• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy + Terms
  • Affiliates

The Chaos and the Clutter

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest
  • Google Plus
  • RSS
  • Email
  • School at Home
  • Sensory
    • Sensory Processing Disorder
    • Awesome Sensory Play Activities
      • Sensory Bins
      • Sensory Bottles
      • Sensory Bags
  • Family Games
    • Minute to Win It Games
  • Special Needs Parenting
    • Childhood Anxiety
    • Reactive Attachment Disorder
    • Sensory Processing Disorder
  • Store
  • Course Login

Photo Scavenger Hunt

By Sharla Kostelyk

(This post may contain affiliate links. For more information, see my disclosure policy.)

  • Total2.1K
  • Facebook24
  • Twitter4
  • Pinterest2.1K
  • Mix
  • Yummly0

I have been trying to find great activities to keep the boredom complaints to a minimum this summer.  This one was easy, free, and took about 5 seconds of preparation!

All that I needed to do was to draw and write items on a piece of paper, give the kids an old camera, and sit down to finish paperwork while I listened to them laughing and running around the yard completing their photo scavenger hunt.

The list I made for them (excuse my lack of artistic talent!):

And here are some of the pictures that the kids took to complete their challenge:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I find it interesting that the kids had such different interpretations of what was on the list.  As an example, these are two interpretations of the word “garbage”:

 

 

 

 

 

 

I also love their different perspectives:

 

 

 

 

 

And this one is just plain cute:

  • Total2.1K
  • Facebook24
  • Twitter4
  • Pinterest2.1K
  • Mix
  • Yummly0

Filed Under: Crafts and Activities

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. dawn says

    July 11, 2012 at 4:44 am

    What a fun activity. Goldilocks broke my camera so I am with out one for now. I hope to borrow my mom’s this weekend. You all do such amazing and fun things.
    Blessings, Dawn

  2. Dawn says

    July 11, 2012 at 6:29 am

    This is awesome, Sharla! I love the photos the kids took – such a great way to see things from their perspective!

  3. Sherri says

    July 11, 2012 at 10:34 pm

    I love this idea!!! I might just have to do it with Sarah.

  4. Denise Naus says

    July 15, 2012 at 11:19 pm

    So fun. Love the picture at the end 🙂

  5. Caramia Sommers says

    May 24, 2013 at 5:23 am

    Love the bucket list and am taping inside kitchen cabinet door. I have 5 that I homeschool so I get the business without being engaged and although I am getting better each year, this will totally help. Thank you so much! I pinned the photo scavenger hunt as well. Thanks.

  6. Karen Giles says

    May 29, 2015 at 10:41 am

    Just read your ideas and enjoyed many of them when my kids were small (all grown up now). But we loved the idea of a photograph scavenger hunt so we’re compiling a list of items for us to spread out and photograph while on holiday in an unfamilar city. There’ll be one point for each correct item and a bonus point for each item where no-one else has got the same one. Can’t wait to see what we all come up with.

    • Sharla says

      May 31, 2015 at 6:15 pm

      I hope it’s lots of fun!

Trackbacks

  1. 100+ Ideas for Free and Frugal Summer Fun says:
    May 28, 2013 at 11:02 pm

    […] Photo Scavenger Hunt […]

  2. 20 Fun Scavenger Hunt Ideas - Welcome to the Family Tableâ„¢ says:
    July 28, 2017 at 9:02 pm

    […] Photo Scavenger Hunt from The Chaos and the Clutter […]

Primary Sidebar

Categories

We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.

Copyright © 2023 • The Chaos and the Clutter • Site Design by Jeni @ The Blog Maven

Return to top of page

Copyright © 2023 · Chaos and the Clutter 2.0 on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in