Olympics Inspired Nature Crafts

Take the Olympics outside and make some natural crafts with an Olympic theme.

KC Edventures has a pretty idea for making the Olympic rings with natural materials. Check out the post to see what they used for each of the colors and how to extend the activity to gather materials and get a little crafty if you don’t have, say, something bring blue in your vicinity.

Laurel crowns were originally used in the Pythian Games (which came before the Olympics) as an honor to the winner. The tradition was revived when Greece hosted the Olympics, and while they aren’t being used this year it’s still fun to make leaf wreaths with natural (or artificial) materials. Combine them with your backyard Olympic games and give crowns to the winners. Check out the how to at Mama Smiles.

Looking for workbooks on the Olympics? Check these out on Amazon.

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A STEM Relay Race with a Olympics Twist

We don’t really have any travel to speak of planned this summer, and my daughter is old enough that any lengthy time in the car is usually spent with an audiobook or watching videos. But I remember the struggle of keeping little kids entertained on long trips, especially if you don’t want them on a screen the whole time.

I recently saw this post from Creating Really Awesome Fun Things, which is a roundup of 26 road trip games, ideas and activities that kids can do. From stringing beads onto pipe cleaners to felt busy boards, travel journals and using a pizza box to contain colors, trains (or cars) and more, there are lots of fun and easy ideas here.

I’m a big fan of printable road trip activities, and even have a whole post all about printables for road trips. I used to always do some kind of license plate game, a map, mazes and I-spy style scavenger hunts, which are fun for everyone in the car to play along with. (You can also find some patriotic road trip mazes here.) If your road trip includes a camping trip, check out these camping themed printable games and activities.

Productive Pete has a super cute map of the United States (pictured above) that kids can use in lots of different ways while on the road. They can color the states you travel through, or all the states they’ve ever visited, or use it to give the license plate game an extra challenge as they try to find each state on the map. You can quiz older kids on the state capitols, which you might need to brush up on yourself (guilty!).

Do you have particular games or activities that you always have on hand when you are doing a road trip with kids? I would love to hear about them!

[Photo: Productive Pete.]

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