Outdoor Kids Activity Calendar - 31 fun outdoor activity ideas

It's time for our May activity calendar. This month we are sharing some of our favourite outdoor activity ideas for kids. The weather should (hopefully) be getting warmer now as we head towards summer so it's time to get outside more and enjoy some fresh air whilst trying out some of these fun outdoor activities. There are 31 outdoor activities in the May activity calendar that are suitable for toddlers, preschoolers and older children too! We have inlcuded nature inspired art, easy crafts and fun activities involving water amoungst other things.

Take a look at all our themed monthly kids activity calendars.

To use this outdoor themed activity calendar simply download the calendar using the link at the bottom of the page. Save a copy of the calendar and then click on the images each day to be taken to full instructions. There are 31 outdoor themed activities to choose from, one for each day of the month.  Either do an activity a day or choose a few of your favourite to try out during the month of May.  

There are so many fun outdoor activities to try and we have included a selection of our favourites in this months activity calender. Most of the outdoor activities are for doing on nice warm days but there are some that are suitable for those rainy days too!

We have included a mixture of art, craft and activity ideas to interest children of various ages! Take a look at the list below to see what we have included this month. 

You might also like to take a look at our list of outdoor learning activities.


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Outdoor Activity Calendar - May

All the links from the calendar are also added below: 

1. Make and play with bubble snake blowers.
2. Build a diy teepee to create a shady spot.
3. Paint with water.
4. Use our printable to make some funny face stones.
5. Fish themed ice play
6. Make some puppets and put on a show.
7. Make and paint with nature paintbrushes.
8. Help preschoolers learn their name with a little bo peep hunt.
9. Have a water fight with diy water bombs.
10. Paint big!
11. Create a set of monster leaf puppets.
12. Collect nature and make a flower petal suncatcher.
13. Use the pour painting technique to decorate a flower pot. 
14. Taste safe ice painting
15. Make toadstools from plant pots
16. Keep the birds happy by making some bird feeders
17. Fingerprint flower pot
18. Make clay nature faces
19. Go on a ladybird number hunt
20. Water pistol painting
21. Collect nature to make a woodland playdough scene
22. Make a fairy door
23. Decorate stones
24. Create a new outdoor space
25. Go on a bug scavenger hunt
26. Get messy with paint
27. Make some leaf monsters
28. Mud play in a DIY mud kitchen. Flower petal soup anyone?
29. Make bear sandwiches for a teddy bears picnic
30. Move like a bug
31. Take a look at our huge collection of summer nature art

You might also like to take a look at our collection of easy outdoor art ideas or our list of nature art projects.

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So which of these fun outdoor crafts and activities are you going to try first? Take a look at our other themed monthly kids activity calendars for more fun things to do with the kids.

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