While technically it is still Spring, Summer is right around the corner. Our weather is simply gorgeous already, so we are taking full advantage of it every chance we get. We are on a budget, just like a lot of you are, so we are always on the lookout for activities that my kids like, for things that will continue to spark their minds and for items that are priced nicely to where we don’t mind buying.
This summer, Crayola is encouraging children to let their imaginations run wild with a nationwide wellness campaign called the “Crayola Outdoor Challenge.” The initiative is aimed at inspiring families to spend more time outside exercising their bodies and minds.
I am all about keeping my kids fit and active. To coincide with National Physical Fitness & Sports Month, Crayola is asking families to take the “Crayola Outdoor Challenge” and pledge time each day this summer to outdoor creative play – which can reduce stress, build confidence and reinforce creative thinking skills. The national goal is to reach one million hours of pledged outdoor play time. All throughout Summer, parents can take the pledge at Crayola.com and find dozens of outdoor games and activities that keep kids’ imaginations and bodies active.
Getting creative outdoors lets kids make their own fun and when their imaginations are involved, the fun is endless. To provide families with even more ways to get outside and have fun, Crayola has introduced new additions to its line of outdoor products. In these challenging economic times, Crayola’s outdoor products provide parents with an inexpensive way to keep their kids entertained and active this summer.
Now that we HAVE a driveway and a sidewalk, I can surely appreciate the new and FUN Sidewalk Crayons! Kambry is 18 months old and she loves these! Tucker is 3 ½ and has a blast! Crayola’s Sidewalk Crayons offer kids more than pretty pastels to create outdoor masterpieces. Once reserved for bringing coloring books to life, this new technology offers the richest, brightest, boldest colors for creating extraordinary outdoor artwork. The difference is striking, as the smooth, creamy colors lay down on driveways and sidewalks with unmatched brightness. For children 4 and up, suggested retail price is $4.99 for a set of 15 colors.
Another fun thing that I enjoyed, myself, was the Rainbow Rake. This is a fun new way to create chalk messages and designs! Kids can adjust the arms for close lines or far-apart lines; use the rake to write giant messages and draw swirling, swooping lines! For children 4 and up, suggested retail price is $11.99 for one rake and 5 pieces of chalk.
This next one, I have to admit that I saw this on TV just this week and really was excited about it! Yes, moms will love to play with their kids with this one! Kids can watch their art come to life with the 3D Jungle Safari Activity Set. Create a jungle safari, put on the 3D glasses and kids will feel like they are in the jungle! The set includes 1 bottle of sidewalk paint (7 fl. oz.), a paint brush, 1 pair of 3D glasses, 8 dual-ended sidewalk chalk sticks, 4 giant stencils and 1 how-to book. For children 6 and up, the suggested retail price is $13.99.
HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO!
- I am asking you parents to take the “Outdoor Challenge” Pledge at www.Crayola.com/outdoor . Pledge to play everyday!
- Post to me what some of your, or your family’s, favorite outdoor activities are.
Just the little tidbits about entries and what not 
- Please be sure to leave your email address so I can contact the winner.
- Winner will be chosen at RANDOM and backed up by post content.
- TWO (2) winners will each receive a set of each!
- Winner will be contacted via Email. If no response in 48 hours, another winner will be drawn
Contest will end on May 17, 2009 at 11:59 pm ; central time
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I took the pledge with my niece and nephew, age 5 and 6. I would love to win this for them. I can see them being future chalk artists. We love all things Crayola!!!
Favorite outdoor activities include jumping on the trampoline, bike riding and basketball.
We like to go for walks.
I took the pledge. We like to swim.
We go to the park every weekend & fly kites.unless the weather is bad.
We also go camping, swimming, fishing & crabbing!
Made the pledge.
Our goal this summer is to decrease the amount of time it takes for both myself and the kinder to run a mile. We also love making art on the driveway with chalk and hitting golfballs into our net.
we love to fish and ride bikes:)
I took the pledge.
We have a pool in the back yard aand the kids love it in the summer. They also like their trampoline
Our favorite activities are going to the park and swimming
I took the pledge and we like to go bike riding and play soccer.
Favorite outdoor activity is swimming in the pool! Thanks for a great giveaway!
I pledged
We love to do a lot of bike riding!
I pleged and we love to hang out at the park down the street! Thanks for the chance!~
I pledge to play outside w/ my family everday for atleast 30 minutes. We like to go to the park and play on the jungle gym.
WE LOVE TO PLAY BADMITTON AND BOCCE
We love to go swimming or go to the park. Thanks for the giveaway.
we go to the YMCA and go swimming
In the summer, we all love to go down to the beach. I have a daughter who loves to swim, and another who enjoys making sand castles. Then my son just loves sidewalk chalk. It seems hes always outside playing with it, and his birthdays coming up soon. I thought this would be a fun thing for him to do.
I didn’t know that was a real challenge! I’ve always had that as a daily goal. Unless it’s absolutely horrendous out there, we find a way to be outside doing something every single day!
Anything from tossing a frisbee, playing catch, playing tag, painting the house with water, hopscotch, sidewalk chalk, playdoh, the water table, you name it!
I often take my kids to the beach to play and exercise in the sand!
We love to swim and take the dog on a walk.
Thanks
we like playing ball
We love sidewalk chalk and bubbles!
We love to go hiking on the weekends and throughout the summer!
We love to go to our local park and swing
We love playing in the swimming pool. Also we go camping and hiking.
We love to play t-ball, swim, go to the lake, 4-wheeling, anything outdoors!Thanks for the GREAT GIVEAWAY =)
clemensrhonda@hotmail.com
I took the pledge.
We love to swim and ride bikes. I just saw that 3D chalk kit on a commercial and my daughter said, “Oooo…I want that!” lol It looks really cool.
I pledged.
Beach going and swimming are our favorite daily activities!
I pledged. We go to the pool and swim almost every day during the summer.
We live a few blocks from a great playground so I love to walk my two little grandsons there to play. We’ve been looking forward to the warm weather so we can do it again.
I took the pledge! In the summer, if it’s not unbearably hot, we love to ride bikes, go for nature walks, play baseball, swim in the pool and go to the local park!
We love to go downtown and visit all the little boutiques and eat in the outdoor cafes then we usually hit a park and then it’s nap time. My kids would be outside 24/7 if I would let them they love it.
We live on a lake.
So feeding ducks, and fishing in the backyard are daily activities during the summer.
My family’s fave outdoor activities are taking walks thru the park, riding bikes, and swimming of course even tho we don’t get to do much of that where we are from
We love to go to the beach.
With a 3 and 6 year old we play everyday!!!! My printer is out of commission at the moment (aka I need a new one) so I’ll get the certificates printed later. The boys will love that. One of our favorite family activities is to go on the nature walks at the park.
I would love the chance to win, thanks.
We love to get outside and play with our dogs! Our littlest dog will play catch all day long if we let her. Chasing her is good exercise for us all! Thanks!
sherri419 at gmail dot com
We like to take walks.
I pledged. We love swimming at Grandma’s & Grandpa’s, and going to the park.
Some of our favorites are swimming, playing croquet and playing kickball
braaisjo at gmail dot com
We like to play frisbee.
We love to hiking/take walks, play in the pool and spend as much time as possible outdoors having fun!
We love to go hiking and out riding scooters or bikes, going to the playground and of course swimming on these hot days.
I subscribe!
ilovebabynoah707@yahoo.com
I took the pledge! My son and I like to play in his sandbox and blow and chase bubbles. We also like to play in our inflatable Octopus Sprinkler.
ilovebabynoah707@yahoo.com
we are a sidewalk chalk family. we work in the yard, but try to make it fun. usually a race of some sort. basketball has become a great family fun past time we have even gotten my parents out there. soccer and football are tons of fun for the older kids.
Our absolute favorite activity is the beach or pool.
One of my sons favorite backyard games is “Mom’s Ball Course” (or so that is what we have named it). We make an obstacle course out of items that are in our backyard then we race through them kicking the ball. Sometimes we time it, other times we don’t. Basically it is for the fun and giggles but also for the physical activity of it.
We also like to play in the sprinklers, ride bikes (he rides, I walk), cook outs, backyard camping…I could go on and on. We live in an ‘outdoor activity’ state as there is not much else to do so we find things to do from what I said above to collecting rocks and bugs.
We roller skate, blow bubbles, ride bikes, etc.
my boys would love it
we like to cook and have dinner outdoors. We also like to mow the lawn (i know that doesn’t sound like fun, but our daughter loves to help). We use an old-fashioned reel mower so even our 5 yr old can help safely.
we love kite flying!
i pledged, we ride our bikes and go for walks. I also take them to the park.
I took the pledge. We just put in a swing for my 8 month old daughter outside, she loves swinging.
inman@Mobap.edu
We love to go kayaking, and hiking. And bug hunting!
I’ve pledged! My son and I are out working in our garden almost every day. This is our first year for a garden and we are just loving it! Thanks for the opportunity.
susan dot lockhart at gmail dot com
We love the trampoline. It’s a great way to enjoy the outdoors.
Thanks
I took the pledge with my grandchildren. We like to walk in the wooded area behind my house. There is a trail and creek with a bridge a cross it. They also like to ride their bikes around my neighborhood. I walk, they ride.
Alex and I love to go for walks! Especially down by the river and play at the park there! Alex is always taking her chalk and drawing lots of pretty pictures but recently its her writing her name it makes me so proud!
We printed our certificate and are ready! We play outside a lot and we use what we have learned during our day while we play. Last summer we even made a HUGE picture of the solar system with our sidewalk chalk after a morning of learning about the planets.
I pledge to at least play outside an hour with my children. We now take bike rides through the neighborhood, play basketball and my daughter and I play hopscotch together.
We love to go to the playground at the park, go camping, go to the hiking and walking trails, go on picnics at the lake. We love everything outdoors!
Thanks for the chance to win!
I pledged. We love going swimming, kicking around soccer ball and riding bikes.
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i subscribe
we live at the pool, zoo, and arboretum!! we love it outside!!
we just bought my son a little kiddie pool to play in but we also love to take walks and play at the park
I have two grandsons, and they love to ride bikes and play catch with grandma!
I pledge an hour a day with my son. We love going to local parks, “nature hunting for interesting leaves and camping-thanks!
We pledged!! Thanks for the chance.
mogrill@comcast.net
I took the pledge! I like to take my grandchildren to the park and play on the jungle gym and swings. We also like to play tag and hide and seek.
smchester at gmail dot com
We swim and play all kinds of sports together.
We love to take walks and bike ride together.
We love being outside whether it be biking, rollerblading or walking. We just love the outdoors. My kids would just love this prize pack. Thanks!
On the really hot days, we love to get the squirt guns and water balloons out and go wild! Thanks for the chance to win such a fun prize pack!
subscriber
we enjoy walks and bike rides. my older son is getting into the scooter.
Took the pledge! My family loves to spend time outside swimming, going for walks, playing at the neighborhood park, riding bikes, and just enjoying the great weather! We love to spend time at the beach too but only get to do so whenever we get to go on vacation to a place with a beach!
we pledged 1 hour.
we love to walk, sing dance, swim all summer.
I’m a subscriber.
Took the pledge. We go for walks and play games outside.
I pledge to get outside and play every day, even if that just means riding the trikes in the garage when it’s raining.
Took the pledge! My family loves to play and swim at the beach!
I pledged we love to ride bikes, go on walks, go swimming, play with the neighborhood frieds, have bbq’s and picnics.
Due to some health issues and various medications, we have to be outside when it’s a bit shady, but we’re still able to do various things. We draw with chalk on our driveway. We LOVE bubbles and get out the plethora of bubble machines to create bubble blizzards. We ride on cycles and scooters. We go to our neighborhood park which has a lot of shady areas. And on particularly hot days, we go to our neighborhood pool which is just a walk away.
We’ve taken the outdoor challenge pledge!
we all like to walk as a family and fish
I pledged one hour per day playing outside with my grandson.
We like to play catch ball, go the park, go for walks and in the summer water balloons.
janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com
I am a subscriber.
I pledged. We swim almost every day during the summer. We also play basketball, football and ride bikes year round.
I like to plant flowers and care for them and water them with my children. We also like to bike. Thanks.
pamelashockley(AT)netscape(DOT)net
While I do not have any children I tend to my nieces and nephews quite often.
I tend to take them to the park or out for a walk. We also go to a local farm where the kids love to interact with the farm animals. On days when we don’t really go anywhere they love to go and play either in the snow or with the hose running (depending on the time of the year).
There are other things they love to do is to hop on the train and go into Chicago (we are outside in the burbs) and walk all around the city and watch the boats go down the Chicago River. We go to Apple Orchards in the Fall and pick apples and then they know that some goodies will be made out of them when it isn’t nice weather outside.
Our family likes to go hiking out in the woods or by the lake.
We like to take family walks after dinner when the weather is nice. And in the summer, we love going to the beach. Nothing like a day outside near the ocean, in the sand with a picnic lunch!
I pledged an hour a day with my nephew! We love to play outside with the dog.
Thanks for entering me! Great Contest!
Janna Johnson
janna@FeedYourPigBlog.com
jannajanna@hotmail.com
http://www.FeedYourPigBlog.com
Badmitten!
I pledged an hour a day with my 2 grandchildren who live with me. I really can’t be outside too long but I can do an hour. We go to the park a lot so this would be easy. We also like having scavenger hunts which are always fun. Thank you!
i pledge to have fun outdoor everyday mverno@roadrunner.com
This is for Addison.
Well, today we went to the playground and made towers in the the sandbox. We also set up the slip n slide, but I wasn’t about to try that one so I watched. Tomorrow we are going to the park to do some fishing and playing in the streams. We spend as much time outside as we can.
I took the pledge. We have been going on walks and kicking the ball around the yard the past few weeks on the nicer days.
During the summer we love to go to Rimrock lake for picnics. We also swimm 2 or 3 times a week. The rest of the year it’s walks & bike riding depending on weather.
Pledged! We like to bring the kids to the school playground or take walks.
I took the pledge and my favorite outdoor activity is bike riding.
eddiem11@ca.rr.com
Our family loves camping and hiking in the mountains.
we like to play in the backyard with our dog. we also like to tend to our vegetable garden and watch how the plants grow.
I’m pledging 2 hours playing outside with my kids each day! We’re blessed to have a great yard for the kids to play in, so we really enjoy being outside!
ms0812@zoominternet.net
We pledged to play 2 hours outside. It’s not that long, with all the stuff my kids like to do outdoors: swimming, biking, playing tag, collecting leaves and rocks, etc. Thanks for the chance!
We play out in our backyard on the swing set, play soccer, dig in the sand box, etc…
I pledged. We spend a lot of time outdoors drawing with chalk on the driveway, playing with the watering hose, digging in dirt, looking at bugs, walking to the park, playing in the park and riding a bike.
We like to swim and we also walk the neighborhood. Thanks!
We love to swim!
We pledge to play everyday 30 minutes outside. We walk around our block everyday after lunch. It’s become a playtime activiy for my daughter because she can ride her bike or collect things she finds around the neughborhood.
Thanks
pledged
we like to hike
We love to take our grandchildren down to the ocean in the summer, which is pretty easy as we live on an island and we have many different kinds of beaches to choose from!
My grandchildren would love these!
Thanks
nancyrobster@gmail.com
we love biking together
My son is obsessed with playing outside. Even though it’s already getting pretty warm at our place he still has to go at least once a day, usually more. He’s into exploring the yard and playing with his soccer ball. He’s just getting old enough where crayola products are a hit!
We love to play outside…ride bikes, play on the swingset, catch/throw balls
How Fun!! I took the pledge!!
We have Fun going on Bike Rides, going to the Zoo, Camping, and playing with our dogs!
I pledged. we love to walk around green lake and go on bike rides. Its beautiful in the summer.
I subscribe
My son loves to walk to the park everyday! Swimming is always fun and we do chalk most days as well. I think if I would let my little man live outside he would lol. Thanks.
I wont be able to pledge because my grandkids live in another state…but when I am with them, I am always spending time with them and doing all kinds of crafts…thanks for the great giveaway
I can’t take the pledge, because my own kids are grown. I do play outdoors with my nephew when I am with him, however. We play baseball or go for walks.
We love to walk 2 miles every day so I will continue with this practice.
we love hanging outside in the summer- even sitting on the porch and watching the rain when there are small warm rain showers
I pledged! We love riding bikes, swimming, going for hikes, rafting, skiing or snowboarding, and I’m trying to recruit a running buddy. Thanks for the giveaway~ So excited for summer.
I pledged to spend three hours per day outside with my daycare kiddos, weather permitting. We love to be outside in the summer.
We love to get in the stroller and go for walks around the neighborhood. We also love to play sports, especially tennis & volleyball.