37 games you can play in nature

LIANN BOBECHKO

ANY COTTAGER WHO’S ever heard “I’m bored” during a rainy or buggy cottage weekend, or who has needed to occupy a troop of kids on an island, knows the value of having an activity or two up their sleeve. How about having 37 of them? Sticks, Stones & Pinecones: Games to Play in Nature (Mountaineer Books; $17) collects and adapts both classic and new games for the outdoors and tells you how to play with items you can sustainably scrounge from your surroundings. The collection by Jen Ball, an outdoor educator (and a Muskoka cottager), includes both one-player games to entertain a solo kid (a Sudoku-like game using stones; puzzles and memory exercises; a collection of river-crossing riddles), plus a wide range of two-player or multi-player games. The book also…

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Cottage Life (Digital) - 1 Issue, March/April 2025

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