Scavenger Hunt

After a fairly "indoor" summer due to the heat and new baby, I'm trying to encourage Maggie to go out with me more. We were out nearly every day last Summer. But habits, even new ones are tough to break. So when she said she only wanted to take a walk if it was to the corner store to get candy, I introduced her to the idea of a scavenger hunt. Well, she was impressed. So we came up with ideas of things to collect, made our list (and packed up the baby) and headed out.

I was glad I added things too big to carry like a dog, stop sign and basketball. She accepted that we could at least take pictures of these things.

I got a lot of ideas for future hunts as we walked much farther than the corner store :)

You should do this with your kids. Good excersize, it encourages imagination when coming up with ideas (even specific ones like blue truck or red car - we found both), and she was so proud each time she spotted one. I had a lot of fun too.