I don't know about you, but we do a LOT of strolling when the weather permits. It's one of the few ways that I can get exercise and keep track of a four year old at the same time. Trips to the library, the post office, grandparents' homes, the hardware store, etc. in the stroller are also environmentally friendly...I love multi-tasking!
We also discovered Rails to Trails this summer. It's a program that converts old, out of service train tracks into trails. A good portion of the Rails to Trails that run through our county is paved and straight and wide and perfect for strollers! It's also pretty uneventful scenery-wise. It travels through farm land crosses a few highways...not a lot of variety. Sometimes Susannah needs more distraction than the singing, chatting, and snacking can provide. So I came up with a savenger hunt of sorts.
I printed out some pictures of things we often see while strolling, found a clip board, and brought along a dauber. Susannah had a great time keeping her eyes peeled for all the different objects, insects, etc. When she spotted one she'd get all excited and mark it with the dauber. It was such a success that I made another version for neighborhood strolling:
Now that I've got the main template down, it's really easy to just add new/different pictures for whatever suits our needs. I plan on making fall versions, too. Maybe even one for the car! Anyhoo, I used Google docs so that I could share them with you. You should be able to download both the rural version and the neighborhood version. I'd recommend printing them in black and white in order to conserve pricey ink.
Neighborhood Savenger Hunt - Summer
Rural Savenger Hunt - Summer
Happy Strolling!
We also discovered Rails to Trails this summer. It's a program that converts old, out of service train tracks into trails. A good portion of the Rails to Trails that run through our county is paved and straight and wide and perfect for strollers! It's also pretty uneventful scenery-wise. It travels through farm land crosses a few highways...not a lot of variety. Sometimes Susannah needs more distraction than the singing, chatting, and snacking can provide. So I came up with a savenger hunt of sorts.
I printed out some pictures of things we often see while strolling, found a clip board, and brought along a dauber. Susannah had a great time keeping her eyes peeled for all the different objects, insects, etc. When she spotted one she'd get all excited and mark it with the dauber. It was such a success that I made another version for neighborhood strolling:
Now that I've got the main template down, it's really easy to just add new/different pictures for whatever suits our needs. I plan on making fall versions, too. Maybe even one for the car! Anyhoo, I used Google docs so that I could share them with you. You should be able to download both the rural version and the neighborhood version. I'd recommend printing them in black and white in order to conserve pricey ink.
Neighborhood Savenger Hunt - Summer
Rural Savenger Hunt - Summer
Happy Strolling!
These are awesome, Megan! I love them. We make frequent 4 hour car trips to visit my parents and my in-laws, so this would be great for my three year old. Nice job!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a fabulous idea! Thank you for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteAmazing idea!!! So creative! Thank you so much for linking your wonderful creation up at Frou Frou Decor today!! Have a great weekend!
ReplyDelete~Terrell @ Frou Frou Decor~
This is a fabulous idea. So nice of you to share.
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute idea!
ReplyDeleteI hope you'll come participate in my link party today! It runs all week so come back and add more BOY projects! All About The Boy @ The Nifty Nest!
Liz
that looks like fun! I'll have to try that with my kids.
ReplyDeleteIt's funny that you shared this because just today my daughter wanted to play treasure hunt and I would have loved to have this handy. My ideas were pretty lame and she got bored pretty quickly :-) Thanks!!
ReplyDeletethis is such a cute game!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing such a great printable. We'll put these to use for sure!
ReplyDeleteLove these, what a great idea!I am going to use them with my daughter, who is 3 and starting to dislike the stroller but is not fast enough to keep up yet! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteWow! Great idea! Thanks so much for sharing! Kerri
ReplyDeleteThese are fabulous! I hope you'll add this to Show & Tell, I know ABC & 123's readers will love it! Here's a link to the latest one: http://www.abcand123learning.com/2010/08/show-and-tell-22.html
ReplyDeletegreat idea, thanks so much for sharing on Craft Schooling sunday!
ReplyDeleteThis is very cute and I think my younger boys would like this even though they are out of th stroller age.
ReplyDeleteI love this idea. My third little guy is just turning 10 weeks and it is time for me to get out and exercise. This is perfect for keeping the older toddler busy while we walk off the baby weight.
ReplyDeletewhat a fun idea!
ReplyDeleteHow creative! Such a clever idea. I am hosting a link party on my blog this weekend about words/quotes (The Weekend Word Search). Please consider stopping by! Your project would be a great addition.
ReplyDeleteThanks for adding this! I just love it!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this idea! We use our do-a-dots all the time and we also love to do scavenger hunt lists, but I never thought of anything like this. Will definitely put this one into practice sometime (and hopefully remember to link back to your blog). Going to look around the rest of your blog now. :)
ReplyDeleteThis is a cute idea. I love when Bloggers share things like this with each other! Isn't blogging just the greatest?
ReplyDeleteI found you through My Backyard Eden :)
I was just thinking about some sort of road trip bingo games, these are fun - thanks :) I figure I'll incorporate certain things that I know I'll see on the road.
ReplyDelete-Stefanie
2ndChanceCreations.etsy.com
I love this. Little man is still too young ... but when he gets older I will do this!
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome idea!!!! Thanks so much for linking up at gettin' crafty on hump day!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat job! I should probably put something like this together for this weekend. I'm not real keen about the snake, though.... :) Thanks for linking!
ReplyDeleteI love this! My toddler will really enjoy it!!! Will print this out at lunchtime when they are all napping and have a mo!
ReplyDelete"Thank you" for stopping by!! So pleased to have you join in Kids Get Crafty!!!
See you again next week?
Maggy, Red Ted Art
These are amazing! We live in southern CA so we stroller a lot. In December we are going home to MI, mind if I use your template to make a winter and airport version?
ReplyDeleteWhat a brilliant plan. I remember the days of walking with a stroller and singing and reciting non-stop and bringing a generous supply of Cheerios hoping that would keep them entertained.
ReplyDeleteHow fun is this? I don't even have kids (most totally be nesting) but love this idea. maybe modify for doing longer walks with the puppy dog. Because clearly, being out just for her isn't enough incentive to keep me out just a little longer (smile).
ReplyDeleteBernadette
www.b3homedesigns.blogspot.com
What a great activity and a brilliant idea! Thanks so much for linking up to Tot Tuesdays. I'll be featuring you tomorrow. Have a great day.
ReplyDeleteWhere did you get the images? I'm thinking this idea would be great for introducing little ones to the idea of "nature journaling," by first getting them to pay attention to what they see. But for that particular purpose, things like fire hydrants aren't really relevant. ;)
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