requires certain physical data. For example, a loud voice :-).
If you still decide to gather guests for a picnic and plan to entertainment program, without the temperament of a clown and the skills of an experienced animator, use my selection of contests.
I chose only those games and competitions in nature that are easiest to organize (most of them can be held with the number of participants from 4 people).
So far only 20 ideas, but I plan to add interesting contests in nature in this article, so over time there will be many more!
Throwers and throwers 🙂
I like this competition for simplicity and objectivity in identifying the winner. It is easy to establish who hit the target more times.
Options:
- At a distance of 10 children's steps, hit the tree trunk with a cone. Each has, say, 10 attempts.
- Knock down any construction of dry twigs with a stick (let's call it "forest bast shoes").
- Put an empty pot (basin, bucket) at a distance of several steps. We compete in accuracy by throwing small rubber balls, toys or the same bumps there. If not empty container, just looking for a hole in the ground.
- Tie a rope to a horizontal tree branch so that its end reaches the ground. We tie a small bag with a ball (cones, toys) to the lower end of the rope, if only it was some kind of harmless "weight". Players pick up a "weight" and move a few steps to the side. You need to shoot down objects that are at some distance from the center. Here is the drawing.
- Another version of the previous game. You need to choose a leader who will swing the “pendulum”, and things (bottles, juice boxes, sticks, pebbles, toys) need to be folded in the center. Players need to have time to run up and pick up the item before the “pendulum” returns.
- Make a fishing rod. Tie a rope with a weight at the end to a stick 1.5 - 2 meters. With this weight, you need to knock down small objects at a distance slightly greater than the length of the stick, swinging the rope.
Catching games
Bear
Lay out the toys, pots, bags, and items you brought for the picnic in the clearing. Plant a bear in the center of this composition, draw a line on the ground at a distance of 5-7 steps, behind which there will be a “house”. The host shouts: "The bear woke up!". Children must save property and put it behind the line, and the bear can only catch the one who has nothing in his hands (at the moment when the child returns for things from the safe line). The one who collects the most things wins. And the bear becomes the player who was in the paws of the bear.
Catchers "Short legs"
The participants of the game will need to catch up and run away with an empty plastic bottle, sandwiched between the knees.
Paints
Players line up. The leader turns away and steps back 5 steps.
- Knock Knock?
- Who's there?
— I don't know myself.
- Why did you come?
- For paint.
— For what?
- For blue!
Everyone who has this color on their clothes holds on to this color with their hands and remains in place, the rest run away from the leader. The next one is driven by the one who was caught.
duels
Fight with balls
In nature, such a game will turn out fun. Tie small balls to the right ankle of the players (string no more than 30 cm). Only 2 players participate in the duel. Hands are not involved, they need to be clasped behind the back in a lock. The winner is the one who manages to burst the winner's balloon with his foot. To the one who won, a new opponent comes with a ball on his leg. This continues until one player remains with a whole ball on his leg.
Knight Tournament
If there is a relatively flat and not thick log, you can fight with long thin balls. The winner must stand on a log.
Comic games
Game "Obstacle Train"
1 stage of the game.
Between the trees at a height of 30-40 cm, pull the rope in zigzags. All participants of the holiday get into the train one after another, holding on to the waist. To the music, the first player starts moving in small steps, choosing a difficult route. You need to step over the rope, go around the tree, and so on. It's just fun, especially if there are more than five participants.
Stage 2 of the game.
One of the players is taken aside and tightly blindfolded with a handkerchief. At this time, the rope must be removed, brought to the beginning of the route. And now the host tells you how to raise your leg, how many steps to go, where to turn. The player follows the commands, thinking that the rope has remained in place and diligently overcomes non-existent obstacles. Try it, it's fun!
Relays:
Shashlik
Most suitable for an autumn picnic, as fallen leaves are needed. As usual, we divide the children into teams. We collect the leaves in advance. Determine the distance for running (no more than 6-7 meters). At the end of the route, put a skewer for each team (a stick on which you need to string a sheet). The player runs, strings a piece of paper on a stick, returns to the team. The winner is the team that, of course, will have the most luxurious barbecue by the time the fun children's song ends.
Jerboa
The distance of 5-7 meters and back must be overcome by firmly holding the ball between the knees. At the same time, cones, nuts or small pebbles can be attributed to the “mink”. The winning team is again revealed by the end of the song.
ember
We divide the children into two teams. We collect small pebbles or cones according to the number of participants. Small juice boxes will do. It is necessary not only to run and put a piece of coal in the fire, but to move, tossing the object up slightly. It's an ember, it burns your hands! The team that puts down their fire the fastest wins.
Firefighters
Hot weather game. Each team member has empty disposable cups. Teams need to be built in a line, right side to the direction of movement.
The last player in line must have a full glass of water. On command, he pours water to his neighbor into an empty glass as carefully as possible, runs and becomes the first (always next to the previous participant). It is the turn of the one who now has a full glass of water. He also pours it to a neighbor. This is how you get to the target. The team that at the end of the relay will have more water, wins.
On the mound
Everyone ran, tired. Sat on a log...
Time for sedentary games and contests, which, by the way, are also very funny.
Conductor-tamer
The host divides the guests into groups (if there are few children, everyone gets a separate role). Let frogs, cows, dogs, cats, pigs, ducks, bees, sheep and so on appear on your holiday.
They will have to perform a song for the birthday boy to the melody " Happy Birthday to You. First, each sings a line. The conductor points with a baton, and...
Kwa-kva-kva-kva woof-woof
Oink-oink-oink-oink meow-meow
Quack-quack-quack-quack ju-ju-ju
Mu-mu-mu-mu beee-beee….
And now all together!
The main thing is that there are no other vacationers nearby, since the choir turns out to be very solemn :-).
The fairy tale came to life
We take the simplest children's fairy tale. All guests get roles. Those who lacked the main characters become trees, the sun, clouds, wind.
For the forest, "Masha and the Bear" is best suited. Just think about who you will give the role of hemp, because a bear will sit on it!
Crocodile on a picnic
One of the participants shows with gestures some object necessary in nature, the rest guess. Matches, firewood, barbecue meat, a thermos, a backpack and a pump look fun in such a pantomime.
Scarecrow garden
On a warm summer day, it is nice to relax in nature. Competitions will help to spend leisure time fun and interesting. Children and adults will be happy to participate in relay races and competitions. Active games will give you the opportunity to warm up physically and bring positive emotions. Everyday bustle will recede into the background and give place to fun and joy.
Game "Severe Pioneer"
Everyone who wants to participate. To conduct the game, you will need newspapers, from which players must make caps for themselves, and small plastic cups, of such a size that they can be put on the head and covered with a cap.
One driver is chosen. He departs. The players at this time fill one cup with water, and someone hides it under the cap. The driver returns and tries to understand who has a glass on his head. He hits the cap of the selected player from above. If he guesses, then the participant with a glass takes the place of the driver. If he makes a mistake, he retreats again and gives the players the opportunity to re-hide the glass.
Game "Sardines"
Everyone who wants to participate. The principle of the game "Sardines" is similar to hide and seek. All participants close their eyes. One player is hiding. You can’t peep, otherwise it will be uninteresting. Then everyone starts looking for the hidden player. The one who finds it must hide with it, unnoticed by other participants. When one of the other players finds them, they also join them in the cache. As a result, the participants lie in ambush, like sardines in a jar. The last two players are looking for the whole company. The one who finds the participants last becomes the leader.
Game "Uncle"
Everyone who wants to participate. You will need a lot of space to play the game.
One player, voluntarily or by drawing lots, is declared "uncle". He stands with his back to the rest of the participants. The players move away. Then they begin to move towards the driver. With each step, the participants take turns asking: “Uncle, what day is it today?”. The driver answers them with funny phrases. When he decides that the participants have come close enough, he says that today is hunting day, and rushes to catch them. The caught player becomes the new driver.
An active relay game for a fun children's company. To carry it out, you will need 2 tennis balls. You need to choose a flat area on which 2 trees grow on the same line, and mark the start line in the distance.
All children are divided into 2 groups. Each of them receives a tennis ball. Teams line up in 2 lines in front of the starting line. The first participants pinch the ball between their knees. After the “start” signal, they begin, like bunnies, to jump to the tree, then go around it and return back to pass the baton to the next player of their team. Thus, all participants must pass the distance. If the "bunny" drops the ball along the way, he must return to the start. The task can be complicated by inviting the children to hold their hands above their heads while jumping, imitating hare ears.
The team whose members complete the task the fastest wins.
The game "Kalistop"
All interested children participate. During the game, they will change each other.
Two children start the game. While one of them says: “Calistop, calistop, one, two, three, four, stop,” the other, with all his strength, runs forward. At the word "stop" the running child stops. The player who uttered the speech must determine the distance to the standing participant by eye. He names the number of giants ( big steps) and midgets (additional steps, when the heel is attached to the toe) and takes the announced number of steps. If he does not reach the second participant or steps over, other children try. The next runner is the child who manages to most accurately determine the distance to the standing player.
From 3 to 6 couples "man-woman" participate in the competition. The host asks each couple to come up with a name for themselves or gives them comic nicknames.
The task of each team is to overcome the designated distance in a special way, fill the bag with sand and bring it back. The man takes a supine position (face down), rises on his hands and rests on his palms. The woman takes the partner by the ankles and raises his legs. In this way, the couple gets to their destination, where they quickly pick up sand. Then the man puts the woman on her back, picks up a sandbag and runs back. 5 minutes are allotted for the competition.
The winner is the pair that brings more bags in the allotted time.
Game "Putanka"
All children who want to play. Participants become in a circle. The driver walks in the middle. He points to any player and gives some command (for example, "hands up"). The participant pointed out by the driver should freeze without moving, and the neighbors on the left and right should raise their hands. This must be done quickly. Then the driver points to other players, giving some more commands (for example, “crouch”, “jump”, “sing”, “raise right hand”, “raise your left leg”, “sneeze”, “laugh out loud”, “crow”). Neighbors must perform the named task.
Children who get confused and deviate from the rules are eliminated. The game continues until the last three players.
Game "Can"
Everyone who wants to play. One person is designated as leader. He picks up a watch with a second hand.
The game begins with the leader calling any letter. The task of the rest of the participants is to take turns naming objects that can be placed in a can with this letter. The one on whom the hitch occurs has 30 seconds to save. If he fails to come up with anything during this time, he is out of the game and becomes a "doctor". The letter for the words changes and the game continues. "Doctor" can save dying players. Three rescued participants give him the right to enter the game again. The game continues until the interest is gone.
Children are divided into several teams of 4 people each. The participants of each group stand in a row (in the back of each other's head), take hold of the waist and squat down, forming a centipede. The facilitator invites the children to show how the centipede dances, moves, goes to bed, wakes up, and does other actions. The team that works best together wins.