Looking for things to do with children in April? These April activity plans are perfect for play-based, creative learning.
April activity plans
You can use the image buttons or the text links below to browse through my archive of April-themed activities and find some ideas that suit your children. You’ll find::: spring arts and craft ideas, plus ideas for celebrating St. George’s Day
:: spring-themed sensory play
:: garden activities for children
:: spring math, science and literacy ideas
:: and our Easter crafts and play ideas
Whether you need a quick idea for a spring afternoon or you want to plan your whole month’s activities, please help yourself to all these free resources.
If you’re in the southern hemisphere, you can find all our autumn activities here. You can find all the previous month by month activity plans here.
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30 ideas for things to do in April activities for kids
1 Grow seeds with your children
2 Add a wild card when you’re gardening with kids
3 Make word birds for artistic storytelling
4 Add these top ten plants for children to your garden classroom
5 Paint with the rain – great art activity for April showers
6 Try these garden activities for April
7 Make a rain gauge for a garden weather station
8 Make a wormery – a great kids project for Earth Day
9 Play with spring flower play dough
10 Grow a meadow indoors for pretend play small worlds
11 Learn about the life cycle of a frog
13 Make play posh! Fancy ideas for tea parties.
14 Learn to tell the time with this watch craft
16 Paint a clay pot for your garden
17 Try these stamping patterns that mix art and math
18 Make a dragon for a St. George’s Day craft
19 Play in a dragon small world
20 Make a DIY baby sensory book
21 Play with this pretend play farm
22 Try these Very Hungry Caterpillar activities
23 Play this outdoor learning colour match game
25 Try these word and colour sorting games
27 Make a fairy garden for magical imaginary play
28 Finger paint this flower craft
29 Learn how to grow strawberries in containers
Our Easter crafts and activities are here.
EXTRA :: see the most popular spring books for children here – great ideas to add to your spring book box.
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