Daily Idea #30: Color Scavenger Hunt

My kids love finding things around the house— whether it belongs to them or not. They also love to squirrel away tiny keepsakes. With all that in mind, today we are going to have a scavenger hunt to find these things around the house.

First, make a color chart. You can either write the color (for the older child) or simply color a square patch on a paper (for the younger child who can’t read yet) of the various colors of the rainbow; include black, white, grey and any other colors in the spectrum you’d like.

Give the kids a paper bag or a small box/bucket and a 15 minute time limit to see how many small things they can find of each color and bring back to show you. At the end of the time limit have them pick one thing they would like to tell you about and why they chose that item.