We have a fantastic guest post today in celebration of a wonderful new book that encourages kids to get out every day into nature for craft and play. Whatever the time of year, spending time outside is incredibly important for our kids mental health and wellbeing: A Year of Nature Craft and Play. We are lucky enough for the authors to be guesting on our site today, providing us with an amazing craft activity, exclusive to KiddyCharts in addition to all the fabulous ideas that are included within their book.
The book is written by creative children’s therapist Becky Goddard-Hill and gardening and nature craft expert Catherine Hughes and published by Harper Collins.
A year of Nature Craft and Play
by Becky Goddard-Hill and Catherine Hughes
This book is jam packed with seasonal crafts, gardening projects, games, art and science activities for children aged 7+ all nature based, eco, friendly and thrifty.
There are loads of ideas for the kids to get stuck into, and it’s SO MUCH fun for them, that they won’t even realise that all the fun they are having outdoors is helping their general mental health and wellbeing immensely.
There are 52 ideas for the kids, one a week; making it idea to keep them busy, any time of year.
One of the ideas in the book is to make a nature walk lots more fun by turning it into a scavenger hunt.
But how do you actually go about doing this? We’ve created a scavenger hunt list for you to do just that with.
How to make your scavenger hunt list look amazing
You can make a scavenger hunt list look cool because it looks old so it feels like a proper treasure hunt for your children.
To do this you simply need:
- A teabag,
- Small bowl of water, and
- Our printable which we have just created for you. Download this by clicking on the button below.
- Dip the teabag into cold water then drip it, splodge it and smear it over your paper on both sides. Don’t make it too wet or the paper will tear
- Leave it to dry then write you can take it out with you and tick off the items as you find them on your list in black pen
- Every tick means you have managed to find it of course. There aren’t too many for you to look for, but enough to keep the kids entertained.
What we have including in our scavenger hunt
We have focused in this list on the autumn and winter seasons.
However, if you wanted to do your own scavenger hunt for any season, then you could make up your own. Just create the scavenger hunt list on white paper instead.
We do also have other scavenger hunts on KiddyCharts too. Including a fabulous colour me in winter scavenger hunt, and another nature scavenger hunt as well.
We have included the following within the list for you:
Touch / Feel
- A smooth conker,
- A prickly conker case,
- A gentle breeze,
- A fluffy feather,
- The bark of tree, and
- A hard pinecone.
See
- A red leaf,
- A yellow leaf,
- An orange leaf,
- Blackberries,
- Bare branches,
- A big stick, and
- A spiders web.
How many of these amazing Autumn touch and see experiences can your child find on their nature walk today? Let us know.
In case you want a sneak peak of the activity – check it out here:
<< To download the scavenger hunt list for this activity, click the button below >>
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We do have other scavenger hunts to check out as we mentioned above, and here are some more!
Scavenger hunt ideas
Here are some fabulous scavenger hunt ideas on KiddyCharts for you to check out.
Winter scavenger hunt: And you can colour it in too!
Our winter scavenger hunt for you to check out and also colour in as well!
Day 2: Summer scavenger hunt printable #KiddyChartsSummer
Have fun this summer with a summer scavenger hunt. Check out the free printable!
Outdoor and indoor Christmas scavenger hunt
If you fancy something for Christmas then this is an outdoor and indoor hunt that is well worth doing - set it up and send them off!
Christmas scavenger hunt free printable clue cards for kids
Some clue ideas if you want to get a scavenger hunt sorted out yourself.
Nature scavenger hunt for children #31daysofactivities
Fantastic and fun nature scavenger hunt for the kids/
Here are some other ideas for you too:
Scavenger hunt ideas from the web
If we don't have enough ideas from KiddyCharts for you, here are some more on other sites.
30+ Free Printable Scavenger Hunts for Kids
Take a look at this exhaustive list of 30+ free printable scavenger hunt for kids.
Simple Color Scavenger Hunt for Kids
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Scavenger Hunts for Kids
Enjoy these fun scavenger hunts for kids.
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Thanks so much for checking this out, and do take a look at the book as well, and let us know how you get on with it too.
See you soon,
Helen
Helen
Helen is a mum to two, social media consultant, and website editor; and this site is (we think) the only Social Enterprise parenting magazine! Since giving up being a business analyst when juggling travel, work and kids proved too complicated, she founded KiddyCharts so she could be with her kids, and use those grey cells at the same time. KiddyCharts has reach of over 1.1million across social and the site. The blog works with big family brands (including travel) to help promote their services, as well as offering free resources to parents of kids under 10. It gives 51%+ profits to Reverence for Life, who fund a number of important initiatives in Africa, including bringing running water and basic equipment to a school in Tanzania. Helen has worked as a digital marketing consultant (IDM qualified) with various organisations, including Channel Mum, Truprint, Talk to Mums, and Micro Scooters. She loves to be creative in the brand campaigns she works on. Get in touch TODAY!