Fall Scavenger Hunt Printable for Kids

Explore nature and strengthen visual discrimination skills with this printable fall scavenger hunt for kids.

Whether you hunt through your backyard or you travel to a park or nature preserve, kids of all ages can participate in a fall scavenger hunt with this printable.

Scroll down to see how this printable can be used with kids of multiple ages.

Add this free homeschool printable to your autumn lessons. It also works well in your nature study or fall leaves lessons.

Fall Scavenger Hunt

Are you looking for a fun autumn activity to use with your kids? I can’t wait for you to use this fall scavenger hunt with your kids.

Do you have children who love to explore nature? If so, they’ll love this fun nature activity.

Strengthening visual discrimination skills is important for kids of all ages. These skills help children focus on differences between similar items. They learn to pay close attention to detail.

Preparing the Activity

All you need to do to prepare this activity is print and go. You can laminate the printable and use dry erase markers if you’d like to use this over and over again.

Clip the printable to a clipboard, provide your child with a dry erase marker, and you’re all set.

Using the Printable

This is a simple activity to use with kids of all ages. Because the scavenger hunt items are pictures, even prereaders can participate in this activity.

Kids will hunt for leaves, mushrooms, acorns, and more. Paying attention to detail will help kids search for various types of leaves.

Young children can hunt for each leaf by color instead of type. Older kids can search for specific leaves to match the leaf pictures on the page.

BOOKS ABOUT FALL

Fill your book basket with a great collection of books about fall. 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.

Hello, Harvest Moon – While tired farmers and their families are in bed, the harvest moon silently climbs into the sky and starts working its magic. For some, it is the nightly signal to rise and shine. It is time to hunt, to work, or to play in the shadows. For a little girl and her cat, it is an invitation to enjoy the wonders of the night and a last flood of light before the short days of winter set in.

Awesome Autumn – Autumn is awesome! Leaves change color. Animals fly south or get ready to hibernate. People harvest crops and dress up as scary creatures for Halloween. And then there are pickup football games to play, Thanksgiving foods to eat, leaf piles to jump in―all the amazing things that happen as the air turns crisp and cool.

Fall Mixed Up – Fall is all mixed up in this silly book from Bob Raczka! Can you find his mistakes in the words and pictures?

Round Out Your Unit with These Activities:

This Waldorf apple tree would be a great Montessori toy for you kid. The wooden puzzle tree falls into 5 pieces: a body, a crown, and 3 apples. It will help your child to develop fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.

This wooden leaf matching game is perfect for homeschooling and classroom use. Children loves to see different shapes of leaves and learn about their names. These wooden cards are durable and long lasting.