We’re welcoming Loverly Learning and Co today to share some cute beach bucket and park pail kids activity ideas with you! We are headed to the beach ourselves this summer and can’t wait to implement these fun ideas! A bucket for each kid is an excellent way to make them accountable for their own toys. If you have multiple kids like we do, you can have each of them pre-fill different games and take turns using each other buckets or send them off for some alone time with their own bucket. We’ve got over 100 AWESOME boredom busters pinned, several you can use to fill your buckets with! Thanks to Kelli and Lauren for guesting today, take it away girls!
We are gearing up for summer over here and have created Park Pails + Beach Buckets beach bucket and park pail kids activity idea to keep the littles entertained for future outdoor outings. The pail and bucket both contain the most perfect educational activities for your own little one(s) and they also make the most unique gifts. These buckets make it super easy to -grab and go- while being prepared for a park or beach outing without much work involved. This is also a great way to keep all of your kiddo’s favorite outdoor toys together and in one place. Follow the simple steps we’ve included below to put together your own Park Pail+ Beach Bucket.
The best part of this creation is that you can find the buckets themselves and most of the items we used at your local dollar store and one of our most favorite places, Target’s Dollar Spot. Before you hit the store, decide whether you’re going to make a park pail or a beach bucket or BOTH. We live in AZ so it’s park all the way for us. However, we can turn our park pails into beach buckets when we go on beach vacations as it’s easily interchangeable. Below is a shopping list so you know exactly what to buy for your park pail and beach bucket.
Free Beach Bucket Shopping List
Grab your favorite bucket and decorate the handles with stylish ribbon. All we did was tie knots around the handles with our favorite printed ribbon, tulle and lace. Since we both have girls, we are obsessed with all things watermelons +pine apples at the moment so those are the themes we went with for two of these buckets.
Next, personalize the bucket by using stickers or vinyl. This is completely optional, we used our vinyl cutter to cut out the names.
Want to save time? You don’t have to tie ribbon or personalize the bucket. As you can see, the yellow bucket is still fashionable just on its own.
We add chalk, bubbles + Duck Food to the park pail. Duck Food is :simple: Pour whole grain cereal into a canister and voila! Now you don’t need to worry about having bread on hand. Check out more detailed instructions on how to assemble the duck food.
For the beach bucket, we add a beach ball, sand toys, Searchin’ for Seashells Tote (mesh bag) and bubbles.
Now that the {essentials} have been added, we are going to show you how to make six simple activities for the buckets that will take you only a couple of minutes each to assemble.
FIND THE TREASURE
Aargh Mateys! The littles love to go on treasure hunts so our Find the {Treasure} activity is a perfect park or beach game. Gather a small container, jewels, gold coins, eye patch, compass, and a small piece of paper rolled with string. Add them together in the container, and DONE. As an added bonus, we added a free printable game card which makes for a fun visual.
GOING ON A DINOSAUR DIG
Allowing kids to explore their imaginations is a must! Let them pretend they are archaeologists and dig up fossils with this activity. These adorable dinosaur fossils were found at our local dollar store, similar fossils can be found on Amazon or even Target. We added a paintbrush and dinosaur dig shovel to top this activity off.
SEARCHING FOR SEASHELLS
This is single-handedly our kid’s most favorite park game! Have your little(s) search for seashells at the beach or rocks at the park for this beach themed activity. Toddlers especially enjoy picking up items and putting them in a bag so this game is perfect for your little collector. We love these mesh bags found on Amazon or often times Jane.com. Challenge your little to pick up seashells or rocks and sort them by size, color, textures.
ABC LOOK AND FIND
Practicing the alphabet is a must for the kiddos so we wanted to turn it into a game by adding this activity into our buckets. Gather magnetic letters or foam letters. If using foam letters, add magnets to the back if you’d like to stick your letters onto metal playground equipment. If your playground doesn’t have metal equipment to stick the letters on, hide them throughout the play area or in the sand on the beach.
Have your babe collect the letters in alphabetical order. To make this more challenging for the older kiddos, have them collect all of the vowels and then the consonants.
Place the letters in a paper bag with washi tape and a label to add a special touch.
GOING BUGGY
Kids LOVE bugs… Pretend bugs that is. We found a small bug house container at our local dollar store and added in a pack of fake insects. Add a vinyl label for a little flair or even have your little apply stickers to it and the game is made. Have the littles search for bugs in the sand or around the park. They can find them based on attributes such as colors, antennas/no antennas, number of legs, etc.
SEASHELL TIC-TAC-TOE
A beachy game is essential for the buckets. Draw a grid in the sand and play seashell tic tac toe. All you need is a drawstring bag+ shells (in two colors). For detailed instructions on how to put this together.
Look at how AMAZING the buckets look with all of the activities!
Please PIN so your friends can enjoy this clever idea too! Are you spending your time at the beach?
Or at the park? Or both? We’d love to hear your plans!
Don’t forget your shopping list! For more inspiration, be sure to visit our Top Nursery Decor Must Haves,
or other DIY projects like this Pinwheel Summer Wreath.
You can find more activities for the littles, decor tips + DIY projects on our blog, Loverly Learning & Co. Be sure to follow along with us on social media: Instagram | Facebook | Pinterest
Thank you for checking out our post and we hope you come back to visit soon for future DIY activities. Happy Summer! Lauren+ Kelli
For more summer ideas, check out our Strawberry Lemonade Popsicles,
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our Hello Sunshine Sign,
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and if you hit the beach, grab some shells for these easy DIY Seashell Candles.
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