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The weather is definitely improving, and if you are anything like us, you need to get outside. I feel like we've been stuck inside so much lately! So now's the time to pull out the easy to do outdoor activities, and of course, we've got you covered with everything from crafts to STEM depending on your preferences and interest. Plus, we will make sure to keep this outdoor activity resource growing and filled with fun things to do outside all season long. Are you ready to soak up Vitamin D?

FUN THINGS TO DO OUTSIDE WITH KIDS!

OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS

When you find extra time on your hands at home but can still get outside at least, you may end up needing a few tricks up your sleeve! We're here to help. Many schools, camps, and activities are also canceled this season, so we have also shared fun indoor activities too!

Now I want to share some big-time fun outdoor activities for when you aren't fitting in schoolwork or if you have multiple age groups at home and you need to keep the younger kiddos busy while the older kids work on lessons.

If you have toddlers at home, check out our backyard ideas for easy to set up ideas even if you have a small backyard!

LET'S GET OUTSIDE!

Draw something!

Plant something!

Explore something!

Get something wet!

Build something!

Grow something!

The possibilities are endless...

I bet you have most of the supplies you need already. If not, add them to the grocery list. There are even fun FREE printables added in along the way!

Our website is filled with free and easy to use activities for kids. Search a theme, season, or holiday and see what you can find. Even easier, stop by our SHOP for many "done for you" activity packs for kids like our Nature Pack!

25+ FUN THINGS FOR KIDS TO DO OUTSIDE

Click on the links below to get started with some of our favorite outdoor activities for kids!

Make it fizzy and takes it outside. Fizzing outdoor paint is a fun way to take science outside this year!

We love to hunt for painted rocks on our walk every day and we have been finding tons of new ones each week. They really brighten the trail and can create a fun I Spy game for kids.

Have you ever wondered if you can make your own outdoor sidewalk chalk? Absolutely! Check out the easy recipe here.

This is the best sidewalk paint recipe ever to take outside! Easy to make and washes away just fine! Watch the video.

The birds will love this one. Plus, you can also check out our classic cardboard tube bird feeder or a veggie bag bird feeder! Watch the video

This water STEM activity is so much fun whether you have a fence, railing, trellis, all you need is a bit of creativity for endless hours of play!

We might not be able to go stay in a hotel but you can make one for the bugs in your garden. Read about all the advantages of having a bug hotel in your yard and see how we made ours!

Take the learning outdoors and explore the world of bees with a DIY bee hotel.

Bubble science experiments, homemade bubble wands, 3D bubbles! Click on the link to watch the video.

Go On An Outdoor Scavenger Hunt

Grab our pack of free scavenger hunts right here. There's 8 to choose from!

A fun way to take the science lesson into the yard and learn how to observe a small section of the outdoors very carefully.

A great family project or older sibling/younger sibling project.

Do your kiddos love to whip up potions and experiment outside? It's a great way to move the mess outdoors when the weather is nice.

Yes! You can build a volcano in the sandbox. Super easy and fun for kids.

Of course, you will need a very warm and sunny day, but there's no harm in experimenting!

This is a fun way to explore simple physics outside!

Everyone's favorite and a tasty afternoon treat. No matter how warm it is outside though, you will need winter gloves! See the video!

You don't need fancy solar print paper for this activity, we used simple LEGO bricks and construction paper to create these fun sun prints.

For days that aren't sunny, why not not make a rain painting outdoors. All you need is watercolor pencils, white card stock and a rainy day. On a piece of white card stock, draw a colorful sky by starting at the top and working your way to the bottom. Set your drawing outside on a rainy day and watch what happens to your drawing.

Super simple! All you need is a bin or tray and nature items from around the yard. Add plastic bugs or animals for play and storytelling.

Icy play is perfect for outdoor fun, and here we added a fun dinosaur theme.

Shaving cream and play sand make a great messy but fantastic sensory experience for kids! Perfect for things to do outside. See the video.

Hilarious fun with bursting or burping bags and a common chemical reaction. Outdoor science at its best!

Will the clouds bring rain? Part craft, part Earth Science as you learn about clouds and get outside to find out what types of clouds are in your sky.

Mud Pie Slime

Did you know you can make mud pie slime? Mix it up outside too! Use one of our basic slime recipes (here) and add a small scoop of dirt.

If you love slime, you'll love color-changing slime with UV pigment powder. You can also use UV color-changing beads as an alternative and then enjoy making bracelets too. Take your slime into the sun and see what happens to the color!

Over 25 pool noodle ideas from outdoor water play to structure building. Who would have thought there were so many fun things to do with a pool noodle!

It's a classic, and best left for outside experimenting!

A fun month-long series that features a week of science, technology, engineering, art, and math all with an outdoor emphasis.

FUN THINGS TO DO OUTSIDE FOR KIDS

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Nature theme writing prompts make for the start of a fantastic outdoor nature journal.

Explore nature-themed STEM challenges that encourage your kiddos to use supplies found in nature and natural materials to complete.

Discover the birds in your backyard, learn how to make different kinds of kid-friendly bird feeders.

Observe a favorite flower or leaf, and go on a scavenger hunt or two!

Discover how to set up a one square foot backyard jungle project.

Explore what it's like to be a collector and set up your own collection.

Explore the senses outside.

Simple leaf science activities with leaves including leaf rubbing, how do leaves breathe, and leaf drawing.

Start a seed jar and observe how a plant grows even under the ground!

Build an insect hotel for your garden using natural and found materials.

Many nature-inspired scavenger hunts to get you moving.

BONUS: Pine Cone Pack included!

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25+ Fun Things to Do Outside | Little Bins for Little Hands

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The weather is definitely improving, and if you are anything like us, you need to get outside. I feel like we've been stuck inside so much lately! So now's the time to pull out the easy to do outdoor activities, and of course, we've got you covered with everything from crafts to STEM depending on your preferences and interest.

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How it works: Place nature objects with different textures in several brown lunch bags. You could put a pinecone in one, a stick in another and a stone in a third. Have your kids close their eyes and feel each object. Then send them outside to find a similar texture. As they find matching objects, introduce texture words like pointy, bumpy and smooth.

This helps to expand students vocabulary in writing about texture and finding similarities in objects found in nature!

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Ways to connect it to learning.
Practicing colors - Younger kids can focus on the rainbow aspect and knowing colors.

Scientific Testing - Seeing what the best way to create your windsock and having trial and errors for ideas on how to create it.

Math practice - You can measure the ribbons and how much you need to cut.

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Ever wondered how to make windsocks with the children quickly, easily and cheaply? Well, this windsock craft is so easy to do you'll be ready to take it outside to play with in just minutes!

Another great thing about this rainbow windsock craft is that it's made from an up-cycled plastic milk jug so you and the kiddies can have fun and be doing your bit for the environment at the same time.

The milk jug base means the windsocks are perfect for little hands to hold on to easily and it's like having handheld kites.

We used rainbow ribbons for our windsocks because they're so bright a cheerful and it's coming up to St Patrick's Day, but you could of course use any colours you like.

Children will love running around and twirling seeing the kites' rainbow tails trailing out behind them. These really are such colourful and fun windsocks to make and play with.

Supplies To Make Your Own Windsock

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How To Make Rainbow Windsocks

Making a windsock is a great task for big kids to do independently and even if they're too big to want to play with it themselves they can always make it for a younger friend or sibling or just hang it up outside as a garden ornament!

My 10 year old made this one successfully without any help what-so-ever. Younger kiddies might need a bit of a helping hand in places.

First he cut the bottom off the milk jug. He chose to saw through it with a bread knife and it worked really well. You could use a little hacksaw or even snip through with scissors.

Then he measured out and cut off lots of lengths of ribbon. You can make these as long or short as you like. He chose an arm's length as his guide.

Finally he just stapled them on all the way around the edge. Hey presto your hand-held kite/windsock craft is finished! How easy was that?

My youngest son has loved running around with it outside and it inspired lots of turning, spinning, leaping and dancing.

"I love how it inspired his physical movement and self expression."

Windsocks - What Are The Children Learning?

Making windsocks is a super activity for older children to think through and problem solve how to achieve a finished piece. I told my son that I wanted to make a windsock using the milk jug and ribbons. I left it to him to work out how to cut the jug, measure out the number and lengths of ribbon and how to attach them.

If you're working alongside younger children then it's a great activity for talking about colours. You can see a list of relevant colour learning ideas in my Rainbow Sensory Bottles post.

There are lots of opportunity for maths too:

Can the children decide how long they want their ribbon to be?

Do they want the ribbons all the same length or different lengths?

How can they measure the ribbon?

Perhaps they'd like the ribbon as long as their arm or as long as Daddy's foot?

Older children might like to measure the ribbon out using centimetres.

Can the children cut the ribbon? It's a bit trickier than paper!

How about a bit of Scientific Testing?

What's the best way to attach the ribbons? Glue, Sticky Tape, Masking Tape, or Staples? Perhaps they'd prefer to make holes and tie the ribbon on?

Which method will last the longest and why?

Which method will be best in the rain?

Is there an optimum number of ribbons?

Where is it best to attach the ribbons?

Could the tails be made out of different materials? How about, paper or strips of plastic bag?

I love crafts like this where there are lots of different ways of doing it. There is no right or wrong.

I think when we're working on arts and crafts with children it is important to remember that it's about children's individual creativity and very much the process, not the finished product!"

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Ever wondered how to make windsocks with the children quickly, easily and cheaply? Well, this windsock craft is so easy to do you'll be ready to take it outside to play with in just minutes!

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Have the students create a canvas with 4 squares or 4 panels. During the peak of each season, have them draw and color the same spot in HRE Woods. Since school usually starts in August, we would start with summer. The idea is to see the same natural object or setting during the changing seasons.

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Math Outdoor Choice Board for 2nd, 3rd, & 4th

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Math Outdoor Choice Board for 2nd, 3rd, & 4th

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40 Wet and Wild Outdoor Science Projects and Activities
https://www.weareteachers.com/outdoor-science/
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This is an awesome book for easy hands-on ideas on ways to create, play, and explore the outdoors during all 4 seasons!

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Student Examples of Finding Antonyms in Nature

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Student Examples of Finding Antonyms in Nature

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4 great examples of students using creativity to find antonyms in nature!

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Student Example

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Took our math lesson on attributes of a 2D shape and had students make own 2D shape with materials from nature!

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Nature & Outdoor Activities - Edventures with Kids - Page 2

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Fun places to go with kids, Free printable activities, scavenger hunts, holiday games and activities, kids books, family activities, science experiments, STEM learning!

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With everyone staying at home and e-learning happening everywhere, I thought it would be fun to make different scavenger hunts to share with you each day for the kiddos to do.

They are listed in the order that I am posting them on Facebook. So you can choose whichever one you'd like to do.

I've gotten sooo many requests to have them be printable as well, so I put them all together in this resource. It currently has over 122 scavenger hunts. As I continue to make more, I will be adding to this as well.

You can grab the printable scavenger hunts directly from Primary Playground here or from my TeachersPayTeachers store here.

St. Patrick's Day Scavenger Hunt

Backyard Scavenger Hunt

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5 Senses Scavenger Hunt

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Spring Scavenger Hunt

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Rainbow Scavenger Hunt

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Book Scavenger Hunt

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Math Scavenger Hunt

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Inventor Scavenger Hunt

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Indoor Scavenger Hunt

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Nature Scavenger Hunt

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Letters Scavenger Hunt

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Black and White Scavenger Hunt

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Shapes Scavenger Hunt

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Rhyming Scavenger Hunt

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Neighborhood Scavenger Hunt

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Numbers Scavenger Hunt

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Easter Scavenger Hunt

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Rainy Day Scavenger Hunt

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Outdoor Scavenger Hunt

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Desert Scavenger Hunt

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Sight Word Scavenger Hunt

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Park Scavenger Hunt

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Earth Day Scavenger Hunt

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Community Scavenger Hunt

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Snow Day Scavenger Hunt

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Living and Non-Living Scavenger Hunt

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Urban Scavenger Hunt

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Gratitude Scavenger Hunt

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Autumn Scavenger Hunt

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Q & U Scavenger Hunt

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Apartment Scavenger Hunt

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Night Time Scavenger Hunt

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2D Shape Scavenger Hunt

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Mother's Day Scavenger Hunt

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3D Shapes Scavenger Hunt

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Home Scavenger Hunt

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Colors Scavenger Hunt

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Garden Scavenger Hunt

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Sunshine Scavenger Hunt

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Transportation Scavenger Hunt

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Caribbean Scavenger Hunt

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Birthday Scavenger Hunt

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Bigger or Smaller Scavenger Hunt

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Digraphs Scavenger Hunt

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Blends Scavenger Hunt

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Patriotic Scavenger Hunt

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Father's Day Scavenger Hunt

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Zoo Scavenger Hunt

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Double OO Scavenger Hunt

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Controlled R Scavenger Hunt

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Camping Scavenger Hunt

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Taller or Shorter Scavenger Hunt

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Animal Scavenger Hunt

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Fairy Tale Scavenger Hunt

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Lighter or Heavier Scavenger Hunt

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Beach Day Scavenger Hunt

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Canada Day Scavenger Hunt

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Nursery Rhyme Scavenger Hunt

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Farm Scavenger Hunt

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Insect Scavenger Hunt

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Back To School Scavenger Hunt

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Virtual Back To School Scavenger Hunt

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All About Me Scavenger Hunt

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The Night Before The First Day Of School Scavenger Hunt

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Computer Scavenger Hunt

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iPad Scavenger Hunt

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Chromebook Scavenger Hunt

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Google Classroom Scavenger Hunt

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Apple Orchard Scavenger Hunt

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Pirate Scavenger Hunt

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Fall Scavenger Hunt

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Pumpkin Patch Scavenger Hunt

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School Supply Scavenger Hunt

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Fire Safety Scavenger Hunt

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Halloween Decoration Scavenger Hunt

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Halloween Scavenger Hunt

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Creepy Scavenger Hunt

Halloween Candy Scavenger Hunt

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Thankful Scavenger Hunt

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Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt

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Thanksgiving Day Parade Scavenger Hunt

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Christmas Lights Scavenger Hunt

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Christmas Scavenger Hunt

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Christmas Lights #2 Scavenger Hunt

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Christmas Eve Scavenger Hunt

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Chanukah Scavenger Hunt

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Winter Scavenger Hunt

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CVC Short A Scavenger Hunt

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CVC Short E Scavenger Hunt

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CVC Short I Scavenger Hunt

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CVC Short O Scavenger Hunt

CVC Short U Scavenger Hunt

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Valentine's Day Scavenger Hunt

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Weather Scavenger Hunt

Opposite Scavenger Hunt

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Grocery Store Scavenger Hunt

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Pet Store Scavenger Hunt

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Mardi Gras Scavenger Hunt

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Purim Scavenger Hunt

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Passover Scavenger Hunt

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Cinco de Mayo Scavenger Hunt

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OI and OY Scavenger Hunt

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Double EE Words Scavenger Hunt

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End Of The School Year Scavenger Hunt

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Long A Scavenger Hunt

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Long E Scavenger Hunt

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Long I Scavenger Hunt

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Do you have any other scavenger hunts that you'd like to see? Let me know and I'll see about adding it!

Long O Scavenger Hunt

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Long U Scavenger Hunt

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Summer Scavenger Hunt

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Wild West Scavenger Hunt

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Road Trip Scavenger Hunt

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New Year's Scavenger Hunt

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100th Day Scavenger Hunt

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2's Day Scavenger Hunt

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Food Pairs Scavenger Hunt

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Lunar New Year Scavenger Hunt

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Around The School Scavenger Hunt

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Kwanzaa Scavenger Hunt

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Thanks for stopping by!

Jenette

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Get those kiddos up and moving with these scavenger hunts! We have over 100 scavenger hunts that we've shared now! From holidays to math, we have it all!

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For the creature alliteration, I had the kids collect odd items in nature, create a creature, then use the template to make a poem.
All the others, I just had the kids outside and either found a color, an item, a space, etc. to write about.

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Homemade sidewalk chalk

You will need:

3 T. of eggshell powder

1 T. flour

1 T. water

food dye (approx. 20 drops)

paper towel

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ted talk on outdoor learning - Bing video

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Clean Up Trash and Recycle Song | Wendy Sing-Along Nursery Rhymes and Kids Songs

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We can support your teaching with relevant resources and ideas to actively engage your class or group.

From your classroom to your school grounds, we can provide something that meets your needs. Let us show you how easy it is to instil a love of nature in your students through our activities and resources.

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Teaching Resources for Classroom & Outdoor Lessons - The RSPB

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List of parks that are open to go visit in Fishers and Carmel

o Fishers -

Heritage Park - paved path and nature trails

Highland Cemetery - The founder of Fishers is buried here
Heady Cemetery - In my neighborhood - creepy but so fun!

o Carmel -

River Road Park - paved path, lots of play space, and nature trails

River Heritage Park - short paths and play space

Hazel Landing park - frisbee golf, nature trails, river walk

Coxhall Gardens - paved path, small area for kids - no one was there!!

Cool Creek Park

·Mounds State Park