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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
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
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
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
- 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
Activities for April
Celebrate Spring with these fun activities:
- Make a festive bunny headband
- Pick out a craft to make from this list of 25+ Easter Crafts
- Celebrate National Frog Month by learning more about amphibians
- Fly a kite
- Get creative with sidewalk chalk or make your own sidewalk chalk paint
- Raid your recycling bin and have a family Rain Gutter Regatta
- Learn how to dye Easter eggs without a store-bought kit
Virtual Contests
Keep a close eye on this page and our Facebook page for contest announcements!
- Good Things are Happening in Muscatine Contest - Send a picture that shows something awesome that happened (or is happening!) in Muscatine over the past year to our office email at parksoffice@muscatineiowa.gov. Be sure to include a good description! Everyone who participates will be entered to win an Individual Season Pass to the Muscatine Aquatic Center!
- Guess the Muscatine Landmark Contest - Each week we will post a series of pictures on our Facebook page that depicts a Muscatine landmark. Every day until the landmark is guessed correctly, a new photo will appear that shows slightly more of the landmark than the previous picture. The first person to guess the landmark will receive a Day Pass to the Muscatine Aquatic Center or a 9-hole Greens Fee certificate to the Muscatine Municipal Golf Course.