Spring Picnics
How perfect does that picture look?! One of my favourite things about spring, is that we can start going on picnics again. Well, we’ve been known to have a picnic in the midst of winter, a thermos of hot soup is perfect to warm you up in the middle of a long winters walk! It’s not quite the same though is it?! I love picnics, packing up lots of delicious foods, some blankets, sketchbooks and crayons, and heading off to the woods or down by the river. Those first spring picnics always feel so fantastic, to be sitting and eating outdoors after a long winter.
The kiddos like nothing better than a day spent in the woods, hunting for fairy houses, building dens and bug spotting. Or a day by the river, building dams, fishing nets to see what we can find, skimming stones and paddling toes in still freezing-cold water. We’ve learnt to take more food than you think you’ll need. Lots of blankets for laying on and wrapping up in if it gets chilly. Sketchbooks and pencils for some nature drawing. A jar of homemade chai concentrate and a thermos of boiling water and some teabags for this mama!
What are your favourite picnic foods?
Here are a few of ours {with recipes}:
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Fritha
April 11, 2014 at 09:51I thought you had taken this picture at first and was going to demand you tell me where those glasses are from! I love posts like this, so great to compile a collection of lovely picnic recipes! The sun is shinning in Bristol, just waiting for you guys to move here so we can go on picnics together ;) Happy weekend! x
Polly
April 11, 2014 at 10:27I’ve been searching for glasses like these, haven’t found any yet though :( I’m working on G…. otherwise I’m just gonna come by myself :D :D
Globalmouse
April 11, 2014 at 14:17I LOVE Picnics too…and that’s so funny, I was going to ask the same as Fritha, where are the glasses from?! Lovely post though, I love thinking about the warmth of summer and the chance to sit outside for longer.
Polly
April 11, 2014 at 19:57Really need to source those glasses don’t we?!
laura redburn
April 11, 2014 at 19:30i don’t think i’ve had a picnic since i was a child! well, i have sat and ate lunch in the back garden, but that’s not quite the same.
Polly
April 11, 2014 at 19:58not quite!! I love picnics :)
Laura
April 12, 2014 at 10:18I love nothing better than a lazy summer picnic near the river taff, skimming stones and eating yummy homemade food.
We also always pack hummus plus so things to dip in it like cherry tomatoes, carrots, cucumber etc as well olives and roasted peppers.
I love fresh granary bread roll with some brie cheese and cranberry sauce (an almost festive taste during summer :) and some lovely elderflower sparkly water :)
Laura x
Hannah Staveley
April 12, 2014 at 14:01Ohhh wow, what a fantastic little picnic .x
Kimberley
April 12, 2014 at 14:43Lovely post, I love all the picnic food ideas! That photo looks fab too!
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Kimberley
April 12, 2014 at 14:45Lovely post, I really like your picnic food ideas! The photo looks fab too!
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Lori
April 12, 2014 at 20:17Spring picnics are the best, we were even talking about having one tomorrow if the weather is good. I love taking olive and tomato bread great for tearing and sharing. x
Gill Crawshaw
April 12, 2014 at 22:09PICNICS! Aren’t they the best? The recipes look so good – am bookmarking this for warmer weather x
Vicky
April 14, 2014 at 22:04Picnics are one of our favourite activities in the Summer; fun, free and easy. What’s not to love?!
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