scavanger hunt

Although we were threatened with rain all of last week, the real storm did not hit us until the weekend.  After having company for lunch and our first full day of school on friday, I was more than happy that it was raining and that we would not have soccer practice.  However, facing the idea of spending an entire saturday cooped up in the house was not nearly as appealing!  We wracked our brains for a while, trying to think of something we could do, somewhere we could go, that would not cost much, if any, money.  The rain began to tapper off and we were struck with an idea...

We went online and did a Google searchg of free scavanger hunts.  You could look at what is available online, or make up your own list.  This is the one we used:

1.  2 different types of grass                    14.  Large rock

2.  Leaves from 3 different trees              15.  Moss

3.  Berry                                                  16.  Pinecone

4. 3 different colored smooth stones        17.  Water reed

5.  Animal tracks                                    18.  Nut or Acorn

6.  Flower                                              19.  Something red

7.  something plastic                              20.  Seeds

8.  Something faster than a snail             21.  Feather

9.  Something that fell out of a tree        22.  Stick

10.  Something that makes noise            23.  Wood

11.  Something shiny                              24.  Animal home

12.  Something white                             25.  Something soft

13.  Something that begins with the first letter of your name...

We put on our rain gear and headced out to the woods.  What was the worst that would happen, we'd get wet if it began to rain again?  It did not rain again and the kids had a great day clomping around in their boots, collecting some of the things on the list in their buckets.  This just goes to show me that we can't be afraid of the weather.  In truth, I think we all had an even better time becasue it was a little muddy out!  We saw some deer and some earthworms that were surely moving through the wet dirt "faster than a snail"!  I am looking foward to going to another trail another afternoon to see what treasures we'll find there...and I';m sure the kiddos will be jumping for joy and at the door as soon as I suggest it.

Happy hunting and have a great weekend!

a.

Comments

[Happy Find]

Oh my goodness! The hike looks like so much fun! Our family likes to go Geocaching. Heard of it? Check out www.geocaching.com

It's like a treasure hunt!

have a lovely weekend!

[http://mysweetbabu.typepad.com]

Thanks for the link, I'm off to check it out right now! This was really fun!

You have a great weekend too, and thanks again!
a.

[by little hands]

I love your scavenger hunt list. We haven't done this in such a long time. I think we might pencil it in for our next free day.

And definately check out geocaching. It is our great way to get the kids out on a hike. There are actually some down in the harbor so you don't even have to go far. We tried to go hunting for one titles "Troll House" last weekend but Elisabeth got scared that their were really trolls there!