Garden Activities & Safe Outdoor Crafts

Kids get bored being inside. It’s a universal law as consistent as the speed of light, which is about how long it takes for kids to get bored. But finding fun and engaging activities to do that are still safe in a time of lockdown ain’t easy.

Hopefully, there are still some fun ways to explore creation and faith without leaving your back garden. Let’s take a look at some great resources and ideas for faith-friendly activities for kids in the garden.

The ‘Wild’ Series

Honing her skills and creativity in creating craft activities with her forest school sessions, Rachel Summers has created a series of books that celebrate creation in a fun way for all ages. With Wild Lent, Wild Advent and Wild Worship now available, every season and weather is covered.

Featuring activities from shadow art to nest building to cloud spotting to mud face and more, the ‘Wild’ books are a great way to keep kids engaged without leaving the garden.

Outdoor Church

With complete sessions that can be adapted for children, Outdoor Church ties in themes, stories, prayers and activities into a complete outdoor experience. These complete sessions are drawn from the experiences of leading whole Church services away from the pews and into the meadows.

About the author: ‘Sally Welch is a parish priest in the Diocese of Oxford who has spent many years working with families and young children. Her interest in church outdoors springs from a concern for the declining quality of the relationship between people and their natural environment.’

Creative Ideas for Wild Church

With a similar approach to Outdoor Church, this book features ideas for all the seasons and highlights the ways that churches and children can engage with their surroundings. Not everything will be garden-ready (but if you want to try and make a life-size Goliath, I won’t stop you!), but there is plenty here to adapt and get stuck in to.

Return to the list of practices for Christians during Coronavirus: https://www.eden.co.uk/blog/7-practices-for-christians-during-coronavirus-p1784105