Spring Bucket List: Fun Spring Activities To Do With Kids!

Spring activities for toddlers, preschoolers, and kids of all ages, including the young at heart! Inside you can find an awesome collection of spring activities, spring crafts, and spring art projects that children LOVE!

If you are looking for a list of fun spring activities for kids and adults, you will LOVE this spring bucket list filled with all the best spring arts, crafts, and activities!

Please don’t see this spring activity guide as a must-do list. Instead, make it a fun-do list… If it isn’t fun don’t do it!

Spring bucket list of fun spring activities for kids and families

Ultimate List of Spring Activities Everyone Should Do!

Below you will find spring activities are listed first followed by an awesome collection of spring arts and crafts. For more ideas have a look at Fun Easter Traditions to Start with Your Family.

At the bottom of this post, we have included some DIY play spaces and other do it yourself projects that the kids will LOVE for your backyard, patio, or garden.

The springtime is a great season to create outdoor play areas for the kids. Don’t forget to have a look at our DIY projects for Do it yourself Families click!

Spring activities art projects and craft ideas for kids (and adults!)

Fun Spring Activities for Kids (and adults, Too!)

1. Take a Hike

The springtime is a great time of year to get outside and go for a hike. Get out into nature as often as possible to explore and get your exercise! While you’re out there…

Climb a tree
Walk across fallen logs
Search for signs of spring
Do some bouldering
Hug a tree
Go on a scavenger hunt or a nature hunt to collect natural materials for nature crafts and activities
Or, try any of these fun outdoor learning activities for kids!

Related: Get Outside and Connect

Dirt trail with quote, "Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt." ~ John Muir rhythmsofplay.com — Take a Hike

2. Make Mud Pies

Making mud pies was and still is one of my absolute FAVORITE outdoor spring activities. Build your own DIY mud kitchen for even more fun!

Mud pie making is a spring sensory activity, spring art activity, and a spring STEAM activity for kids.

Invite children to make their own mud for mud pies as a spring STEAM activity for kids. They will need to figure out how much water they need to add to the dirt to make a good mud pie.

It won’t take them long to learn that too much water doesn’t work, any better than not enough water does… Invite your children to give it a try!

Kid making mud pies in a mud kitchen — Mud Pie Kitchen

3. Plant Sunflowers

Planting and growing sunflowers is a wonderful first lesson in gardening for young children.

Learn how to plant sunflowers, and grow a sunflower house, with this step by step sunflower tutorial.

Or, you can also plant spring flowers with kids. Both allow children to get their hands in the dirt and LEARN!

Kid with her face in a sunflower with quote, "Keep your face to the sunshine and you can not see the shadows. It's what the sunflowers do." — How to Plant Sunflowers

Related: Real Flower Nature Crafts

4. Dance Barefoot in the Rain

Rainy day activities don’t have to be inside…

Send your children outside to play in the rain with the proper gear and this fun collection of rainy day activities for kids!

Kid dancing barefoot in the rain with a smile on her face. — Rainy Day Activities for Kids

5. Celebrate the Vernal Equinox

Teach your children about the vernal equinox, and celebrate the arrival of spring with any of these fun spring equinox celebration ideas.

Spring equinox graphic of the sun and the earth at each equinox and solstice. — Spring Equinox Traditions

6. Create a Spring Nature Table

Nature tables are often used in Montessori and Waldorf education. They can be used for nature study, sensory development, and imaginative play.

A spring nature table is a space in the home used for placing natural items that reflect the spring season.

7. Be on the Lookout for Four Leaf Clovers

If you can’t find a four-leaf clover… Make a clover collage.

For more fun, try these easy toilet paper roll shamrock and lucky clover crafts, make lucky necklaces, or, try this four-leaf clover handprint craft!

If you are wondering about the difference between a shamrock and a four-leaf clover… Find the answer in this fun list of shamrock and clover arts and crafts!

Related: Rainbow Shamrock Salt Painting

8. Read Books About the Spring

Help children learn about seasonal changes and the spring season with this magical collection of children’s spring books for toddlers, preschoolers, and young children.

9. Make Easter Ornaments

Make some Easter ornaments to decorate your Easter tree or spring nature table this year.

Both kids and adults enjoy making Easter ornament crafts.

Easter ornament crafts for kids and adults — Easter Ornament Crafts

Related: Paper Roll Birdhouse Ornaments

10. Decorate an Easter Tree

Our family loves decorating seasonal trees to put on our nature table and Easter is no exception.

An Easter Egg Tree is an easy spring craft idea that makes a beautiful decoration and DIY centerpiece for your Easter table.

Spring easter egg tree on table with easter ornaments — How to Make an Easter Egg Tree

11. Make Upcycled Easter Baskets

DIY upcycled Easter baskets made out of recycled materials make it easy to turn trash into a treasure that the kids will love!

Use paper, fabric, sweaters, T-shirts, milk jugs, juice cartons, cans, bottles, plastic bags, and even stuffed animals to make your own gorgeous eco-friendly Easter baskets.

DIY upcycled Easter baskets made with recycled materials — Recycled Easter Basket Ideas

Related: Eco-Friendly Easter Toys

12. Decorate Eggs

Decorate eggs for Easter! Try any of our Easter Egg Decorating Ideas or try coloring natural brown Easter eggs with this fun Easter egg decorating hack!

13. Go on an Easter Egg Hunt

Have or attend an Easter egg hunt for a classic spring activity for kids not to be missed.

All you need to is hide decorated real Easter eggs or wooden Easter eggs in the backyard (or anywhere in nature), and then send the kids outside with their Easter Baskets to find and collect all the eggs they can find.

Related: Easter Chicks Wooden Egg Craft

14. Enjoy Fun Family Easter Traditions

Meaningful Easter traditions for kids and families create memories that last a lifetime.

Learn about the origins of common Easter symbols and start any of these fun Easter traditions with your family this year.

15. Make a Pledge to the Earth and Celebrate Earth Day

Teach children how to care for the earth and live a more sustainable life and make a pledge to the earth in honor of Earth Day.

You may also enjoy this fun list of Earth Day arts, crafts, activities, and fun ways to celebrate Earth day every day.

Children with hands on Earth globe with quote, "One small change can make a world of difference." -Rhythms of Play — Earth Day Pledge Ideas

16. Start a Garden

Start a garden with your children for a hands-on learning experience not to be missed.

Whether you start a fairy garden, a flower garden, an organic vegetable garden… There are lots of fun things that children can learn out in the garden!

17. Paint with Spring Colors

Get out a paintbrush and some paints and get creative. For inspiration have a look at any of our favorite spring art idea roundups below!

Related: Rainy Day Art STEAM

18. Plant a Tree for Arbor Day

Teach children a brief history of Arbor Day and how to plant a tree for fun and educational spring activity.

19. Take Pictures of Wildflowers

Get outside and take pictures of wildflowers. Don’t forget to bring your wildflower field guide to identify them and test your knowledge.

20. Start a Nature Journal

Help your children make and keep a nature journal or notebook. Nature journaling is a fun way for children (and adults) to study nature and record experiences with the natural world.

Related: Nature Study for Kids

Kid writing in nature journal with quote, "Nature always has secrets to share." ~Nell Regan Founder of Rhythms of Play — How to Make a Nature Journal

21. Build a Birdhouse, Make a Bird Feeder, or Make a Bird Nest

Birdhouses, bird feeders, and bird nests are all classic spring learning activities for kids.

22. Collect and Paint Rocks

You can see some of the rocks that my daughter has found on our daily outdoor adventures in the photos below.

Click on the link to learn how to paint rocks, and have a look at a whole bunch of fun and easy rock painting ideas for children.

Painted rocks that "Rhythms of Play" found in nature — Painted Rocks

23. Explore a Wild Space

Do your best to give children the opportunity to explore natural wild spaces as often as possible. Spending time in nature has the benefit of allowing children the time and opportunity to learn through play.

Bring a backpack with snacks, water, and your nature journals in order to give your children ample time to learn about whatever interests them!

24. Pick Berries

Wild foraging for berries with my brothers as a child is another one of my fondest childhood memories.

I can remember all of the tasty treats that we made with the berries, and other wild foods, that we collected over the years.

The spring is a great time to start looking around for wild berries that will ripen through the spring and summer months, or, plan your visit to a berry farm.

Take your children berry picking and make a gluten-free crisp with the fruits of your labors for an educational learning experience that children are sure to LOVE!

25. Wish for Bees

When you look at a field of dandelions, do you see a field of weeds or wishes?

Did you know that bees LOVE dandelions and that many species are in danger of going extinct if we don’t give them a helping hand?

Join us in making wishes for the bees by blowing dandelion seeds to help them thrive this spring and summer!

26. Make Spring Crafts

Making spring crafts, and beautiful DIY toys, with children, is a wonderful way to celebrate the spring. Try any of the fun spring craft ideas listed below!

Spring Craft Ideas for Kids:

easy bunny pipe cleaner and wooden bead craft for kids and adults — Easy Bunny Craft – No Glue Required!

27. Skip Stones and Rocks

Skipping stones is another classic outdoor activity that kids and adults of all ages can enjoy together.

Learn how to skip a stone in this fun article about the art and science of skipping stones.

Spring bucket list of activities to do in the spring

Ultimate Spring Bucket List of Fun Family Activities

We hope you enjoy this awesome collection of spring activities, arts, crafts, and DIY projects the whole family will LOVE!

Be sure you pop over to have a look at all of our other Seasonal and Holiday ideas.

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