Environmental & Organic Games for Kids

Blind Smell and Touch Tests

• Help children to get a sense for their surroundings without using their sense of sight. Blindfold them and present them with different items to smell and feel. Choose flowers, berries, moss, palm leaves, acorns or any other items you find outside. Children can then guess what they are smelling or touching. This activity will give them a deeper concept of what each item is and help them appreciate nature.

Organic Orchestra

• Give children the opportunity to scour a forest, park or even just a back yard to find tools that they can use as "instruments." For example, run a twig along a pine cone to make a makeshift woodblock. Some long leaves can be stretched across a stick to make a harp. They can then assemble their instruments and perform a song.

Recycled Item Toss

• Demonstrates the value of recycling through a tossing game. Have children bring in items that they can recycle, such as soda cans, water bottles, plastic bags, egg cartons or cardboard boxes. One game could involve sorting these items and tossing them into their respective recycling containers from a distance. Another game could be like a beanbag toss. Children can take turns tossing soda can rings into an egg carton. The child with the most rings wins. After the games are complete, cleanup includes sorting out the recycling and discussing why this is important to the environment.

Scavenger Hunt

• A scavenger hunt will get children outside and exploring nature. Give the children a list of sights to seek out in nature. Once they get there they should either take a picture or simply write down on the list what they see. The list could include items such as a bird's nest, something naturally blue, different types of leaves or trees or a body of water.