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Nature Hunt by Color

By Jenn (aka Mama Jenn) • Last Updated: January 20, 2020

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My kids LOVE going for walks around the neighborhood. But, when I saw this awesome idea, I just knew I had to make it for my kiddos so that our neighborhood walks would become nature walks…you know, make it educational! {smile} So, since I didn’t have a nifty little tray, I decided to use an egg carton. We get the big Costco size pack of eggs, so I cut down the egg tray so that there would be nine spots. It is a bit hard to tell, but I used some paint and just dropped a few drops of each color into the bottom of each spot. We let it dry overnight and then the next day we took our trays with us on our walk. The idea is that you have to find things (in nature) that match the colors painted in the tray. (Each of the big three kids had their very own tray to fill.) The kids LOVED finding all kinds of things…from a honeycomb (for gray) to pinecones (for brown)…and of course we found lots of flowers, rocks, and leaves for the other colors! We have used the same trays for at least 4 times now and the kids still love doing it!

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  1. Susana

    August 14, 2009 at 12:16 am

    I love this–such a great idea!!

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  2. Mary@notbefore7

    August 13, 2009 at 12:02 am

    I saw this somewhere and totally forgot about it. I think we’ll have to do that sometime next week – thanks for the reminder!

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  3. Ticia

    August 12, 2009 at 6:23 pm

    genius! Now I need to use a lot of eggs……

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