Catalogue scavenger hunt - Arts, Crafts and DIY

A great scavenger hunt activity using supermarket catalogues.

Material

A few supermarket catalogues
Scissors

Method

Lay out the catalogues in front of your child and then get them to search for pictures that match certain criteria. If they are capable, they can cut them out, or they can be circled with a pencil, or cut out by a parent.

Some criteria could be:

1) Searching for items in each colour of the rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet), cutting and sorting them into colour groups.

or

2) Something that: lived in the sea, grew on a tree, something you wear, sometimes food, healthy food, for a baby, that daddy would use, you would use in the shower, you would put in a sandwich. The possibilities are endless!

Notes

Depending on the age of your child, this can be a really great activity to work on their cutting skills (you'll note from the photos that my 4 year old is still learning!). It's also an activity that you can adapt for different ages depending on the criteria you use.

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This project was posted by:

- Schmoofie1983
- 18 Jun 2015
  2:00 pm

59 Comments

- - BellaB said
  - 14 Oct 2021
    8:17 pm
This is a clever idea, adaptable to a number of ages.

- - Frankiielot said
  - 02 Apr 2021
    7:11 pm
Such a great idea! Too bad they are now trying to phase out paper catalogues!
My toddler really wants to learn how to use scissors.

- - mom19782016 said
  - 15 Oct 2020
    2:20 pm
And it’s a great way to recycle too!

- - mom460223 said
  - 29 Sep 2020
    12:22 pm
We create healthy eating charts in our preschool using the old supermarket catalogues.

- - mom62527 said
  - 24 Aug 2020
    2:39 pm
This is a great idea especially the colour groups and healthy products my son would enjoy finding them and cutting them out. Not sure if he would last long but worth a try to keep him quiet and busy for an afternoon.

- - deannepritchard said
  - 21 Jul 2020
    8:47 pm
What a great idea!! I might spice it up with my 7 yr old and a budget! Never would of thought of this! Thank you!

- - mom462038 said
  - 13 Apr 2020
    5:32 pm
We had lots of treasure hunts and scavenger hunts for my kids. They had fun and I had five minutes for a quiet cuppa

- - MrsA said
  - 31 May 2019
    9:17 pm
My little humans are a bit too young for this but it is a great activity.

- - mom119776 said
  - 23 May 2019
    8:55 pm
Great idea for kids to do when they are “bored”

- - mom19782016 said
  - 13 Mar 2019
    8:22 am
An excellent way to amuse the kids

- - Cookfromscratchmum said
  - 07 Mar 2019
    7:03 am
This is really creative well done

- - mom81879 said
  - 29 Nov 2018
    7:11 am
What a great wet weather scavenger hunt. Keep the kids occupied for a little while

- - kjgarner said
  - 29 Jun 2018
    10:06 pm
I like this sound of this game
- kjgarner replied
  
  30 Jun 2018 , 10:35 pm
  We are always getting catalogues, we never run out
- - mom112217 said
  - 05 Sep 2017
    6:12 pm
An interesting and creative idea,thanks!

- - mom111059 said
  - 15 Aug 2016
    8:50 pm
Good way to recycle junk mail.

- - mom111059 said
  - 13 Aug 2016
    4:39 pm
This is a fantastic idea. Teaching the children with a game that is so cost effective it costs nothing. Thank you so much for a wonderful idea

- - nadine_hill said
  - 06 Jun 2016
    9:43 am
Such a simple and inexpensive idea – great fun and educational too! Love it!

- - mom169284 said
  - 31 Mar 2016
    9:53 pm
We do this and with my youngest pick out numbers and letters of the alphabet as well. Great free fun.

- - mom19782016 said
  - 03 Feb 2016
    1:49 pm
A great use for all that junk mail coming through the letterbox!

- - crystalangela said
  - 12 Jan 2016
    9:37 pm
Oh this is a great idea. My daughter is need of ideas like this for babysitting.