25 Spring Activities for Kids

Get loads of ideas for having fun with kids this spring! We’re sharing indoor activities for the rainy days and great ways to make the most of beautiful days outdoors.

Spring has sprung, which means it’s just the right time for a list of spring activities to enjoy outdoors on beautiful days and inside on the days that are cool or rainy. Whether your little one wants to explore nature when the weather cooperates or needs a fun indoor activity when the raindrops start falling, we’ve got plenty of engaging, hands-on ideas to keep them learning and playing.

Indoor Spring Activities for Kids

1. Crack Each Other Up

In need of some laughter and a little silliness? Whether you’re on the go and need easy entertainment or just want to share a few giggles at home, these spring-themed jokes and riddles are sure to bring plenty of smiles.

2. Make Seed Paper

With plants starting to grow and bloom, spring is an ideal time to work with seeds and planting. This activity transforms seeds and paper into a unique gift your child can share with others or plant in their very own garden. Get step-by-step written instruction here.

3. Color the Season

Celebrate spring from the comfort of your home with these free printable spring coloring pages. They’re great to have on hand during appointments or at restaurants or when your child needs a peaceful activity to enjoy at home or on the road.

4. Sing Along with Springtime Songs

5. Enjoy Silly Spring Poems

These fun and playful spring poems are perfect for toddlers, preschoolers, and beyond and celebrate the animals and natural beauty of the season. Young children will especially enjoy the goofy rhyming poems! These are great for reading at bedtime or while sitting outside enjoying the weather.

6. Try a Spring-Themed Puzzle

Spring’s cool, rainy days are an ideal backdrop for some cozy indoor time. Settle in with a puzzle to practice spatial awareness, sorting, and critical thinking skills. Look for puzzles with images of birds, gardens, or farms, sticking to lower piece count for young children. Libraries often have puzzles to check out or you can try rummage sales or resale stores, too. 

7. Create an Indoor Rainstorm

Kids can create their own rainstorm using everyday household items while exploring different sounds and rhythms. This is an ideal activity for groups of children, families, and classrooms, where each child can contribute to the sound of the storms with the ideas below.

8. Sort and Count Seeds

Use dried beans or lentils or flower seeds (old seed packets are great for this) for a hands-on math activity. Pour out your seed packets or a package of assorted dried beans and lentils. Work with your child to sort the beans or seeds according to appearance or size and then count out how many of each type you have. If using new seed packets, go one step further and plant them outside!

9. Make Magic Leprechaun Rocks

Create a little St. Patrick’s Day magic with Magical Leprechaun Rocks! These fun and easy-to-make rocks fizz and dissolve, revealing hidden treasures inside. It’s the perfect blend of creativity and science, making for an exciting and hands-on holiday activity. Check out the full tutorial on the ABCmouse Instagram page here!

10. Trace Raindrops

Pick up some washable window markers and during the next rainstorm, invite your child to trace the path of the raindrops landing on the windows. Or they can use the markers to create the sunny spring scene they’ll see after the rain passes.

11. Flower Stamping

Head out to the backyard and pick some flowers and leaves from plants that are plentiful, such as dandelions. Add some paint to a paper plate and gently dip the flower heads into the paint and then stamp them onto paper, seeing what kind of print they create. For leaves, it may work best to apply the paint to them with a paint brush and then stamp it onto the paper.

12. Make an Egg Carton Caterpillars, Bugs, or Flowers

Turn an empty egg carton into an adorable caterpillar by cutting out a row from the egg carton and painting each section. Let it dry and then add googly eyes, a smile, and pipe cleaner antennae. Or, cut out each section of an egg carton and turn them into ladybugs or trim the edges to create flowers.

Outdoor Spring Activities for Kids

13. Do a Flower Smelling Test

Whether outside in a garden or in the flower section of the grocery store, invite your child to smell the flowers, noting which ones have a strong fragrant smell and which ones have a more subtle scent. For an added challenge, have your child close their eyes during this activity to see if they can pick up more nuances of each flower’s smell. 

14. Color a Garden in a Garden

Print out our free printable flower coloring pages and pack up a lap desk or clipboard and some crayons, markers, or colored pencils. Head to a park or public garden and use inspiration from the flowers around you to color in the flowers of the coloring pages. As your child colors, make note of the real flowers you see that look similar to those they colored.

15. Worm Observation Station

Dig up a small patch of soil or find worms after it rains. Place them in a clear container with damp soil and watch them move! Talk about how worms help gardens grow by loosening the soil. After observing, gently return them to nature.

16. Rain Collection & Measuring Experiment

Set up a rain gauge using a clear plastic bottle with marked measurements. Each day after it rains, measure how much rainwater has been collected. Keep a rain journal and track how different days get more or less rain. Compare with weather reports to see if the predictions were correct.

17.  Take a Nature Walk

Practice observation skills and appreciating nature with a walk outdoors. Watch out for wildlife, such as birds, squirrels, and rabbits, and discuss their behavior and what they may be doing. Look for plants with leaves just beginning to unfurl or flowers starting to bloom. Talk to your child about how these are all signs of spring. Repeat the walk a few weeks later and talk about the changes that happened since your last stroll.

18.  Measure Plant Growth

Walk through your yard with your child looking for a plant that’s just beginning to sprout. Use a ruler or tape measure to record the date and the plant’s size. Check back every day (or when you have time) and record the plant’s height, noting how much it’s grown and any other changes your child notices.

19.  Build a Fairy or Dinosaur Garden

Encourage creativity by setting up a mini-world in a planter, small corner of the yard, or even a large tray. Gather sticks, pebbles, moss, and flowers to build tiny houses, paths, and ponds for fairies or dinosaurs. Kids can add small toys, paint rocks to look like stepping stones, or create little storylines about their enchanted world. 

20.  Plant a Small Garden

Choose easy-to-grow plants like sunflowers, lettuce, or herbs and let kids get their hands dirty planting seeds. Use this as a learning opportunity to discuss what plants need to grow (sunlight, water, soil). Make it fun by keeping a growth chart where your child can measure and draw pictures of how their plants change over time. Decorate plant markers with painted rocks or craft sticks to personalize the garden.

21.  Pick Strawberries

If strawberries are in season in your area, visit a local farm and let kids experience picking their own fresh fruit. Talk about how strawberries grow, from flower to fruit, and why bees are important for pollination. Once home, use the fresh berries for a fun cooking activity, like making homemade strawberry shortcake, smoothies, or a fruit salad.

22. Jump in Puddles

Spring is known for its rain storms. The next time one rolls through, put on rain boots and splash around in puddles! Make it more fun by counting how many puddles you can find or measuring which puddle makes the biggest splash. You can even bring out sidewalk chalk and draw around puddles to see if they change shape or disappear as you splash around them.

23. Try a Spring Scavenger Hunt

Make a list of springtime sights like blooming flowers, leaf buds, bunnies, butterflies, bees, birds, and puddles. Kids can explore the yard, park, or neighborhood to find and check off each item.

24. Make a Spring Sidewalk Comic Strip

Grab your chalk and head outdoors to the sidewalk or driveway. Explain to your children that they’ll be creating their very own spring-themed comic strip outside. Begin by brainstorming things that make them think of spring, such as flowers, birds, and rabbits. Then, use the squares of the sidewalk (or create your own) to contain each frame of the comic strip and see what the children come up with!

25. Play in the Mud

Get ready for a mess but one that’s so much fun to make! After it rains, gather up some old spoons and plastic plates and bowls. Change into old play clothing and gardening gloves and head outside. Tell your child the backyard has turned into a Nature Kitchen and they can use the mud, twigs, leaves, and flowers as their ingredients to create meals that Mother Nature would love!

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