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by Kristin M. Lesney

5 Simple Activities To Do Outdoors With Your Kids

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This is a partnered post with Take Me Fishing™.

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The greatest thing about having a husband who is so adventurous means that our children always have something fun to do. Some weekends it’s hiking and camping outdoors, other weekends it’s at the beach and on a fishing trip. You’ll even find us on the lake in the mountains on my parents’ boat in the summer. Living in Southern California means there is literally always something to do outdoors.

This weekend, my daughter and my husband packed up their fishing poles and went to the beach. There’s always a pier and plenty of other fishermen nearby, and our eight-year-old loves people watching. There’s tons of activity on the pier – and there’s nothing quite like the feeling of your #FirstCatch of the year! And that’s what summer is all about—creating meaningful moments with children.

There are lots of ways to make the most of summer with your family. Here are some of my favorites:fishing off santa monica pier

 

5 Simple Activities to Do Outdoors with Your Kids

  1. Go Fishing – You can find out everything you need to know to get started at Take Me Fishing™. From choosing gear to buying a fishing license, this site is a great resource for beginners and pros alike.
  2. Find Water – There are so many fun things to do near water, whether it be a lake, a river, or even the ocean. You can see some of the top places across the country to cast a line at Take Me Fishing’s™ list of Best Family-Friendly Places to Fish and Boat.
  3. Go Hiking – You can find local trailheads crisscrossing all through the country. We even take our kids hiking. It’s a great way to explore outdoors.
  4. Go Camping – We love camping and honestly you don’t need a lot of gear to make it happen. In California, we can camp anywhere from the beaches to the mountains, and there’s so much you can do while camping. Some of our best family memories have been made while camping with our kiddos.
  5. Find a Local Park – One of our favorite things to do in the evenings is to take a walk. We have many local parks within walking distance so we walk and play when we get there. It’s a great way to wind down from a hot summer day.

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Check out Take Me Fishing™ to plan a fishing and boating adventure for your family—and be sure to share it with me on social using #FirstCatch!

What are some fun and simple things you like to do outdoors with your family?

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  2. Our favorite outdoor activity is going to the zoo with my grandchild.

  5. We definitely love going hiking- especially new trails. We have a hike called Thousand Steps and it is these steps up a mountain that the coal miners used to walk every day.

  12. We love to go camping at the lake. We do go fishing while there.

  16. I don’t have kids but my favorite thing outdoors is watching animals.

  21. I love to go biking or flying a kite. My parents have taken my sons fishing but we have not gone all together yet.

  26. We like to go bike riding and go to the duck pond to feed the ducks.
    Laurie Emerson

  31. We have what looks like a little pond in our development but it is really a water retention basin. We love to walk up to it and fish for the little sunnies and all.

  32. Our favorite thing to do outdoors is bike! We bike to the local farmers market and outdoor festivals!

  34. Fishing has always been a great outdoor activity for our family. We like packing up some drinks, a few sandwiches, and other “goodies”, and head out to our favorite lake for a fun day. Thanks.

  38. We love to go hiking together. Our other favorite is to go beach combing.

  41. I have been taking my granddaughter on hikes, to lead in to backpacking.

  47. My favorite simple activities to do outdoors with my kids is to go walk around open nature space areas in our city.

  48. Gardening is the best, cheap if you can stave off impulses in the garden dept.

  54. We’re pretty easy to please – hiking, biking, swimming and walking/hiking with the dog!

  57. We love taking the dog for walks, playing disc golf and also fishing!

  58. I do like to walk outdoors as long as it is not too hot and there is a nice cool breeze. I like to fish as long as I do not have to touch the worms or the fish.

  59. My granddaughter enjoys going to the part, taking walks, and going to our local botanical gardens. She always has to make a wish at the fountain when ever we visit the botanical gardens.

  63. swimming at the lake. grilling. fishing is a favorite. we always try to see who can catch the biggest crappie!

  67. My sons both love big playgrounds. Being 7 and 2, they can burn up a lot of energy just monkeying around and living it up at a nice playground. We try to go at least once a week.

  69. The grandchildren like to go for walks with their grandfather–sometimes rather short, but something they do together.

  76. We really love going trail hiking and visiting our local state parks!

  78. Aw, goodness! All of that looks so much fun! Lately, we have been loving going kayaking. It is a new adventure but we have been loving it!

  80. Swimming and walking around our neighborhood park are our favorite family outdoor activities.

  81. Our favorite activity is to walk to the local park and swing on the swings. So fun and easy to do!

  82. We love spending time at the beach swimming, fishing and barbecuing!

  87. Comments aren’t working on other pages. So I post here for the travel post. I think traveling is very rewarding for kids. We traveled a lot when I was growing up.

  90. These are great suggestions–we love doing all of these things with our children!

  92. Nature walks in the state forest behind out house where we see deer, turkeys, snakes, all kinds of birds and the occasional moose or bear.

  93. I have an outdoor crew, they’ll do just about anything to stay outdoors … we do a lot of camping and while we’re camping we’ll hike, bike ride, swimming, fishing …you name it

  95. There are woods behind the house and there are a lot of different kinds of wild berries that grow there. Walking through there & picking berries is always fun!

  100. We love to just go walking in the mountains finding some little waterfalls!

  102. We plan activities which usually includes a picnic lunch or snacks – anything from hikes to playing at the park or splashpads and the beach! YEAH!

  109. The simplest outdoor activity we do as a family is run around with the dogs. We have a Great Dane and it’s an event! 😀

  113. Just playing catch or helping my boys with batting practice. I love it as much as they do.

  121. We would take the boys to the park , Bar-B-Q and play some football and horse shoes !

  130. No kids. Growing up we always were out fishing during the summer months.
    Thanks for the contest.
    slehan at juno dot com

  135. We like to take simple walks sometimes. Not really a “hike” so much as an easy walk with just a couple of water bottles and a small snack.

  137. Picnic. You don’t even have to leave home for this one. Simply take whatever food you were planning to eat and lay down a picnic mat or blanket outside in the yard.

  138. Great ideas for outdoor activities. We love being active outdoors with the kids and spend a ton of time camping with the kids.

  139. We enjoy going camping even though we haven’t done it in a couple of years. We also have a couple of nice walking trails in the area.

  141. I cannot wait to go fishing again! It has been like maybe 21 years since I last went!

  144. We are always trying to explore as much as we can locally because we don’t like sticking around home all summer. One of our favorites is trying to find water to swim.

  145. Any time there’s water involved, the kids have a great time. We love anything we can do outdoors.

  146. These are great activities to do with kids. We love to go for hikes. We always look for treasure while we walk.

  148. All of these are great ideas and most don’t cost you a dime! We have not been camping in so long!

  149. What a fun time! It’s nice to be able to fish on nice days like this. It’s cool that you have a nice pier nearby! We have a few rivers but no beaches!

  151. We are beach bums, so we are at the beach as much as possible. We love it.

  152. We like to go hiking, geocaching, & playing in the sprinkler during the summer.

  154. Fishing is our most loved. Also, we like taking a row boat out on the lake. Hiking and camping we also like.