ABC Scavenger Hunt

What you will need:

  • Sticky notes
  • Marker
  • Objects from around your home

If you are thinking about what you can do with your children indoors, we have a fun and easy activity that uses everything you already have at home, and ABC Scavenger Hunt.

How to Play:

  • Using the sticky notes, put each letter of the alphabet on a sheet. Lay the notes on a large table, or your floor, leaving space for the items the children find on their hunt.
  • Have your children go around the house, into the different rooms looking for items that start with the letters of the alphabet. Some letters (Like X) may be a bit of a challenge.
  • You can before you start, work on a list with your children with items that start with the different letters.

Words for Each Letter of the Alphabet

  • A: apple, airplane, ant
  • B: ball, banana, boat, brick, box, bag, bear, bat
  • C: car, cookie, cake, cat, candy
  • D: dog, dragon, drum, dime, doll, duck, dump truck
  • E: elephant, ear, eye, egg, elf
  • F: frog, feather, flower, flamingo, fire, flashlight
  • G: giraffe, game, guitar, grape
  • H: helicopter, hammer, heart, hat, horse, house
  • I: ice cream, ice, inch, island, insect,
  • J: joker, jacket, jam, jewel,
  • K: ketchup, kazoo, kiwi, koala, kangaroo, key, kettle
  • L: lizard, lion, leopard, ladder, lamb, leaf, lock, lips, lemon, light
  • M: mouse, mail, map, mat, match, mitten, money
  • N: nickel, nail, net, nest, nut
  • O: Oreos, octopus, orange, onion
  • P: pan, pen, Pokemon, pig, pet, pink, pot, pizza, pumpkin, pear, pretzel
  • Q: quarter, queen, quilt, quartz, quail, question mark
  • R: reptile, rabbit, rake, rat, red, ring, rocket, rose, rainbow, rhino, robot
  • S: scissors, snake, strawberry, star, stop sign, sun, snail
  • T: teacup, ten, tomato, toad, tiger, table, tail, toy, telephone, tractor, tooth, turtle, tree
  • U: Uno, umbrella,  utencils, underwear, unicorn, ukulele
  • V: vase, vine, vest, vegetable, van, volcano, violin
  • W: whistle, wand, walrus, whale, white, watermelon, wolf, worm
  • X: x-ray, xylophone
  • Y: yoyo, yellow, yam, yak, yolk
  • Z: zebra, zipper


Happy Alphabet hunting

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