Photo Scavenger Hunt

I have been trying to find great activities to keep the boredom complaints to a minimum this summer.  This one was easy, free, and took about 5 seconds of preparation!

All that I needed to do was to draw and write items on a piece of paper, give the kids an old camera, and sit down to finish paperwork while I listened to them laughing and running around the yard completing their photo scavenger hunt.

The list I made for them (excuse my lack of artistic talent!):

And here are some of the pictures that the kids took to complete their challenge:

I find it interesting that the kids had such different interpretations of what was on the list.  As an example, these are two interpretations of the word “garbage”:

I also love their different perspectives:

And this one is just plain cute:

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