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Find something for the time, space and supplies you have.

77 activities

Learning · 25 min

Straw Rocket

Blow, launch, measure, tweak

Easy · On your own

Learning · 20 min

Bottle Xylophone

Tune it with a jug of water

Easy · On your own

Learning · 30 min

Rainbow Density Tower

Five colours, one glass, no mixing

Medium · On your own

Learning · 15 min

Mental Maths Tricks

Faster than a calculator, in your head

Medium · On your own

Learning · 10 min hands-on + about 2 hours

Walking Water Rainbow

Water climbs paper towels and mixes itself

Easy · On your own

Learning · 15 min

Secret Codes

Write messages only your friend can read

Medium · On your own

Exploring · 120 min

Canatara Park Quest

Ten things to find before you leave

Easy · Grown-up helps with a part

Exploring · 20 min

Backyard Bug Safari

Fifteen minutes, one square metre

Easy · On your own

Exploring · 60 min

Geocaching: Your First Find

Real treasure boxes, hidden all over the county

Medium · Grown-up helps with a part

Exploring · 240 min

Grand Bend Beach Day

Stay for the sunset. Everyone does.

Easy · Grown-up helps with a part

Exploring · 150 min

Rock Glen Fossil Hunt

350-million-year-old sea creatures, in a gorge near Arkona

Medium · Grown-up helps with a part

Exploring · 20 min

Find the Big Dipper

Then use it to find north

Easy · On your own

Exploring · 300 min

Pinery: Dunes and the Channel

Sand dunes, a turtle river and ten kilometres of beach

Medium · Grown-up helps with a part

Exploring · 90 min

Howard Watson Trail Ride

Bike an old railway line out of the city

Easy · Grown-up helps with a part

Exploring · 20 min

Nature Colour Hunt

Six colours, one egg carton

Easy · On your own

Exploring · 30 min

Land-Art Picture

A picture made of leaves that the wind takes back

Easy · On your own

Exploring · 30 min

Mud Paint Studio

Paint with dirt. On purpose.

Easy · On your own

Exploring · 30 min

Nature Weaving

A stick loom and whatever you find

Medium · On your own

Exploring · 15 min

Listening Map

Sit still. Draw what you hear.

Easy · On your own

Exploring · 45 min

Make a Nature Museum

Collect, label, display, give a tour

Easy · On your own

Exploring · 20 min hands-on + an hour between tracings

Shadow Tracing

Trace it now. Trace it again in an hour.

Easy · On your own

Exploring · 30 min

Stick Maze

Build it, then make someone solve it

Medium · On your own

Exploring · 25 min

Mini Nature Boats

Bark hulls, leaf sails, a puddle to race in

Easy · Grown-up helps with a part

Crafting · 30 min hands-on + an hour to dry

Salt Watercolour Galaxies

The salt does the stars for you

Easy · On your own

Crafting · 60 min hands-on + glue drying overnight

Cereal Box Robot

Junk in, robot out

Medium · Grown-up helps with a part

Crafting · 40 min hands-on + paint drying between coats

Painted Rocks to Hide

Make a stranger's day

Easy · Grown-up helps with a part

Crafting · 30 min hands-on + paint drying

Paper Plate Stegosaurus

One plate, one cut, one dinosaur

Easy · On your own

Crafting · 20 min

Fluffy Cloud Slime

Squishy, stretchy, blue

Easy · Grown-up helps with a part

Crafting · 20 min hands-on + overnight to dry

Lake Huron Salt Painting

Colour that runs along the salt

Easy · On your own

Crafting · 30 min hands-on + 1 to 2 days to dry

Lambton Salt-Dough Keepsakes

Dough today, keepsake by the weekend

Easy · On your own

Crafting · 35 min hands-on + an hour to dry

Grand Bend Sunset Scratch Art

Scratch the black off to find the sunset

Medium · On your own

Crafting · 40 min hands-on + glue drying

Cardboard Blue Water Bridge

Two bridges, one shoebox of cardboard

Medium · Grown-up helps with a part

Games · 15 min

Brain Teasers

Eight riddles, answers hidden until you give up

Medium · On your own

Games · 10 min

Pig

One die, and the nerve to stop

Easy · On your own

Games · 15 min

Dots and Boxes

The pencil game with a secret strategy

Easy · On your own

Games · 10 min

Twenty Questions

Yes, no, and nothing else

Easy · On your own

Games · 10 min

Sprouts

Draw lines, grow dots, trap your opponent

Medium · On your own

Games · 15 min

Silly Charades

No talking allowed

Easy · On your own

Games · 30 min

Blanket-Fort Portal

Build the fort, then decide where it goes

Easy · On your own

Games · 15 min

Costume-in-a-Minute

Sixty seconds, whatever's in the house

Easy · On your own

Cooking · 14 min

Pita Pocket Pizzas

Ready before the oven finishes preheating

Easy · Grown-up helps with a part

Cooking · 5 min

Two-Minute Mug Brownie

Dessert for one, in the mug you eat it from

Easy · Grown-up helps with a part

Cooking · 8 min

Cheesy Cloud Eggs

Soft curds, on purpose

Medium · Grown-up helps with a part

Cooking · 10 min hands-on + 3 hours in the freezer

Frozen Yogurt Bark

Snap it into shards with your hands

Easy · On your own

Cooking · 10 min

Apple Nachos

Nachos, but a fruit

Easy · On your own

Cooking · 15 min hands-on + 30 minutes in the fridge

No-Bake Energy Bites

Oats and peanut butter, rolled into balls

Easy · On your own

Cooking · 10 min

Yogurt Parfait

Layers you can see through the cup

Easy · On your own

Cooking · 10 min hands-on + a banana frozen the night before

Banana “Ice Cream”

One ingredient, no ice cream maker

Easy · Grown-up helps with a part

Cooking · 5 min

Microwave Mug Egg

Scrambled egg, no pan

Easy · Grown-up helps with a part

Cooking · 10 min

Cucumber Sandwiches

Cool, crunchy, fancy

Easy · Grown-up helps with a part