Pumpkin & The Nature Treasure Hunt

This evening we had a mommy-son evening.  So I decided that it would be fun to do a “Nature Treasure Hunt” in our yard.  We used the scavenger hunt suggestions from the Nature Rocks website.

 Pumpkin- The Nature Treasure Hunter

1)     Find something round. . . .

 We found a seed. Where did it come from?  A hickory tree.

2) Jump like a frog, growl like a bear and flap your wings like a bird.

 I’m a big bear!!!

3) What is the smoothest thing you can find?

 Turtle shells & rocks

4) Discover evidence that an animal has been here.

 Broken up turtle nest

Red Tail Hawk feather

5) Find something the smells good . . . or bad!

Shagbark Hickory log- smells "yucky"

6) Listen for a bird.  What else can you hear?

 We heard geese, cicadas, crickets, mallard ducks and a saw

7) Find a place where an animal would be happy.

 Pond- ducks & turtles

8) How many different colors can you find?

 Red Tail Hawk feather on old concrete bench

White, brown, gray, blue, and black

Red cedar & dry grass

Green and brown

Monarch butterfly on Ironweed

Purple, orange, black, white and green

9) Find something that moves.

 Watching the turtles

10) Dig into the ground with your hands or flip over a rock or log.  What can you find? Don’t forget to put it back!

 We found soil & animal holes in the flower bed