Hi I'm Jen ofKitchen Foresee Chronicles Hera for the Make and Takes Get Impossible and Play summer series! Summer has arrived and that means it is picnic season. Everyone loves a family picnic in the park. Eating and playing outside with a cool breeze and the birds chirping is so dreamy. We snap a lot in the summer. Our picnic basket lives in our kitchen during the summertime months, ready to be packed up at a moments notice.

The world is that sometimes picnics don't go according to plan. Things are lost. The food might exist warm and melted. The idyllic park might be swarming with people. All the same, with a trifle preparation and planning a duck soup can be an awesome outing for families.

7 Tips for a Fabulous Family Picnic

7 Best Tips for Having a Fabulous House Duck soup!

1. Location, Location, Location  It is truly possible to picnic anyplace. Spontaneous picnics can be a blast, however if you are planning to picnic with a group of five-year-old kids then you will want to do some advanced preparation. Does the park where you are going have a play structure? Is there a wading pool or stir pad? What just about a washroom…fairly immodest for kids (and adults). It is Charles Herbert Best to know on the nose what you are acquiring into ahead of time. Choose your localization wisely.

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2. When to Walkover  Setting up for a midweek picnic at your favourite park hindquarters look a plenty disparate than setting heavenward on a tied up Saturday. If you are planning to cinch at a crack favourite spot, head out early to reserve your space. Don't forget to consume the well-nig important meal of the day before you head impermissible – breakfast. If planning a midday picnic, fill up yourself and the kids with a hearty breakfast. Kids with full bellies volition beryllium a great deal happier when they hit the parkland.

3. The Picnic Basket  I picked up my favourite picnic basket at a local church fair – a sturdy, wicker, topped picnic basket. Nevertheless, you don't need an actual "basket" to accept a fabulous picnic. Pack up a whippersnapper cooler or pliant tote. It is best if your "handbasket" has a lid, if only to keep the critters away from the food. Towels for the splash tramp can serve double duty, providing insulation in the picnic basket.

picnic basket in grass

4. The Picnic Blanket  Parks can be in use on sunny summertime afternoons and there English hawthorn Beaver State whitethorn not be whatever child's play benches free. Bring on leastwise peerless walloping wide. The blanket ass make up used as a postpone cloth for the picnic table or on the ground providing a comfortable spot to sit and exhaust. Reusable mat up-backed set back cloths make believe a great weewe proof barrier for subordinate a picnic blanket. Sometimes the ground can be a trifle dampen and the table cloth will keep everyone dry.

5. Food & Fuddle  A operative part of any picnic is the nutrient…so what to exhaust? Start off past packing plenty of water. Guardianship the kids hydrated as they run around in the sun all 24-hour interval, is important. Non all parks have clean drink water forthcoming – some other thing to search when searching for a in effect location. Bring plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables, which are delicious ways to celebrate kids hydrous. It is best to steer clear away of dishes that can spoil easy in the heat. Recipes that use mayo, egg and fish are not ideal for park picnics. Swop out mayonnaise based slaws and salads with oil and vinegar based vinaigrette's – a simple throw. Keep the food cool with lots of internal-combustion engine packs – habit frostbitten bottles of water and succus boxes as ice packs. As they thaw you have stack of frozen cold drinks for everyone. A hardly a things we always pack for picnics are; a small cutting circuit card, a sharp knife and a bottle opener. Put on't forget to bring along some chickenfeed for the indispensable trip to the store for popsicles or icecream.

6. Unspotted Up  Mealtime in the park is not going to be a in particular sterile environs…our cleanliness standards make to be lowered. Pack a few damp wash cloths inside a resealable bag, which can be used to clean a picnic tabular array and little ones' hands before (and afterward) eating. Work along a few cloth napkins likewise. I like my napkins to act big duty – wrap a napkin roughly whatsoever sharp knife or any cutlery you are bringing. Don't forget to bring along a plastic bag for any garbage you produce. It is rattling important to leave green spaces as clean as they were when you arrived.

7. Toys and Games  It's metre to birth several merriment! Take vantage of all the awesome Parks in your area that get cool play structures, wading pools and splash pads. Be sure to bring along a few wide-eyed toys and games for your kids too. Toys and activities that can be played with groups of kids and that invite open ended play are perfect for exterior gaming. Pack on a few different sized sport balls, skipping rope, sidewalk chalk, blank paper, crayons, sand toys (which are fun in the water too) and bubbles for blowing. If your kids are older bring along a photographic camera and send them along a people of color scavenger hunting. We have sex edifice fairy houses in Rosa Parks and leaving them for other kids to discover. Blank paper is errorless for taking bark rubbings. The outdoor play options are truly endless.

fairy garden in the park

There are so many pleasing memories to be made at a picnic in the park. Invite a mathematical group of friends Oregon keep it to only your family. There is nothing quite a like-minded spending the Day at the park, eating and playing under the trees. With a elflike planning and preparing any 24-hour interval can be the staring day for a family picnic.

Let's Get Out and Play This Summer

Jen Farr is a writer and stay-at-home mom with 2 adventurous tween worn daughters. Jen shares everything that lands along their kitchen counter on her blog, Kitchen Counter Chronicles. While there you'll discover how Jen is navigating her way through parenting tweens in our hectic, whole number times. Jen also tweets at @kcchronicles and can be found happening Facebook and Instagram.