Today was a cloudy gloomy day screaming out for something to do inside. Now, normally this means a couple of TV shows during the afternoon or a movie, which is fine cause it means I get things done. But I happened to remember an article in a scrapbook magazine about a photo scavenger hunt so I decided to modify a little for the boys and told them we had a special secret project to do after lunch.
They LOVED this! I started off with 5 things and they begged for more so we did 10 the second time (too much for Ethan so maybe 7 the next time). I highly recommend keeping this in your bag of tricks for rainy or cold days spent inside. It's super easy and totally free. They even got prizes such as no evening work (cleaning the table after dinner) and being the exclusive chooser of the books to read tonight.
Here's what we used:
5 index cards per person
digital camera for each person
I just drew a shape, color, or letter (or sometimes animal or other toy that I can't really draw that well) on each card and they had to be the first to come back with each of those things on their camera. It was really interesting to see what each of them found to represent each of the items. Super easy to modify for any age, too!
Have fun!!
2 comments:
Cool idea. We've been wanting to get Grace a digital camera, maybe her bday in September. Got any suggestions on manufacturers?
LOVE this idea. We will be doing it for sure. The boys will have so much fun with it. Thanks.
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