21 Outdoor Activities For Spring Break

This piece was updated on February 26, 2021.

Keep everybody busy this Spring Break with fun activities for kids of all ages.

We’ve gathered up 21 projects, plans, ideas and more. No matter what the weather, it’s always fun to play outside.

Get active, explore nature or build some stuff.

When you’re finished playing outdoors, head inside with 45 Fun Indoor Activities For Spring Break!

Active Play

1. Go on an outdoor expedition! Make a field guide to document the trip.

2. Try geocaching: it’s an activity where you use GPS to find treasures hidden in secret locations — and it turned 20 in 2020!

3. Make snowshoe or footprint art in the snow. Kids can plan an intricate design on paper and then stomp it in the snow. 

4. Go tobogganing at a local snowy hill.

5. Bundle up and play a winter version of your favourite summer sports. Try soccer or baseball. 

6. Create an obstacle course in your backyard or a nearby park.

Science And Nature

7. Challenge your family’s senses. Ask kids to identify object using senses other than vision.

8. Go birdwatching. Research the birds you might find in your area, then head outside and look for them.

9. Collect and measure measure leaves or branches that kids find outside.

10. Make a nature collection. If you have more than one kid, ask kids to compare their collections.

11. If it’s still winter where you live, try a winter scavenger hunt. We have one you can print.

12. Use sun-sensitive paper to make leaf or nature prints.

13. Make backyard critter feeders with oranges, nuts and dried fruits.

14. Construct a weather shelter outside. Kids can decide what materials they want to use, then build a shelter that would protect them from rain, snow, wind or sun.

15. Make a snow structure. Use buckets, shovels and sticks to reinforce the structure

Creative And Imaginative Play

16. Plan a nature photo scavenger hunt. Make a list of things to take pictures of, then head out on a nature walk and snap photos.

17. Put on an outdoor play, puppet show or dance performance.

18. Gather up some pinecones and make rainbow ornaments.

19. Use the weather to make art! Try snow painting or rain art. 

20. Build a pretend outdoor cafe. Kids can collect objects from nature and use them as “ingredients” to make fancy meals.

21. If the temperature is below zero, use an ice cube tray, food colouring and string to make rainbow ice garlands. Hang them in the trees to brighten up a dreary day.

When you’re finished playing outdoors, head inside with 45 Fun Indoor Activities For Spring Break!