Top tips

• Have a handy cool bag at the ready and a couple of ice blocks in the freezer - you never know when you might wake up to the perfect picnic day.
  
• Take a sun umbrella - you can use it to protect yourself from the sun or rain!
  
• Make sure you pack a picnic rug - there is nothing worse than grass stains on your bottom.
  
• Don't forget your rubbish bag - you don't want to leave a mess behind.

The food

Keep it simple, finger food, dips, grains, salads and skewers are the easiest things, here is a list of some of our favourite picnic recipes:

Crunchy Nori Bundles with Peanut Dressing

Stuffed Nori Cones (Temaki)

Sushi Nori Rolls

Creamy Dill Dip

Hummus

Watercress Arame Salad with Sweet & Sour Dressing

Barley and Sweet Corn Salad

Tunisian Grilled Vegetables

Coconut Macaroons

Summer Fruit Shakes

Chilled tea

Picnic games

Here are some of our favourites:

Rounders, a great British institution.

Pétanque or boules, all you need is a nice even piece of ground and you're away!

Kusazumo or ‘grass sumo', take two opponents and two long pieces of grass, loop the grass together and pull. The competitor whose grass snaps first is the loser. 

Daisy chains, a childhood classic.

Frisbee, a great excuse for lots of running around.

Tree climbing, you're never too old.
 

Picnic places

Famous picnic spots around the world

London's best picnic spots