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Outdoor Scavenger Hunts For Kids
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Enjoy outdoor scavenger hunts for kids. They are a great way to keep the kids happy doing something outdoors.

outdoor scavenger hunts for kids

Here you will find some great outdoor scavenger hunts for kids.

An outdoor hunt is a great way to get kids experiencing nature.

Kids often need encouragement to go out for walks.

A hunt is a great motivator.

Enjoy these outdoor scavenger hunts.

This is a photograph of our daughter enjoying a hunt in our garden, she really enjoys doing these and it keeps her occupied for a while (a feat in itself as she is unable to occupy herself due to her autism normally)

We hide things around the garden and she goes off to find them. Try hiding toys, certain color items, pebbles, pine cones, leaves, small insects etc.

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Here you will find a collection of outdoor scavenger hunts for kids activities which you will find really useful.

Hunt 1.

Get your kids to mark these off as they find them. They need to bring them back to you to judge the winning team or winning person.


2 PINE CONES LEAF STICK SEED FEATHER SOMETHING GREEN
LOLLY STICK BLUE EYES TIE DOG ON LEAD PHOTO OF TREE PHOTO OF LOVELY GARDEN
STONE KEY SAFETY PIN COIN SHOE LACE STRRET NEME PHOTO

Hunt 2

Beach Scavenger hunt for kids

At the beach collect these items and take photos

Build a sandastle and decorate the castle must have a moat and drawbridge.

Find some seaweed.

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Collect three shells each.

Buried treasure.

Bring mum and dad a coffee from the cafe.

How many types of icecream is the cafe selling.

How much does a magnum icecream cost.

A picture of a one of you in the water.

A photo of all of you in water(they will need to ask someone to help)

10p

A bottle cap

A wrapped sweet.

Hunt 3
Why not show your kids how to use a digial camera to take pictures of the following items. These can be found on a walk in the countryside or your backyard if big enough.

Take pictures of these objects


LADYBIRD FEATHER SNAIL ANT CATERPILLAR CLOVER
MOSS SPIDER WEB LEAF PEBBLE GRASS TWIG
PINE CONE BIRD SQUIRREL RED FLOWER PRICKLY LEAF BUTTERFLY
Hunt 4
 outdoor scavenger hunts for kids

Penny Hunt.

Try collecting together a tube of pennies.

Then one day when the kids are bored you can hide the pennies aroungd the garden.

If you have an area of gravel the kids have to work harder to find the pennies.

They can also be hidden in a sand pit if you have one.

When the kids have found the pennies, you could let them spend their find at the shop.
Hunt 5

We go out for picnics and enjoy a scavenger hunt whilst we are there

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This is for older kids, say 10 and up.

This is one we took along to do recently.

Sadly it rained on us within 2 minutes of leaving the car.

This then turned into a thunderstorm.

We gave up but here is the list from the trip.

You will need to take: playdoh, camera, money, paper, pencils, bubbles to blow.

The kids will need a camera.

Collect these items

Collect something green

Get a stick.

One of you do a handstand take a photograph.

What is the name of the cafe (write it backwards)

Get mum and dad a cup of coffee from the cafe.

At the cafe how much is a cream tea.

Make a model of a horse with playdoh.

Each of you sketch anothers face.

A shoelace

Blow a big bubble and take a photo.

Something beginning with B

All of you have an icecream, bring the wrapper

Something spikey

If you have two groups first group back wins. If you have one team like we did, put a time limit on it.

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