Coloring Book: Park Scenes | Anytime Activity
Explore eight different Lorain County Metro Parks scenes in this free downloadable coloring book. The coloring book is designed in a style that is geared toward adults. However, it can be enjoyed by people of all ages. Relax while coloring in our various landmarks and popular park locations! Download the coloring book below.
Activity Sheets | Anytime Activity
Enjoy some fun activity sheets and get to know your Lorain County Metro Parks!
Spring Craft | Springtime Activity
Watch this recorded Facebook Live video to learn how to make a spring nature fortune teller! This is an easy paper folding craft that will be fun for the whole family. Supplies needed: printed activity sheet, scissors, pen or pencil.
Snapshots of Nature: Camera Photo Hunt | Anytime Activity
Springtime is the perfect time to get out in your local Lorain County Metro Parks to enjoy nature. It is great to enjoy the sunshine, the birds chirping, frogs croaking, the flowers blooming, and everything around you turning green. Grab your camera and use these ideas to help you discover a new side of nature. You could also put your photos in a journal to keep your captured memories. Have fun, and happy photo hunting!
Bird Nest Supply Bag | Springtime Activity
These instructions include helpful tips and ideas on how you can help the birds build their nest.
Pollinator Scavenger Hunt | Anytime Activity
Bees, wasps, butterflies, moths, beetles, flies, birds, bats, and other wildlife that pollinate plants are responsible for bringing us one out of every three bites of food! Search for some of these pollinators and their habitat needs, and don’t forget to thank them for many of the foods that you eat!
To learn more about our precious pollinators and how you can protect them, and to download educational resources (lessons, activities, projects, posters, etc.), visit the Pollinator Partnership’s Learning Center: www.pollinator.org/learning-center.
Mindful Nature Walk | Anytime Activity
This Activity Sheet has a variety of “engaging” and “relaxing” mindful practices that you can easily incorporate into your hikes and time spent “social distancing” in your parks, backyards, and gardens. Take notice of HOW you feel before and after your time in nature.
Outdoor Nature Hunt | Anytime Activity
Explore the outdoors and search for treasure in your own backyard!
Sensory Circle | Anytime Activity
Join us for this classic Lorain County Metro Parks preschool program! Learn about our five senses, and also explore how animals use their senses. Please watch the recorded Facebook Live post and feel free to comment with questions.
Nature Did it First | Anytime Activity
Match the invention to the item in nature that inspired it!
Scavenger Hunt | Anytime Activity
Here’s a great activity for you to take with you when you hit the Lorain County Metro Parks’ trails. Take time to look around and check these items off your list!
Spring Wildflower Check-off List | Springtime Activity
From April–May, there are an abundance of spring wildflowers growing in the parks. How many can you find on this list?
Flat Andy | Anytime Activity
While you and your children are exploring, exercising, or relaxing in LCMP’s Reservations, other green spaces, and your own backyards, bring a Ranger Andy with you and photograph her or him enjoying time in the Great Outdoors! Post your photographs to your social media pages (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.) with the hashtag #LCMPflatAndy to share your “FUN-in-nature with Flat Andy” with others! Choose your favorite Andy, color her or him in and then enjoy this fun activity! It’s as easy as: print, color, cutout, pose, photograph, & post!