Surviving the Quarantine of 2020:
 Let’s help eachother stay busy, active, HAPPY & HEALTHY!!

Walking adventures to nowhere & games to play along the way.😄

So, we all quite obviously NEED Fresh Air & a way to keep our bodies moving & active and get some energy outa the kiddos right!? My trio & I love a nice walk & often walk a couple miles to the center of our town where we can make fun stops at the local cafes & restaurants or the park and library.... BUT under the current circumstances those destinations are a No-Go!😮 Whoch leaves us with only the long WALK part....no real certain destination. So, the monotony of walking aimlessly to nowhere can quickly become just as “boring”

to the kids as staying inside the house does after a couple days. BUT... if you turn the Walk to Nowhere into playtime/GAMEtime/Adventure time then it becomes more about what you’re doing than where you’re going and when you’ll be done. So here are a few of our TOP Fav Games to Play as we walk to nowhere! 🤗

(Bonus: These games are also educational and keep those little minds working hard & learning as they go!)

1: Find the ABC’s !! Literally that... FIND each letter of the alphabet as you walk... it could be on a street sign, a license plate, a doormat OR it could be the shape of a leaf, branch, plant, markings in the dirt .... anything and everything counts! Just find each letter as you go from

a-Z! (You can also do a numbers version too)

2: Alphabet game- No not the same as #1 😆 This time working your way through all 26 letters find an object that begins with the letter! It could be on yourself, your name, something you see on the ground, at a house, on a car.... anything! Be creative!! We thought we were stuck on letter Q today until we realized my daughters name is Quin😂😂. Or for letter I , my daughter found what she called an “itty bitty fence” which was actually a garden edge/frame... basically looked like a picket fence but very “itty bitty” as she said!😬😆 So, it’s a  perfectly acceptable letter “I” find. 👌🏻

3: I Spy! We take turns looking around and finding something we want the rest to guess. We say aloud: “I spy with my little eye, something.....” and then give subtle hints until someone has guessed it! It could be a vehicle up ahead, some price of house decor, a garden bloom, a tree, an animal, your own shoe, a cloud... whatever u spy.

4: Nature Scavenger hunt: Quickly write down  random items that can be found in nature in your area (or the area you plan to walk) Bring it along and check them off until they’re all found! Next time you walk, write a different list! Take turns each writing one.

5: Simon says. Yes, the basic childhood classic game. Same exact rules. Just this time you’re on the move. I mean, the neighbors may have a laugh if they glance out the window as Simon says for everyone to do the floss or the running man as you work your way down the street, but who couldn’t use some free entertainment right now!?😜 (skip, hop, leap, spin, jump, walk backwards, hop on one foot, rub your nelly&pat your head.... Simon can say all sorts of things!

6: “Treasure Hunt” grab a bag of some sort that your kids can easily carry & let them hunt for “treasure” along the way! It can be anything : different colored leaves, small rocks of different shapes and colors or ones that are shiny & sparkle.... shells if you’re by the water, sticks, stems, flowers, whatever catches their lil eyes! Collect them in the bag and then bring them home and sort through them all and take a closer look. Maybe some can even be used for arts& Crafts in some way!

I know I have many more ideas and I will try to share them as I think of them, but wanted to get his out there for all of you!! We just got back in from a lovely walk to nowhere and we found all sorts of A-Z goodies and Our little eyes spied a ton! ☺️😊