Nature Walk Scavenger Hunt (Ages 5+)
Slow down the walk. Give them a basket and 20 minutes. They'll find things you'd walk past.
Look up
A bird
An animal home (nest, burrow, hole)
A cloud moving fast
A tree taller than three kids stacked
Look down
A pinecone (or seed pod)
Animal tracks
A leaf with a bug hole in it
Water moving — stream, puddle, dew
Touch, smell, listen
Something that smells like outside
Bark that feels bumpy
A sound you can't see (bird, insect, wind)
Moss or lichen
Question round
Count the colors of green you can see
There are more than 5. There are always more.
Find a bug without touching it
Guess how old the tallest tree is
Point to where the wind comes from
Leave everything better than you found it. The pocket rock is the exception.