{"id":5410,"date":"2020-04-17T13:38:30","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T17:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thinknts.com\/?p=5410"},"modified":"2020-04-17T13:38:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T17:38:30","slug":"weekend-fun-4-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keyweb1.com\/nts\/weekend-fun-4-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend fun 4\/17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5411 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thinknts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/unnamed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/keyweb1.com\/nts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/unnamed.jpg 512w, https:\/\/keyweb1.com\/nts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/unnamed-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here are some fun activities you can do outside this weekend:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bike, scooter, or Ripstick in the driveway: You can set up an obstacle course or try new tricks.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairyhouses.com\/about-fairy-houses\/how-to-build\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Build a Fairy House<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/rochester.kidsoutandabout.com\/content\/fairyhouses.com\/about-fairy-houses\/how-to-build\/\">here are instructions for building one<\/a> from the official Fairy Houses web site<\/li>\n<li>Star gaze<\/li>\n<li>Learn and find constellations<\/li>\n<li>Climb a tree<\/li>\n<li>Enjoy the classics: Play hopscotch, 4-square, Mother May I, or jump rope.<\/li>\n<li>Get artsy with chalk, water soluble paint, or MUD<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rochester.kidsoutandabout.com\/content\/appendix#rain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Measure the Rain<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rochester.kidsoutandabout.com\/content\/appendix#worms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hunt for worms<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rochester.kidsoutandabout.com\/content\/appendix#rainart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Let rain inspire art<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rochester.kidsoutandabout.com\/content\/appendix#plants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Perk up your plants<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rochester.kidsoutandabout.com\/content\/appendix#tree\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shake a rainy tree<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Play flashlight tag<\/li>\n<li>Walk the dog<\/li>\n<li>Collect leaves and press them to <a href=\"https:\/\/classymommy.com\/how-to-make-placemats-with-fall-leaves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">make place mats<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Create a nature journal and record what you see<\/li>\n<li>Hang a bird feeder and count the birds (in February each year, participate in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audubon.org\/conservation\/about-great-backyard-bird-count\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Great Backyard Bird Count<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/browse\/topic\/sounds-songs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Catalog the birds in your neighborhood by listening to their sounds and songs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.almanac.com\/content\/how-make-luminarias\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Make luminarias<\/a> and light up your driveway<\/li>\n<li>Do a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outdoorpainter.com\/plein-air-force-introducing-children-to-plein-air-painting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">plein air painting<\/a> of your neighborhood<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mykidsadventures.com\/rock-garden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Make a rock garden<\/a> for your yard<\/li>\n<li>Go on a bike ride<\/li>\n<li>After a walk or bike ride, create a map of your neighborhood &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/parents\/crafts-and-experiments\/you-can-map-this-and-that\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cCat in the Hat Can Map This and That\u201d tool<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some fun activities you can do outside this weekend: &nbsp; Bike, scooter, or Ripstick in the driveway: You can set up an obstacle course or try new tricks. Build a Fairy House\u00a0&#8211; here are instructions for building one &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/keyweb1.com\/nts\/weekend-fun-4-17\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsroom"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/keyweb1.com\/nts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/keyweb1.com\/nts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/keyweb1.com\/nts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keyweb1.com\/nts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keyweb1.com\/nts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5410"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/keyweb1.com\/nts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5412,"href":"https:\/\/keyweb1.com\/nts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5410\/revisions\/5412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/keyweb1.com\/nts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keyweb1.com\/nts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keyweb1.com\/nts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}