List of Things to Find in a Scavenger Hunt

It is such a beautiful day today that I sat with my baby in the backyard taking it all in. Definitely one of the pros of working from home! While we played on the blanket, I decided to brainstorm about today’s kid activity. I knew I wanted to write about an outdoor scavenger hunt, but I wanted to see if I’d be able to find things outside that began with each letter of the alphabet.

Before I share the list of things to find in a scavenger hunt, I want to say that scavenger hunts are a big hit with kids of every age! I even enjoyed finding things by myself; my baby wasn’t much help. Well, I shouldn’t say that. She did eat grass, so I guess she helped me find something that began with the letter “G.”

Another way to make this scavenger hunt even more fun for kids is to give them a disposable camera to take a picture of each thing they find. Don’t worry that these cameras usually have the capacity to take 24 pictures and there are 26 letters in the alphabet. If you’re like me, you may fall short on a couple letters! Then you can develop the photos and create your own alphabet book.

Here’s a list of things I was able to find during my scavenger hunt:

A – ant, acorn

B – butterfly, bird, bee

C – caterpillar, clover

D – driveway, dog

E – evergreen tree

F – flowers, foliage

G – grass, geraniums

H – hammock, hose

I – insects (too many of those!)

J – jump rope, junk (unfortunately!)

K – kite, kickball

L – leaves, lawn chair

M – mailbox, mulch

N – noises (I know, I didn’t see these, but they were there!)

O – oak tree

P – patio, pool (No, we don’t have a pool, but our neighbors do!)

Q – quality time with my kid! (Okay, I couldn’t find a Q object.)

R – robin, rotting wood

S – sprinkler, swing set

T – tent, trees

U – unusual shaped leaf (You have to be creative!)

V – vine, vinyl siding

W – wood

Y – Y-shaped twig

Z – I got nothin’ but you may have zinnias!

So here’s my list of things to find in a scavenger hunt. Look around your yard and see what would be on your scavenger hunt list! If you’re looking for a list of things to find inside, here’s an indoor scavenger hunt game.