ShareFUN GAMES TO PLAY AT THE PARK
Free play at the park is crucial to children’s physical, mental, social, and emotional development, and it’s an essential part of childhood fun. Plan for fun games the whole family can play at the park together to bust boredom, keep everyone involved, and create a more memorable and fun outing.
Try introducing games from your childhood to your kids, or if you’re ready for some fresh park activities ideas, check out this list of fun games to try. Your family might find some new favorites!
1. OUTDOOR BOWLING
Bring all the fun of the bowling alley outside to the park! There are many different outdoor bowling sets that you can purchase and bring with you to the park to play, or you can go the DIY route and make an easy set yourself. Use tall cans or bottles and fill them with sand or water to weigh them down a bit. Get creative and make it a craft project for the kids — use colored water inside the bottles or paint to decorate the outside to make the game more interesting.
At the park, set up the cans or bottles as the bowling pins, and take turns trying to knock the pins down with a ball. Try a tennis ball, small basketball, or any other type of ball to find what works best for your bowling setup. Take turns keeping score and helping to set up the pins after each round. The player with the most points at the end of the game wins.
2. RED LIGHT, GREEN LIGHT
Also called traffic lights, in this fun game, one person is chosen to be the traffic light and stands on one side of a field or play area. The rest of the group starts on the other side and watches the traffic light for directions. When the traffic light calls out, “Greenlight,” all the other players can move towards the other side. Players must stop moving and freeze in place when the traffic light calls out, “Red light!” The traffic light can also face the players during a red light and turn their back on the other players during green light for added excitement.
If any of the players are caught moving during a red light, they must go back to the starting point. The first player to reach the other side by the traffic light wins the round and becomes the traffic light for the next round of play. This game is great for younger kids learning to follow directions.
3. HIDE AND SEEK
One of the oldest and most classic games to play at the park is hidden and seek. This simple game needs no preparation or supplies so that you can play just about anywhere and anytime. All players except for one must quickly find a place to hide. The remaining person is “it,” and counts to the number of players determined ahead of time. When the person who is “it” finishes counting, they loudly declare, “Ready or not, here I come!” and start looking for the rest of the players.
The game is excellent for small children practicing counting their numbers and adjusted for all ages and abilities. If you’re playing with young children, set some boundaries for the right hiding places, and avoid venturing off too far, or the game can become too difficult for little ones.
4. TUG OF WAR
An old, classic park game, tug of war is great for large groups of any age. All you need for this game is a long rope and a large, grassy area. Mark an area on the ground that will be the middle line, and divides your group evenly into two teams. Suppose you have a mix of ages and abilities, the more robust, older kids on the outsides, and younger kids towards the middle. Once the game begins, everyone pulls as hard as possible on the rope to try to pull the other team across the middle line. A team wins if they can pull the whole other team across.
5. PARKS PLAYGROUNDS
Fresh air and nature play are critical to childhood development, so communities need to have usable, versatile green spaces for families to use. A playground can make a community park even more enticing to young families and keep them coming back again and again. Adding or updating the playground equipment in your park will encourage more visitors to your park and provide many benefits for children and families.
The playground equipment from the PLAY SYSTEM blends seamlessly with your park’s natural surroundings and encourages curiosity and appreciation of nature in little ones. Our playgrounds are inclusive to all kids of all abilities and ages and can be designed to meet any community’s needs and budget. Our designs go beyond simple swings and slides and are designed to spark imagination and creative play. We add our wow factor to your park, check out some of our unique designs and park ideas, and request a quote for your community. We can transform your park into a destination any family will want to visit.
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