Scavenger hunt for kids: 12 indoor, outdoor and picture hunts to print

Scavenger hunt for kids pages with 12 ready to play hunts for the house, the backyard, the park, the kitchen and bedtime, including picture hunts for children who cannot read yet. The 16 pages suit ages 3 to 10 and come in US Letter and A4 as an instant PDF download.

There is nothing to buy and nothing to set up. Nothing is shipped either, so you can play today.

How this scavenger hunt for kids beats boredom

Give your child one page and a pencil and they will be searching, counting and ticking for quite a while. Every item comes with a simple line drawing so early readers can follow, and the three picture hunts need no reading at all.

The ABC, shape and color hunts sneak in practice with letter sounds, shapes and colors, and every hunt finishes with a bonus challenge and a row to count your finds. Keep the set ready for sick days, wet afternoons, playdates and trips to the park, and print any hunt again whenever you want.

Who these treasure hunts are for

• Children from 3 to 10, with picture hunts for toddlers and preschoolers and word hunts for beginning readers
• Grandparents and parents wanting a no-screen activity for long afternoons, sick days or wet weather
• Families after an easy game for the yard, a park walk or a quiet wind down at bedtime
• Cousins, sisters and brothers who enjoy a friendly race to find everything first

Design and printing

• Soft blush pink details on white pages, light on ink
• Roomy margins, so home printers will not crop anything
• Portrait layout, in 8.5 by 11 inch US Letter and 210 by 297 mm A4
• Undated and reusable, so every hunt can be played over and over
• Simple line drawings on each checklist, and big pictures on the three hunts that need no reading
• Use it in a binder or on a clipboard, or have it spiral bound at a print shop

Inside the scavenger hunt for kids pack: 16 pages

1. 1Cover with a page index and lines for your child's name and age
2. 2How to play for adults, with 5 ways to play, which hunts fit ages 3 to 4, 5 to 7 and 8 to 10, 5 safety rules, 6 ideas for prizes and a 10 row hunt log
3. 3Indoor house hunt of 12 items to find at home, each with a simple drawing and a circle to tick, plus a bonus challenge, a row to count finds and a box for the favorite find
4. 4Color hunt, where kids find 3 items in each of 10 colors for 30 finds, with a rainbow bonus and a box for a favorite color find
5. 5Shape hunt for 10 shapes (hexagon, crescent, diamond, heart, star, oval, rectangle, triangle, square and circle), each with a small hint and lines to write on, a shape spy bonus and a box to draw one you found
6. 6ABC hunt with a box for each letter A to Z to write or draw something found, help for the tricky letters and a tracker of 26 circles for letters I found
7. 7Backyard hunt of 12 items with drawings, like a cloud that looks like an animal, a spider web, a feather and a smooth rock, plus a bonus challenge for listening
8. 8Park hunt of 12 items with drawings, like a sign with an arrow, someone riding a bike, a dog on a walk and a swing, plus a bonus for counting trees
9. 9Rainy day hunt of 12 cozy finds indoors and through the window, like a puzzle piece, rain boots and a raindrop on the glass, plus a raindrop race bonus
10. 10Kitchen hunt of 12 finds, like a vegetable, something cold from the freezer, an egg and a whisk, with a reminder of no knives and no stove and a bonus for sweet, salty and sour
11. 11Bedtime hunt, a slow and quiet search for 12 bedroom finds like the moon through the window, a bedtime story and pajamas, plus a whisper goodnight bonus
12. 12Picture hunt at home with 12 big pictures and circles to color, no reading required, plus a row to count finds and a box to draw a favorite
13. 13Picture hunt outside with 12 big pictures, like the sun, a car, a bird and a tree, no reading required
14. 14Picture hunt for toys with 12 big pictures, like a train, a kite, blocks and a teddy bear, no reading required
15. 15Make your own hunt, 12 empty squares to draw and label things for another person to find, with lines for the hunt name, the hunt maker and the place to play
16. 16Super Seeker certificate with lines for the name, which hunt was completed, how many things were found, the date and a signature

Files you will download

• Scavenger Hunt for Kids in US Letter, a 16 page PDF
• Scavenger Hunt for Kids in A4, a 16 page PDF
• Read Me First, a brief PDF guide to printing

How to download and print

• Check out with PayPal, a debit or credit card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Your download page opens as soon as the payment goes through.
• We email the same private download links to you, so you can download your files again later.
• Open the PDF in a free reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader and print at 100% or Actual size.
• Print only the pages you need, as often as you like, for your own personal use.

Good to know

• These PDF pages are designed for printing at home. You can also open them in a note taking app on a tablet and tick the circles on screen.
• You receive a digital file only. No package is sent.
• Colors on paper may look a bit different than on your screen.
• For your own personal use. Sharing, reselling or redistributing the files is not allowed.
• Digital files cannot be returned. If a file will not open or print properly, email us and we will sort it out quickly.
• An adult should stay close during every hunt, above all outside and in the kitchen. Remind children never to eat any mushrooms or berries they come across.

How this was made

Designed and written by PetiteDiary. AI tools helped draft parts of the text, and some background scenes in the preview images were created with AI. Every page was designed, reviewed and checked before release.

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