Spring Awakening: 6 Creative Outdoor Tips for Families

Get out into nature: Creative ideas for more time in nature

Spring is finally here: time for joyful moments in nature with your children! Do you also feel that tingling in your fingers as the sun warms up again and nature comes alive everywhere? We have six creative ideas for you to make spending time outside in spring really fun and exciting for all ages. Bring out the Mowgli in your children and enjoy spring together!

1. Colorful spring color search

Children love search games! With a painted egg carton, you can start a natural treasure hunt: Grab a carton, paint the individual boxes at home, and start searching for natural materials. Find flowers, leaves, and grass in the right color. Your little ones will be amazed at how colorful nature is.

2. Build a forest marble run

Whether tree roots, stones or fallen branches – build a marble run together in the forest. It's great fun, and at the same time, they discover the forest in a playful way. The perfect blend of adventure, creativity and imagination, motor skills, and dexterity. ...and most importantly, good team spirit. Discover the instructions for the forest marble run now!

3. Make a daisy hedgehog

We were inspired by the cute forest animal cookies and created a hedgehog template for collecting. Draw a hedgehog on a piece of cardboard, cut it out, and add holes with a screwdriver. Now the hunt can begin! Collect daisies or other meadow flowers and stick them into the template. Your children will love filling it with them! Download the hedgehog template as a PDF .

Take a snack break

You know: When you say adventure, you also have to say snacks. After all, fresh air makes you hungry. MOGLi snacks are the perfect snack for on the go. Made with the highest organic quality and ingredients from biodynamic farming, our snacks are a natural pick-me-up for between meals.

4. DIY Easter eggs

Easter is just around the corner, and what's a must-have? Colorful Easter eggs, but how about something truly special this year? Instead of dyeing the eggs, simply use natural materials. Collect leaves, flowers, grasses, and feathers and decorate your eggs with them! A sustainable craft idea that combines nature and creativity – discover the instructions for this DIY Easter egg craft .

5. Creating a nature mandala

Get creative and create a mandala with natural materials—whether in the forest, on a meadow, or in a park. It's incredibly easy, incredibly fun, and guaranteed to produce a beautiful result that you'll all be proud of. Find inspiration for your nature mandala !

6. DIY seed bombs

Mix soil, clay powder, and colorful flower seeds together – form small balls and distribute them on your next walk in nature or plant them in a flowerpot. A green and sustainable DIY idea that will create a beautiful A splendid flowering plant . Instructions for seed bombs.

Looking for more outdoor tips?

Discover even more outdoor tips and detailed descriptions of each one at the Mogli Foundation . The Mogli Foundation offers creative and practical outdoor tips for incorporating more nature into everyday family life.