Car Slides
While exploring lines, we sent painted cars down a slide to see what kinds of lines they would make.
This naturally led to some car washing play. :)
Chalk
Chalk play is kind of an obvious, go-to outside art activity, but there are so many ways to use it! Both my students and children become so much more engaged with chalk when it's paired with water, so we paired it with the water table. We also read this great, imaginative book Chalk.
Squirt Gun Painting
The favorite outdoor art activity this year was definitely squirt gun painting. I just filled dollar store squirt guns with a paint/water mixture. Now, if you are going to do it (and you should- it's so fun!), just be sure to set clear boundaries for how you are going to play with the squirt guns. For us this year, that meant we were squirting the paper (not each other, or the house, etc.), but maybe you are braver than I was this time around. ;) The kids stayed at this for a long time, and got a great fine motor workout in the process!
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