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    Last Modified: May 26, 2022 by Tara Ziegmont 7 Comments

    A Rainbow Scavenger Hunt for Preschoolers

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    These super easy rainbow scavenger hunt ideas for preschoolers use a simple camera phone to take pictures of items for each color of the rainbow. There are no clues to print, so mom doesn't have any preparation ahead of time. Just give the kids the phone or camera and let them go. Great for families at home or homeschool use.

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    a rainbow

    Grace has been enthralled by St. Patrick's Day ever since she was back in Tweenie School (that's what she called the daycare she went to {and adored} from birth to age 2).

    During the month of March, a scheming leprechaun visited Tweenie School when the kids went outside or took a nap. He made messes and played tricks on them.

    The teachers set a trap for him, and he filled it up with chocolate coins for the little kids.

    Every single day, when I picked Grace up from Tweenie School, she would squeal and tell me about those tricky leprechauns, waving her arms wildly to emphasize their trickery.

    She remembers those tricky leprechauns very clearly.

    {Some tricky leprechauns are going to visit our house this week, while we're out, to make a mess and leave her a green donut.}

    In preparation for our tricky leprechauns, I borrowed a book from the library called That's What Leprechauns Do. It's about 3 leprechauns who make mischief on their way to do their job.

    After we read That's What Leprechauns Do, Grace asked me seventy-three questions about rainbows and leprechauns and pots of gold.

    That's what kids do, right? They ask seventy-three questions every minute. of every day.

    Anyway, to stave off the seventy-fourth question, I suggested that we have a Scavenger Hunt.

    Grace loves to go on treasure hunts and scavenger hunts and have search parties, so I knew she'd be into my idea.

    Rainbow scavenger hunt

    I asked Grace the colors of the rainbow, and she told me.

    And then I handed her my camera and asked her to take pictures of three red things.

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    She found and photographed 3 red things in all of a minute.

    I should've made the game harder. {In the comments, write how you would make it harder. I need ideas for the next time.}

    Next, I helped her to remember that the next color in the rainbow is orange, so she took my camera to find 3 orange things.

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    Next, she told me that the color after orange should be yellow, and she found 3 yellow things (one of which I cannot identify, though I can tell it is near the library books).

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    Then 3 green things.

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    Then 3 blue things.

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    And finally 3 violet things.

    Photos of violet itemsPin

    Next, I tried to get her to find 3 white things and 3 black things, but she protested.

    There is no white in the rainbow, Mom.

    I did convince her to find a picture for gold, since that is at the bottom of the rainbow.

    A gold photoPin

    Know what it is?

    She took a picture of her hair. And it does look nice and golden, doesn't it?

    Fortunately, we live in the days of digital cameras, and I was unafraid to hand mine over to Gracie and let her start taking pictures. She practiced using the camera. She saw what worked and what didn't. She noticed that some of the pictures were blurry and some were clear.

    Learning, learning, learning.

    The Scavenger Hunt took less than fifteen minutes, and I guarantee that we'll do it again.

    2020 note: Some readers have emailed me to ask why I don't have a printable for the rainbow scavenger hunt. While it is tempting to just make a printable, I don't think it's necessary. The beauty of this activity is its simplicity. All your little one needs is your phone or camera and her own imagination to find 3 things for every color. Help her to figure out the colors and then set her off to find the objects. That's all there is to it.

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    1. Anonymous says

      March 16, 2011 at 11:58 am

      You are a GENIUS! The scavenger hunt sounds like such a great idea! I think I'll try it with Logan and have him find three of each color thing - either in different rooms, or one on each level of our house. He'll love using a camera!
      And I've already prepared and frozen the green cookie dough for his St. Patrick's Day party at school tomorrow. Now I just need to make the Irish soda bread.

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      • Tara @ Feels Like Home says

        March 16, 2011 at 3:00 pm

        Thank you 🙂

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    2. shonda says

      June 26, 2013 at 11:38 pm

      For valentines day my mom always made us hunt for our present. All of us got the first clue on the fridge and it led us to the next clue. At about the 5th place we found our gift. It was a tradition that stuck and was so anticipated. This game can grow with ur kids and the clues get more sophisticated with kids age.

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    3. Jamie says

      April 21, 2016 at 12:06 pm

      Okay, so you are now my new superhero. I tried your idea making all three of my kids (5,7, and 8) take their own pictures of three items of every color limiting one color per day them printing them out on regular paper and making it into a book using a paper bag, then having the other kids guess what they were. My kids love scavenger hunts, it was nice to be able to mix it up a bit. Thank you..

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      • Tara Ziegmont says

        April 30, 2016 at 10:51 pm

        Great! I'm so glad you used this idea!

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    4. Karen Maldonado says

      April 30, 2020 at 5:18 pm

      Do you have the printable to download for Rainbows? Thank you!

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      • Tara Ziegmont says

        May 01, 2020 at 4:06 pm

        There is no printable. I just told her what color to look for, and she found 3 things to take photos of. It was very simple and easy. No set up involved.

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