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Fun & Games: Color Hunt in the Great Outdoors

By Christel M Hoydic July 15, 2015

Summer is in full swing! Celebrate the season with a free outdoor activity that will have you discovering flowers, insects, worms, birds, and more colorful signs of new beginnings!

During your next trip to the home improvement store, pick up a bunch of paint color cards. Punch a hole in the top of each card and place a ring through the holes to keep all your cards together. Punch a hole on the edge of each color to help make it easier to discover and match colors.

Now get the kids together and go on a hike. This can be done anywhere, including your own backyard. Make it a goal to find at least one item from each color theme. Peek through the hole you punched to make a perfect match.

Keep track by making a list of your discoveries on the corresponding colors. You can make this a re-usable activity by covering the fronts of your paint color cards with clear contact paper and keeping your list with a dry erase marker.

Enjoy your time exploring!