STREAM Activity: Outdoor Color Hunt

Search for the rainbow in nature!

Activity best for children age 2 and up

The season of spring is here and nature is waking up from a long winter sleep. That means there are flowers and plants that are blooming with bright colors everywhere. Going outside to learn about colors is a wonderful hands on way to experience colors in all kinds of textures, objects and sizes. What kind of nature do you see in your neighborhood? Can you find your favorite color out in nature? Put on your sunglasses, grab your egg carton color tray and let’s go on a nature color scavenger!

Materials you’ll need:

Egg Carton

Colored paper

Glue or tape

Scissors 

Guiding Questions:

What colors will you see outside?

Are the colors outside the same as colors you find inside your house? Different?

Why do some plants and flowers have bright colors?

If something has a bright color does it have a strong smell? No smell?

Directions

STEP 1
Have a grown up help cut some pieces of colored paper that can fit into the egg carton. Think about the colors you might find on your color hunt.

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STEP 2
Go outside and look for colors. When you find a matching color to the color you have in your egg carton, pick it up and place it in your egg carton.

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STEP 3
Have fun going around your neighborhood on a nature color hunt!

Grown ups, are you looking for more ways to extend your child’s learning? Check out these extension activities to build upon today’s STREAM activity!

Reading Connection
Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
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Math Connections
How many colors did you find on your color hunt? Is it more than 10 or less than 10? Can you match those colors to something you have in your house?

Science Connections
Many things in nature use color to either attract animals to come to that object or to warn animals that they should stay away from that object. Do you  see animals going to the bright colored objects or staying away?