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We're going on a nature hunt

Long grass? Squelchy mud? We've got to go through it! Turn your walk into a story-hunt adventure.

  • 20 min total
  • Some mess
  • Ages 2–5*
  • Outdoors
  • Any season
Let's do this

*Illustrative age guidance. Your child's development and circumstances matter more than a number.

A tiny plan for your day

Estimated time: 2 min to prepare · 15 min to explore · 3 min to tidy. It's fine to stop early.

Before you start

What you’ll need

  • Wellies, for the squelchy bits
  • A favourite story about a hunt or a journey, optional

Let's begin

Four simple steps

That's the whole activity. Tick each step off as you go, and stop whenever you like.

  1. Decide what you're hunting for today. A bear? A dragon? A sleepy hedgehog?

  2. As you walk, turn what you find into the story: long grass is swishy, a puddle is a river, a log is a mountain.

  3. Together

    Make the sounds and actions together: swishy swashy, splash splosh, tiptoe tiptoe.

  4. Together

    Find a "cave", like a big tree or a hedge, then run home together giggling.

All done!

That's every step. However it went, you made a little moment together.

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