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Expect the unexpected.
An outdoor adventure doesn’t have to be planned in advance – sometimes the best adventure that kids will remember forever is the quick stop on the way home from school.
An adventure bag to keep in the car and one for at the door helps with this. Load it up with some non-perishable snacks, spare clothes for all the kids, raincoats/ sunhats and some natural hand sanitiser and sunscreen.
Crackers, jerky, dehydrated fruit, and raisins all make good snacks that’ll keep for a long time in the bag.
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Take it at your kids pace
You may have great plans to hike to the top of an amazing peak – but kids see things differently. Kids see the little branches, and the shape the leaves make. They see the puddles and the mud on the way. To be honest they probably won’t care much for the view, but they’ll notice all the little things along the way that you don’t even see anymore.
Don’t rush them, and instead slow down to their pace too. Who cares if you don’t end up with time to make it up to the top of the peak? What matters to them is the time you spent with them, so enjoy it, and rediscover what it’s like to be amazed by all the little things.
Sonia is the crafter behind Back to the Wild. Her passion is to help all families return to a more natural way of living through natural skincare, home care & remedies that are safe for the whole family, as well as through enjoying the outdoors. For more, you can visit www.backtothewild.co.nz or follow Back to the Wild on Facebook and Instagram.
