Free Autumn Scavenger Hunt Printable for Kids

Thirty autumn finds sorted by how hard they are, so one sheet works for a three-year-old and a ten-year-old at the same time. Start at the top with the little ones and give older children the bottom group.

Free printable, ages 3 to 11
Or play it in the app

No email needed. Print it, screenshot it, or save it as a PDF.

Autumn scavenger hunt

Tick them off as you find them. You do not have to get them all.

Name

Easy, findable on any street

  • A yellow leaf
  • A red leaf
  • A leaf bigger than your hand
  • A conker
  • A conker shell
  • An acorn
  • A puddle
  • A bare branch
  • Someone in a coat
  • Muddy shoes

Medium, needs a park or a proper walk

  • A spider web
  • A mushroom
  • Berries on a branch
  • A pine cone
  • A squirrel
  • A crunchy pile of leaves
  • Frost or dew
  • A bird on a wire
  • Something growing on a tree trunk
  • A seed that spins when you drop it

Harder, for the ones who say it is too easy

  • Three shades of the same colour
  • A leaf with a hole eaten in it
  • Something that smells like autumn
  • An animal footprint
  • A tree older than your house
  • Something the wind moved
  • A shadow longer than you are tall
  • The last flower still out
  • Something that was green last month
  • A sign an animal has been eating
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Want the app to check the finds?

Same idea, except you snap each find and the app checks it, so nobody has to referee whether a slightly beige cushion counts as brown.

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