Flower Safari – Scavenger Hunt
This is a perfect summer activity, but don’t let the kids know it’s a learning game.
There are big flowers, small flowers, bell-shaped flowers, red flowers, yellow flowers, and many more types of flowers that surround us everywhere in the summer months, whether in your backyard or in a park.
Even a visit to a flower nursery will be enjoyable because children will be happily looking at all the flowers to find answers for their scavenger hunt list and will never know that they are learning about nature in one of its most beautiful forms.
This scavenger hunt should be fun and adult-led, better for 6-10 year olds than younger kids.
For teenage hunts, a
special spin hunt list just for them, that will make them think creatively and have fun at the same time.
Scavenger Hunt Question Examples
(create questions by age of the hnters)
A bell-shaped flower
A group of flowers that is shaped like an umbrella.
A flower that has spots or stripes inside the petals.
A flower with four petals
A flower with three petals
A flower with heart-shaped leaves.
A flower that is shaped like a trumpet.
A flower that smells good
a flower that smells bad
a flower without leaves
a flower that is round
A flower that has points
A flower that grows very tall
A flower that is on the ground
A flower that is so beautiful (child’s perception)
A flower that is ugly (child’s perception)
A flower that is the favorite color flower
A flower that has two colors in the flower petals.
A flower with a very long stem.
A flower that is very small.
Other ideas for questions:
A bee (where did you see one?)
A butterfly (what color was it?
A caterpillar (where was it?)
A cat?
UN Chien?
A bird?
a bird house
a birdbath
a red flower
a yellow flower
a blue flower
a purple flower
a white flower
a lady with a hat
a man mowing the lawn
Etc.
FLOWER SAFARI FOR TEENS
TREASURE HUNT
Add this special twist if teens are the flower safari hunters:
Advance preparations:
Make a list of the flowers that you know are in the hunting area
Draw a very simple outline sketch of each flower on the list
Ask the hunters to find the flower and list where it is found
Have the hunters use each simple flower sketch to turn it into another object, such as a cartoon character, house, car, etc.
Enjoy these fun projects with your children, letting your imagination guide you… be a “non-adult”, it’s fun! The author has been a ‘non-adult’ for all of her adult years, too many to brag about!