Birthday Scavenger Hunt

All you need, is a list of items for your kiddies to find. You can make them up as you go or you can print some of these  hunts I found on Pinterest. There are a lot of unique scavenger hunt ideas out there and you can approach it from every possible angle, collecting items by colour as we did in Week 1, sorting them by texture turning it into a sensory hunt, looking for items by size or more generic seasonal ones.

If your kids (and you!) are ok with creepy crawlies, I suggest you go on a Bug Hunt. Insects are easy to find, usually small and therefore not too intimidating and their anatomy can be extremely interesting. Bring some small glass jars and a magnifying glass to catch and view your bugs  and I am sure the whole family is going to learn something new!

Once you are in the forest, ask your kids to find a large dead tree or branch. Carefully roll it over and look under. Chances are lots of little critters are scattering and crawling away looking for a new hiding place. Gently catch one or two in your glass jar and investigate them with your magnifying glass. 

After surveying your caterpillars, beetles and wood-lice, make sure you put them back where they came from. Roll back the tree and start again! 

As with any challenge, don't forget to share your findings with the community here, we'd love to hear about your bug hunt and other great scavenger hunt ideas!

I am all for spontaneity, but since my creepy crawlies knowledge has some serious gaps, I decided to do some prep work: 

Results update: The weather has been pretty wet and miserable this week, so we prepared for a rainy hunt with wellies and raincoats. There were still enough bugs crawling around to get up close and personal with, this is how we did:

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