WHAT ARE YOU SITTING INSIDE FOR?

The outdoors is filled with many wonderful things for you to do and see.
You can hike, swim, camp, listen to frogs, watch birds,
observe wildlife and so much more.

SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
GET UP AND GO OUTSIDE

Activities/Ideas to get you outdoors

• Sensory Scavenger Hunt
• The "Something" Scavenger Hunt
• Become an official "Hoosier Outdoor Child!" Complete these 11 items and print off your certificate!
• Build a solar oven
• Make a sundial
• Range finder
• Discovering a Sense of Place - Special Stories and Features of Indiana State Parks and Reservoirs for teachers, students and families.
• Using a compass
  • Making simple compasses
  • Hunt the Coin
  • What's My Bearing?
  • The Quicksand
  • Try this compass contest!
• Make your own birdseed.
• Make a treasure map in your own backyard

Events to help get you outdoors

• Free Fishing Days
• Arbor Day
• Outdoor education classes (hunter, boater, trapper, bowhunter and snowmobile education courses)
• Youth hunting events
• Nature programs at Indiana's state parks
• Karl E Kelley Kids outdoor camp

Learn to identify things in the wild

• Symbols in cemeteries
• Fish ID!
• Spot a frog or toad by how it sounds
• Bald eagle, turkey vulture and osprey in flight

Information and Safety

• Wear It Indiana - Always wear your life jacket when you go boating!
• Help your dog be a good guest outdoors!

Give the gift of the outdoors

• Do you need a gift idea or a birthday, holiday or just because? Use a coupon to promise someone an outdoor trip!