If you’re taking a trip to the ocean with your family, here’s a beach scavenger hunt list that can help keep your kids entertained.
It contains 30 things you might find at the beach – there’s also a free printable copy of the list you can download.
Here’s how to organize it:
Resources
- Scavenger hunt list (see below)
- Pens
Preparation
None
Instructions
Give the players a copy of the list and a pen. Explain that their task is to try to find all 30 of the items.
This isn’t a regular scavenger hunt where they have to collect the items – instead, they can check off each item as they see it.
Items
Here’s the list of 30 beach-themed items. Beneath this is the free printable list with these same items – please feel free to make as many copies as you need for your kids.
- Sunglasses
- Seaweed
- Crab
- Sandcastle
- Snorkel
- Shell
- Beach ball
- Something with 4+ colors
- Sunscreen
- Smooth pebble/rock
- Flip-flops
- Dog
- Sunhat
- Camera
- Picnic basket
- Kayak
- Bird footprints
- Kite
- Something written in the sand
- Seagull
- Ice cream
- Beach towel
- Grass
- Something that smells
- Bike
- Swimming goggles
- Boat
- Bucket and spade
- Book
- Surfboard
Printable Beach Scavenger Hunt List
Prize
If you want to offer a prize, you could reward them based on how many items they find. For example, you could set it up like this:
- 0-9 items – No prize
- 10-14 items – Ice cream
- 15-19 items – $5 to spend at a beach souvenir store
- 20-24 items – $10 to spend at a beach souvenir store
- 25-29 items – Pick where to go for dinner
- All 30 items – All four of the prizes