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Spring has Sprung: It’s Time for a Celebration
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Ahh, spring! That wonderful time of year between the spring equinox and summer solstice when everything is warmer, more colorful, and new again. With winter now behind us, it’s time to celebrate. Check out our 12 fun ideas to get the spring party started.
a prize given) or as a task game. For a task game, each color represents a task category such as singing, drawing, or even spelling. ACTIVITIES 1. Tic Tac Toe. Gather medium-sized river stones and let the kids paint them to look like ladybugs and bees. While they are drying, you can make a board on the back of a small cinch bag with colored tape or markers. When the stones are dry, they can be stored inside the bag so they are ready to play when you are. 2. Jelly Bean Towers. Pick up jelly beans and toothpicks at the store. Place kids in groups and have them construct a platform. When they finish, give the kids ballots to vote for the best in several
as usual, calling out the objects found on the stickers. 3. Spring Hedbanz. Write spring words like butterfly, tulip, and umbrella on separate index cards. Pass out an elastic headband to each player and have them sit in a circle. Players are given a card, but they may not look at it. Instead, they wear it on their forehead, held in place with the headband, with the word facing outward. Players ask and answer yes and no questions to guess what word is on their card. 4. Pick from the Garden. Place suckers (like Dum Dum pops) in a terracotta pot filled with moss or shredded green paper over a floral foam brick. The sucker sticks are marked with different colored ink. The game can be played as a match game (with
GAMES 1. Frog Flop . You will need two green bean bags for each team and one bean bag of any other color for the game. You can sew on eyes or decorate them with a marker to make them look like frogs and to differentiate for each team. The first team tosses out the colored bean bag. The object of the game is to get your team’s green bean bags as close to the colored bean bag as possible. One point is given to the closest frog. The game continues until a team reaches 15 points. 2. DIY Spring Bingo. This is both an activity and a game. Players are given blank bingo cards (check Etsy or make your own) and spring stickers. Players can place the stickers in any square on the bingo sheet. When they are done, play the game
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