Rainy Summer Afternoon

We have made up a list of things that we want to do over the summer. The list includes activities like planting flowers, going to Terrific Tuesdays at church, going to see Toy Story 3 and going on a treasure hunt. Emma was quite taken with the idea of a backyard treasure hunt and wouldn't let me rest until she pinned me down on a date! Our treasure hunt afternoon turned out to be a rainy one so we just modified our hunt for inside.

I used blue painters tape to tape the first clue to the wall so the girls would see it first thing after "rest time." The clues were made up of kindergarten sight words and simple pictures so the girls could figure them out themselves. Gotta get that educational content in!

Go look in the (picture of a bathtub here).

Yes, the final clue was in the dryer marked with a big blue X!

We just happened to have picked up a little present while on our vacation that became the perfect treasure. Now we have our own ice cream shop!

Here ya go! One triple scoop cone!

Looks like Sara is either experiencing a sugar rush or is having an ice cream brain freeze! Or she could just be making funny faces.

It took me about 45 minutes total to come up with clues, type them, print them out, place them all over the house and "do" the hunt myself a few times to make sure I had placed everything in the correct order.

It took the girls 3 minutes to complete the hunt! At least the ice cream play set has held their attention a lot longer!