With the crisp air of the fall, why not take your kids out for a fun autumn scavenger hunt? Don’t you just love the beautiful reds, yellows, and oranges of nature at this time of year? From hayrides to apple picking to jumping into piles of leaves, there are so many ways to get outside and enjoy the season. Grab your camera and try to find each of the following autumn objects:
1. pine cone
2. squirrel
3. 3 colorful leaves
4. tree with no leaves left
5. pumpkin
6. seeds
7. thorns
8. dead grass
9. birds flying south
10. black-eyed Susans
11. dark clouds
12. spider
13. mushroom
14. moss on a twig
15. duck
16. berries on a bush
17. a moth
18. a stick
19. pine needles
20. dried weeds
Print out this fun scavenger hunt, and see how many items you can find:
Capture Your Autumn Scavenger Hunt on Film
If you want to capture autumn on video instead of with photographs, your kids can have a ball! Watch the following video to observe my family as we run through spectacular autumn scenery and throw leaves at each other. It’s a great bonding activity for any family!
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Thanks, this is an awesome list. š Great job!
Scavenger hunts get kids into nature and help them to pay attention to details. We loved doing this scavenger hunt!
This is fun!
Last year in October we went pumpkin collecting. I helped the twins pick out five pumpkins that we found on a pumpkin patch. Then we made nice hot pumpkin soup with them to eat at night. I also asked both of the children to count up the number of pumpkins too. I may do the same again this year when the time comes. This is my only unit study for October complete with fun activities like collecting pumpkins in spare time, counting them and sorting them according to size or colour for the math class, making a fact file about pumpkins in ELA, sketching them in a art lesson, researching the history of pumpkins online in history class, making a world pumpkin map for geography and cooking them in a lifeskills class.
This year I may even make a pumpkin costume for the twins to wear on Halloween night. For music, Iām not sure what I will do apart from my silly pumpkin song. But math and pumpkins go hand in together.
Sounds like you will have a wonderful time with your pumpkin theme!