Nature Kids: Treasure Hunt Soup
This morning whilst we were playing outside, we decided to make ‘soup.’ To add an element of fun and learning, I turned our soup making into a treasure hunt game.
I would give Immy clues about something I could see which we might add to the soup or challenge her to find a particular item in the garden.
Can you find…
- Something small and yellow?
- Something hard and white?
- Two seed pods?
- Some very small leaves?
- A weed growing in the grass?
- Some white sand? And some yellow sand?
- A small stick
- Something prickly?
Immy’s favourite place to find soup ingredients was behind one of the tree stumps we have already pulled out.
She was having a wonderful time navigating the best way to climb over it and back again. I have a feeling it may become a permanent part of our new backyard.
Once the soup was ready, it actually transformed into curds and whey and the play turned into re-enactments of Little Miss Muffet. Guess who got to be the spider?
What have your children been playing outdoors this week?
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What a lovely imaginative experience for Immy … and that tree stump should definitely stay for climbing adventures!
Donna 🙂 🙂
We love making backyard recipes!
This is an awesome game. We made mud pies a couple weeks ago, and it was a lot of fun too. I love your little obstacle course in the backyard 🙂
Love this! I think my 2 yo would love creating his own soup full of nature finds! Just added myself to your "We Play" carnival sharing the roly-poly terrarium we created this week. Too fun!
I am so glad I have a child who loves playing outside and getting dirty. Thank you all for your kind comments.
I love these pics! Immy is so cute when she's playing! Love your blog very much!