Free Printable Backyard Scavenger Hunt for Kids

Print out a copy of this backyard scavenger hunt and set your kids free! Let them explore the backyard checking off each item as they find it. Perfect for summer fun!

Scavenger hunts are a great way to work on skills while having fun. Kids can practice colors and counting with this printable scavenger hunt.

Backyard Scavenger Hunt

To set up this activity, print out one copy of the scavenger hunt for each child participating.

Clip the scavenger hunt to a clip board and hand each child a crayon or pencil.

Now, you’re all set!

Choose where your kids will do the scavenger hunt. You can send them out into the backyard to find as much as possible. If they can’t find everything on their hunt, expand the hunt to the neighborhood.

Can they find more items in a neighbor’s yard?

Variations

You can make this a reusable activity by laminating the scavenger hunt page and having kids use a dry erase marker.

BOOKS ABOUT Flowers

Fill your book basket with a great collection of kids books about flowers. Most of these books can be found at your local library or used bookstore.

If you have a hard time finding them, you can order them through my Amazon affiliate links by clicking the images below.

Look! Flowers! – Look! Flowers! They’re beautiful to see. Turn the page and you’ll find out how amazing they can be.

Mrs. Peanuckle’s Flower Alphabet – From the aster to the zinnia, Mrs. Peanuckle introduces very young children to 26 types of flowers from across the globe. For each one, she offers a single defining characteristic, some of them very surprising.

The Reason for a Flower – The reason for a flower is to manufacture seeds, but Ruth Heller shares a lot more about parts of plants and their functions in her trademark rhythmic style.