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    Design Dazzle » Kids » Summer Camp/Crafts

    Published: Jun 27, 2014 · Modified: Aug 31, 2020 by Toni Roberts · This post may contain affiliate links · 4 Comments

    Backyard Photo Scavenger Hunt with Free Printables

    DIY Backyard Scavenger Hunt! Kids activities printable great for summertime! #kidsactivities

    Scavenger hunts were created to be fun: a crazy menagerie of things to locate, tromping around in teams being silly and trying to find an elusive list items while racing the clock. Scavenger hunts have the added benefit of making the players think and be a little creative in the way they find things in order to beat out the competition. Little ones may not be able to get into the competitive aspect of a hunt, but they can certainly get into the collecting and finding things portion of it. And it turns their own backyard into a big game of “Where’s Waldo” that will most definitely encourage the fun!

    backyard scavenger hunt-2And to step up the kids-will-go-crazy-for-this-activity portion of this scavenger hunt…you hand them a camera to go do their hunting with! Using a phone or a point-and-shoot, kids can wander around their backyard looking for all the things on their list, and take a picture of each.

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      Anyone with kids and a phone probably has as many child-selfie shots on it as I do, and can see the benefit of teaching children how to turn the phone around to take pictures of other things. Summer activity and teaching moment all in one.

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    Once they’ve crawled all over the yard collecting pictures of everything on the list, Mom or dad can print out their shots for them to cut out and paste into their Summer Adventurer journal.

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    If you’ve got big kids, encourage them to write something about each of their finds…like what kind of leaves they found, or something interesting about how or where they found a particular item. For the little ones, well, I’m usually pretty happy when the tiny ones make it through a craft project without eating the glue.

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    After all the pictures are pasted and journaled, three hole punch them and tie them up with a bit of ribbon to keep!

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     This was a big hit with my kids. They each wanted their own scavenger hunt journal, and disappeared into the yard for quite some time to complete pictures of everything on the list. We spent some time after talking about all the things they had found and writing about them.

    You can download the Backyard Photo Scavenger Hunt pages here! 

    Find more free printables and party ideas at

    Frog Prince Paperie!

     
    Paula is a party-loving mom of two terrific kids living on the sunny beaches of Melbourne, Florida. She is the creative force behind Frog Prince Paperie,  a blog dedicated to making parties magical for the DIY home entertainer!

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    1. Debbie says

      June 27, 2014 at 6:42 am

      This is such a cute idea Thanks for sharing!

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      • Toni - Design Dazzle says

        June 28, 2014 at 8:30 am

        Thanks, Debbie. I would have fun doing this!!

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    2. Toni - Design Dazzle says

      June 28, 2014 at 8:29 am

      Love, love, love this!!! What kid wouldn’t have a blast doing this???
      Thanks, Paula for the free printable.

      Reply
    3. Carla says

      July 28, 2014 at 10:10 pm

      Neat idea!

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