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10 things to do in the winter sun on the beach

Posted on August 6, 2012August 6, 2012 by BritMumInNZ
  1. Draw a giant snakes and ladders games in the sand and play with pebble markers. Make a dice substitute by drawing six rings in the sand (with number 6 in the smallest, centre ring, and number 1 in the largest, outside ring). Choose an object to throw at the rings to score (could be a shell, pebble, feather, lollipop stick…) and draw a line to throw from – to make it fair for all players (maybe further away for older players).
  2. Enjoy some time to release the creative side and draw in the sand.
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  4. Find a pile of sticks and pretend to make a camp-fire and imagine all the things you could cook on it and sing some songs (plan to return one evening with a fire-permit and food to toast up something real!).
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  6. Kick a ball around (the closer to the water it goes the more risky it gets… unless you’re wearing a winter wetsuit!).
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  8. Make sand-castles with a toddler (only to have them destroyed in seconds and then repeat, over and over again).
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  10. Play ball tag (this can be fairly brutal – depending on what ball is being used!) – rules are tag someone by throwing a ball at them – but throw it from a fair distance away, so no one gets hurt – and don’t aim for the head! My children were taught this game at school! I arrived early one afternoon for pick up to see the teacher chucking the ball at his class!

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  11. Make sand stairs up to a pier – gives Daddy a great digging work-out on a Sunday afternoon 🙂

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  12. Hold running races.
  13. Play tug of war with giant seaweed.
  14. Dare to be brave and jump the waves on the shoreline.

Just a few snippets of our family fun that we enjoyed last Sunday at wonderful Lyall Bay in Wellington! Here’s to many more winter sunshine days… rolling into spring!

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