Beach fun
Kids love the beach, so when we got the opportunity to spend a day at the beach last week, we grabbed the chance. Off we went, buckets and spades in hand to the beach.
In the morning, we went to the local stoney beach and decided to do something a bit different. We took paints. Pinky and Boo got straight onto painting stones. They painted a spider, a flower and lots of pretty patterns and colours. It was really lovely to paint outdoors in a beautiful setting in the fresh air, listening to the waves crash and the seagulls cry. 
Next Boo decided to paint a picture. She painted the sea, the beach and the sun, then added several sea monsters! She was so proud of her picture, I had to take a photo!
BB loved throwing stones in the sea, then Pinky joined him and they experimented with what stones worked best. It was a lovely morning together.
Stoney beaches are great, but you can’t beat a sandy beach for children to have fun on, so in the afternoon we decided to drive to a different beach.
We spent the afternoon digging, building sand castles, collecting buckets of water, jumping waves, burying feet, getting messy and getting very wet. The children adored their afternoon on the beach together, laughing, giggling, splashing, being creative in the sand and generally having fun together.
I love this picture of Pinky and Boo sitting waiting for the sea to come to them, to fill their buckets, then obviously, when it did, their bottoms got rather wet!!
I think a day on the beach with children, no matter how warm it is (or not), is always a winner. The fun you can have is fantastic. There is so much you can do from traditional building of sand castles, throwing stones and jumping waves to having a go at some painting on the beach. Why not give it a go, take the paints out with you and see what the children create?
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Love your photos and looks like a fun artsy day! Thanks for sharing =) #countrykids
Thank you, it was x
Looks like you had a very fun day, you cant beat the beach for a lovely day! #weekendbloghop
Definitely, the beach is fab!
As a beach lover I couldn’t agree more! Our six children – no matter the ages are always content at the beach to play and explore. I love the idea of painting the stones and pictures there as well. Thanks for linking up and sharing your beach time fun with Country Kids.
Beaches are so good for exploration and fun
Painting outside, what a lovely idea I’d never have thought of! Great pictures!
Thank you. outside painting, I have discovered is great!
Love the idea of taking paints to the beach and painting stones, a trip to the beach always makes us smile
It is a great place to paint
I do wish we lived near the beach, I agree that it’s just the best fun in the world
Yes, we love the beach when we visit grandparents caravan
I wish we lived near a decent beach! Looks like you had so much fun and what an awesome idea to paint on the beach!
Thank you for linking up to the Weekend Blog Hop x x x
Thanks, yeah, if we were closer to the beach, we would be there quite frequently too x
This is such a great idea, everyone looks so calm and involved in their paintings. I haven’t been to a stoney beach since I lived near Portsmouth when I was a kid. Brings back good memories
Thanks, they did enjoy the painting and Boo got quite involved with her painting
lovely pics. Those beach huts are awesome :):) sucha good idea im definitely going to take our paints to the beach when weather gets better for us xx
Ah great, I hope you enjoy it x