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Free Printable Rainy Day Indoor Scavenger Hunt
A hunt that fits inside a small flat on the afternoon the outdoor plan is rained off.
Made by the PaperCarnival team · Updated
24 things to find · a fresh sheet for every child · US Letter & A4
- Something with your initial on it
- A thing with buttons
- A container with a lid
- A spoon
- Something shiny
- Something that smells nice
- A book with a blue cover
- Something that has been mended
- Something that folds
- Something smaller than your thumb
- Something red
- Something you can hear
The rain arrives, the plan collapses, and there are two hours to fill indoors. This hunt is built for that afternoon and for one small flat as easily as a large house. Nothing on the list needs a garden, a garage, or a cupboard opened.
Each child gets twelve things to find from a list of twenty four, so two children hunting the same rooms are hunting different things. The list gets more interesting as it goes: something round and a pair of socks to begin with, then something older than you, a word that rhymes with cat, something that has been mended, something that came from another country.
Say the two rules once before they start, nothing breakable and put it back exactly where it was, and the afternoon looks after itself. If your rooms hold something better, open the hunt in the generator and write it in.
The things to find
Every item on the list, or edit the list in the generator
- Something round
- A book with a blue cover
- Something that starts with S
- A pair of socks
- Something you can hear
- A spoon
- Something soft
- A photograph of a person
- Something older than you
- A key
- Something red
- A thing with buttons
- Something shiny
- A clock
- Something smaller than your thumb
- Something made of wood
- A word that rhymes with cat
- Something with your initial on it
- Something that folds
- A container with a lid
- Something that came from another country
- Something that smells nice
- A pattern with stripes
- Something that has been mended
Ways to run it
Nothing breakable
Say it once before they start. Every item on the list can be found without opening a cupboard or standing on a chair.
Put it back
Nothing breakable goes on the list, and everything found goes back exactly where it was.
Indoor recess
Print a class set for the wet lunchtimes. It works in a classroom just as well as a living room.
Questions
Will it work in a small flat?
Yes. Nothing on the list needs a big house, a garden, or a garage. It all turns up in one or two ordinary rooms.
Does every child get a different sheet?
Yes, a different twelve items each, so nobody is simply following the person who reads fastest.
Is anything on it risky?
No. Every item can be found without climbing, opening cupboards, or handling anything breakable.
Can I use it in a classroom?
Yes. It is one of the better wet-lunchtime pages, and you can swap in classroom objects in the generator.