Ages: 4-8

Object: Choose either a stick, a rock or a leaf and complete several challenges!

Instructions:
1. Grab an adult and go outside.

2. Go find a stick, a rock or a leaf! Your choice!

3. Follow the steps for the object you found!

Stick?

You found a stick! Here are your stick challenges! Once you complete one, move on to the next challenge. Keep going until you finish them all!

1. Tap your stick against FIVE different trees. Tap gently, trees are sensitive.
2. Point your stick at THREE birds. Say “tweet tweet” when you point at them. 
3. Pretend your stick is a baseball bat. Pretend you just hit a home run and then run around the bases. Make sure you wave to your fans as you circle the bases.
4. Put your stick on the ground and jump over it SIX times. 

5. Hold your stick over your head with both hands and pretend like you’re on a zipline. Slide from one side of the yard to the other. WEEE!

Rock?

You found a rock! Here are your rock challenges! Once you complete one, move on to the next challenge. Keep going until you finish them all!

1. Put your rock on the ground and run around it SEVEN times.

2. Get on your hands and knees and put the rock on your back. Pretend it’s your shell and you’re a turtle. Crawl slowly across the grass like a turtle.
3. Put your rock on the ground, pretend you’re a frog and hop over it FOUR times. Be sure to say “Ribbit” each time!
4. Hold your rock tightly in your LEFT hand and spin around in a circle SIX times. Don’t fall down!
5. Put your rock on the ground and pretend you’re a wolf. Cautiously walk up to the rock and sniff it, greet it and play with it.

Leaf?

You found a leaf! Here are your leaf challenges! Once you complete one, move on to the next challenge. Keep going until you finish them all!

1. Hold the leaf in your RIGHT hand and pretend it’s a wing. Fly around in a circle FOUR times! Feel free to make bird noises, too. 
2. Lie down in the grass and put the leaf over your mouth. Try to blow it straight up in the air TWO times. 
3. Brush your leaf against FIVE trees. Careful, though, trees are ticklish. 
4. Hold your leaf WAY over your head and then let it go. Watch how it falls to the ground and try to fall just like it. 
5. Put your leaf in a pile of leaves, mix it all up and then try to find your leaf again. If there aren’t any piles of leaves around, close your eyes, wait for a breeze and then throw your leaf in the air. Wait a few seconds, open your eyes and then try to catch it!

All done? Do the challenges again or choose a different object this time! Share pictures of your adventures below or on our Facebook or Twitter pages!