Still desperate for ways to keep your kiddos occupied during the last long, muggy days of summer? Not to worry, we still have some awesome ideas for outdoor fun to share with you. Today, we're talking scavenger hunts. And if that sounds too exhausting, feel free to pour yourslef up a nice glass of lemonade and while the children search the backyard (or even the neighborhood) high and low.
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Check out the great ideas in the slideshow below. Don't forget prizes for the winners!
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Teenage Scavenger Hunt
Get those teenagers out of their dungeon-like rooms with an around-the-town scavenger hunt. Give them each a list of commonly found objects or places as well as some that are more specific to your town (such as a monument or sign), and tell them to take pictures with their cell phones of each object they successfully located before returning home. Get some ideas of what to include on the hunt from the list on momsandmunchkins.ca.
Basic Scavenger Hunt
This basic scavenger hunt can be completed in a backyard, on a walk around the neighborhood or at a local park. The items are all fairly easily found in most outdoor areas, and by adding pictures to the list, even toddlers will be able to participate.
Color Match Scavenger Hunt
Swipe some paint chip cards from the hardware store and set your kids about finding objects outside that match up with the colors on the cards. While this color match scavenger hunt is pretty straightforward, it'll be a challenge for a wide age range of children, since it can be tricky to find an item for multiple shades of the same color.
Word Scavenger Hunt
This word-based scavenger hunt will keep school-aged children busy for long stretches of time as they not only run around searching for the words but subsequently trace every single letter and eventually cleaning the words off of every surface. Plus, it's great practice for pre- and new readers and writers. Get the full instructions at playdoughtoplato.com.
