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Woolly worm hunt

Can you find all the woolly worms? Hide bright bits of wool around the garden for a hunt.

  • 15 min total
  • Low mess
  • Ages 2–5*
  • Indoors or out
  • 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: 4 min to hide · 10 min to hunt · 1 min to tidy. It's fine to stop early.

Before you start

What you’ll need

  • Ten short pieces of wool, in different colours, about a finger long

Let's begin

Four simple steps

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

  1. Grown-up job

    An adult hides the wool "worms" around the garden or a room, some easy, some tricky.

  2. Little one leads

    Your child hunts for them all.

  3. Count them as you find them.

  4. Which colours were easy to spot? Which were hiding best?

All done!

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

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