Welcome to another Outdoor Play Party! If you've played outside with kids this week then please do link up. This week we've been treasure hunting, we walk a lot and this activity is guaranteed to keep our Pre-schooler walking!
Our treasure hunting is basically finding junk on our walk home from Pre-school, its nearly a mile away so we have to keep entertained especially when it's raining which it does a lot!
You might notice from the picture a warning about dog poop! So, just so you know we have rules about what we pick up, it needs to be Mummy approved, not sharp, not too dirty and very importantly to my son shiny!
The type of stuff that gets collected are ring pulls from drinks cans.
And, any old metal rubbish. Bin day increases our finds!
What is trash to others is a treasure trove of very valuable shiny finds to my son! It keeps us walking, we chat about what it was and what he plans for it to be (we plan to hot glue it all together as a robot!) and it works rain or shine. Plus his little brother has now joined in, no photos of him though it was time to put the camera away when the two of them were loose!
So, what have you been up to this week? Have you played outside, if so link up with the Outdoor Play Party below. My favourite from last week had to be the loose part play from Racheous, I loved the mirrors outdoors - still not done that yet.
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ReplyDeleteYour treasure hunt looks fun, my boys would love that! I usually stop them picking things up off the pavement but will have to try this at some point :) x
ReplyDeleteLove this idea! So cute! Popped over from #CountryKids
ReplyDeleteLove it, it may be trash to us but to children it must really feel like treasure!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fab way to keep the children entertained on their walk with the rewards of their treasure finds to make such exciting creations with. I hope the robot turns out well, thanks for linking up and sharing with Country Kids.
ReplyDeleteI love your collection of treasure! A real magpie collection :-)
ReplyDeleteOur boys only seem to want to collect sticks...of all sizes and they have now been allocated a parking space at the front door #countrykids
ReplyDeleteOh, this takes me back! My oldest, now 21, used to call this "treasure hunting" and I have some wonderful memories of it. Thanks for linking up at the Outdoor Play Party!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful play activity, you are a good mummy to not be phased by mucky stuff! I'm afraid that on our walk home there's only dog poop!
ReplyDeleteNipping over from The Outdoor Play Party.