Get outside this Summer with the little ones and explore the green carpet of nature !
Barefoot Walking Trails
Create a barefoot sensory path across different grass textures.
Add sections with clover, moss, soft meadow grass, or damp earth.
Encourage slow walking to notice tickles, coolness, and prickles.
✨ Teaches grounding, calm, and body awareness.
Grass Weaving & Crown
Weave long grass into bracelets, headbands, or simple mats.
Use dandelion stems or clover chains for colour.
Talk about how children in Sweden and Finland make floral crowns at Midsummer.
Meadow Bug Safaris
Provide magnifying glasses and bug pots to explore mini beasts.
Look for crickets, beetles, butterflies, and ants.
Encourage children to lie down quietly in the grass and listen - “What stories do the grasshoppers whisper?
Painting with Grass
Bundle long grasses and use as natural brushes with paint or water.
Or dip seed heads in mud or clay to stamp textures onto fabric or paper.
Try grass dyeing using chlorophyll (rubbed onto cotton with stones).
Grassy Story Nests
Lay blankets in tall grass or under trees for outdoor reading or storytelling.
Invite children to build a nest with soft grass clippings for sitting or pretending to be birds.
Add baskets of books about meadows, bugs, or seasonal folklore.
Wind & Movement Games
Run through the grass with play silks, streamers, or kites.
Create “meadow dances” to celebrate windy weather.
Lie still in the grass and watch how it sways—great for mindfulness.
Grass Café or Outdoor Tea Time
Pretend to cook with grass, petals, and herbs in a mud kitchen or picnic basket.
Make “grass stew” with dandelions, mint, and water.
Lay out a tea blanket for slow, hygge-infused snack time.
Nature Art & Mandalas
Collect blades of grass, seed heads, and wildflowers to make mandalas.
Press them into clay or onto fabric for nature prints.
Encourage seasonal awareness by noticing what grasses change over summer.
Grassy Hideaways
Mow winding trails through a meadow for exploring.
Let children create secret dens or grass “rooms” with sticks and cloths.
Celebrate the beauty of unstructured time outdoors.
If you would like more ideas on nature play the hygge way then try my Hygge Training - contact me for further information.
Enjoy !
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