Activities for Families

The setup.

Make a stack of scavenger hunt cards in advance. The players can play individually or in small groups of two to three.

Each card will describe a thing to find. It may be a specific thing, “A stop sign,” or it may be a description involving all sorts of descriptions and properties. Here are some examples that you might want to use individually or in combinations:

• Colors
• Size (bigger than a hand, smaller than a car)
• Shapes (circle, triangle, square, ball, box)
• Group size (two things together, three together, …)
• Patterns (A B A B …)
• Numbers
• Position (under, over, on top of, next to)
• Texture (smooth, rough, bumpy, pointy)
• Uses (for writing, for sitting, …)

How to play.

Randomly distribute three cards to each player or group of players. Their goal is to be the first to find things for each of their cards.