Activites for Kids

Activities for Kids

 

Whether it’s pretending to be cowboys or learning to be out door explorers, Montana has limitless ways for kids to realize their dreams –– and at The Ranch at Rock Creek, we always enjoy sharing this unique part of the world with them.
 
We offer two sessions of the Kids Program for children ages 4 and up: a morning session from 9:00AM through 12:00PM and an afternoon session runs from 1:30PM through 4:30PM.
 
Generally, the morning session consists of a craft and coloring activity and the afternoon focuses more on the experiences that take place outside.
 
Here are just some of the activities that kids can enjoy during their stay here:
 
CRAFTS:

  • Toy boat building and races down one of the many different tributaries and channels of Rock Creek
  • Tie-dying, face painting, sock puppets, dream catchers, macaroni/Cheerio necklaces, puffy pain and puffy paints
  • Popsicle stick creations such as kits, paper fish, paper teepees and paper airplanes
  • Making our own ice cream
  • Creating memory scrapbooks to take home as a keepsake from their experience at The Ranch at Rock Creek
  • Coloring, Play-Doh, hand painting, decorating paper plates, pine cone feeders
  • Cowboy hat coloring, cowboy boot frames and wooden snake craft

ACTIVITIES

  • Nature hikes to pick wildflowers and discover the native plants of the area
  • Picnics at the Cottonwood Beach teepee
  • Hiking to the trout ponds
  • Playing, swimming, sand castle building, tadpole observing and rock skipping on the white sand beach at the Granite Lodge’s spring-fed pond
  • Supervised swimming in the pool
  • Cooking class (around 30 minutes) involving cupcakes or decorating cowboy cookies
  • For those under age 8: pony rides in the roping arena (the child is in a saddle while a wrangler with a rope leads the horse)

GAMES

  • Treasure hunts and scavenger hunts on the Ranch
  • Horseshoes, soccer, lawn bowling, Frisbee, badminton, volleyball, ring toss, hula hoop
  • Board games on rainy days (and, only very occasionally, kid’s movies in the Silver Dollar Saloon
  • Bowling in our full-size alley (preferable a nighttime activity, there are lanes with bumpers and youth balls are provided)
  • Ping pong and shuffleboard

 

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