Jan 28 2009
Snowy Treasure Hunt
Brrr. The blowing snow packs quite a wind chill. Let’s stay inside sipping hot tea and playing with, hmmm….SNOW! Yup, it’s day three of my little snow festival.
Here’s my activity of the day to entertain the little ones. Bring some snow indoors and give them a treasure hunt at the same time.
First the set up. Put down large garbage bags on the table and on the floor. Take out sand toys, spoons, cars, whatever toys that won’t be damaged by getting wet. Print out some winter vocabulary and slide it into a Ziploc bag. Taping the bag down to a tray is a good idea, an idea that I did not do but wish I did. Cover the tray with snow, get the kids some thin gloves on and let them play!
By the end of our play session most of the snow had melted but we were able to make some tiny snowmen and the treasure hunt was a success. I heard lots of “What does this say?” and we played “Can you find the word that starts with….”
The clean up was nice and simple too. I just dumped the remaining snow into the sink and laid the garbage bags in the little bathroom to dry.
