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May 10

Orange County Parks and Rec provides creative ideas for crafts, games and exercise at home – Fredericksburg.com

When Orange County administration closed county offices amid COVID-19 concerns, most departments had to change the way they operated.

With social distancing requirements and bans on gatherings of 10 people or more, the Orange County Parks and Recreation Department had to figure out a way to keep citizens engaged, active and apart.

The office developed virtual programming it called its Social Distancing Activity Guide, and released a series of videos ranging from paper airplane folding to hopscotch, to making dandelion syrup, binsketball (tossing items in boxes, bottles and bins) and basic knot-tying, among others. One recent video offers instruction on creating decorative papier mache bowls.

OCPR staff also posted a number of handouts for at-home activities, including indoor and backyard scavenger hunts, coloring activities and support materials for video episodes.

These are activities intended for families to enjoy at home while following social distancing and stay-at-home guidelines, programs and facilities supervisor Jayson Woods said.

OCPR Director Tim Moubray said his office brainstormed ideas and hopes to continue posting videos regularly.

Thus far, the spoof storytime April Fools Day video was the most popular, while the paper airplane and dandelion syrup videos are the most popular activities.

Meanwhile, one of the departments existing activities continues to enjoy steady success.

Moubray said the OCPR disc golf course at the Lee Industrial Park remains open, provided participants observe proper social distancing procedures.

Almost every time I ride out to check the course, or when we mow, there are people playing, Moubray said. Thats pretty cool.

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