Purple Nest Kid Creations: Nature Activity: A Scavenger Hunt and Suncatcher

My family and I are in the process of moving across the country to British Columbia. We are in the transition stage in which we have sold our house and are waiting to move into our new house. In the meantime we have been staying with the kids' grandparents and while we are out of our usual routine, I still manage to keep my preschooler occupied with daily activities and crafts.

Last week it dipped down to colder temperatures again, but that didn't stop us from exploring outside! My daughter loves the outdoors and I try to get her outside as often as I can.We went on a nature scavenger hunt! I created a simple chart of items that I thought would be easy enough for her to find in the woods behind her grandparents' house (click here for a free printable).
But we didn't limit ourselves to just this list -- my hubby came along on our walk and pointed out things that we could teach our little 3-year-old. She loved every minute of it!

We then picked some smaller items from what we had collected and made a nature sun catcher. To prep this craft, I simply cut out the middle of a paper plate and taped (or you can glue) wax paper to the outer edge of the paper plate. Raya then glued pieces of flowers, pine needles, tree bark, moss, fungi, a feather and leaves to the wax paper. To complete the project we punched a hole at the top and put a string through it to hang it up. It looked beautiful in the sunlight!