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Virtual Recreation Resource Center
Welcome to the Muscatine Parks and Recreation Virtual Recreation Resource Center! Here you will find a variety of fun fitness, indoor and outdoor activities that you can do at home and in your own backyard. We are committed to supporting our community as we continue to prioritize our health and wellbeing.
Continue to check this page and our Facebook page for updates including contests, new programs and resources that will keep you entertained an informed.
Fitness Activities
At Home
- Practice your favorite sport or work out at home with SportsEngine At-Home Workouts
- P.E. with Joe has exercises for all ages
- Check out Fitness Blender for free workout videos and healthy living information
- Download the Nike Training Club app to access free workouts and fitness information
- Play a game of Intense Tic Tac Toe
- Set up an Obstacle Course or Relay Race
- Engage little ones with Gross Motor Dice
- Join the Muscatine Walking Club in the Million Minute Challenge by walking on your treadmill or around your neighborhood
- Learn some jump rope stunts or play jump rope games
- Have P.E. at home with these 50 P.E. Activities
Around Town
You can continue to enjoy the great outdoors while keeping a safe social distance! Check out this article for more information.
- Practice your game at the Muscatine Municipal Golf Course
- Play with your pooch at the Muscatine Dog Park
- Go for a walk or bike ride on city trails
- Visit one of Muscatine's city parks
- Explore a county park like Deep Lakes Park or Discovery Park
- Take a trip to a state park like Wildcat Den State Park
- Visit the Muscatine Area Farmers Market
Indoor Activities
Hours of entertainment for kids and kids-at-heart are listed below!
- Make learning come alive with Putnam Museum's at home experiments
- Go on a virtual field trip
- Tour the Iowa Children's Museum
- Visit a Museum, Zoo or Amusement Park
- Check out an eBook or Audiobook with your Musser Public Library card
- Join a Virtual Marine Biology Camp with Oceans Initiative
- Make a Plant Rubbing Collage with crayons and plants from your yard
- Color to your heart's content
- Plan an indoor scavenger hunt
- Get creative with these arts and craft ideas using items in your house
- Become a Junior Park Ranger and earn badges with the National Park Trust
- Immerse yourself in the wizarding world with the cast of Harry Potter reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
- Make homemade watercolor paints and create a masterpiece
- Learn about art and design with these online games, tours, tutorials, DIY projects and more
Outdoor Activities
You can have an adventure without leaving your backyard! Here are some ideas:
- Complete a Nature Scavenger Hunt
- Put down a picnic blanket and share a meal outdoors
- Organize a Backyard Olympics day
- Get nostalgic with classic outdoor games
- Play a family game of Capture the Flag
- Go camping in your backyard (or living room!)
- Set up outdoor science experiments and sensory play
- Play bingo from your front porch
- Build a mini golf course in your yard
- Learn games from around the world
- Reconnect to nature with Project Learning Tree's family activities
- Host your own backyard Field Day
- Get out a parachute or large sheet and play parachute games
- Raid your recycling bin and have a family Rain Gutter Regatta
- Get creative with sidewalk chalk or make your own sidewalk chalk paint
- Turn your backyard into a DIY Water Park
Activities for August
Celebrate the end of summer and spend some family time together before getting back into the swing of school routines:
- Retrain your brain for learning and have fun at the same time by checking out Smithsonian Institute's art, history, culture, science and nature activities for kids
- ARRgust is International Pirate Month! Find out more about this chapter in history by learning about pirates and piracy
- Play golf during Golf Month at one of Iowa's Golf Courses or take the family to one of Iowa's Mini Golf Courses
- Catch up with all your favorite superheros, read comics and play games at MarvelHQ
- Get ready for back-to-school with useful DIY school-themed crafts
- Get some exercise by running in the 43rd Annual Watermelon Stampede on August 15
- Plan some family meals around Iowa in-season produce
Virtual Contests
Compete in our virtual contests for a chance to win prizes!
- Fitness with Your Friend Photo Challenge - Show us how you and your best friend exercise! Take a picture of you and your dog doing your favorite exercise. Then, submit your photo with a description to parksoffice@muscatineiowa.gov before August 14. You will be entered into a drawing to win a 2020 Muscatine Dog Park Annual Pass! If our winner has already purchased this year's tag, they will be awarded a certificate for a 2021 pass.