You will need: paper, printer and computer or pens and coloured paper, paper collecting bags or even a large envelope, snails/sweets for the winner.
This is the perfect bug hunt for people who are squeamish about bugs – and for bugs who are squeamish about people. In fact, it doesn’t really involve bugs at all – which is good, because they have very busy schedules. Print or colour lots of pictures of different bugs and creepy crawlies. Make sure you keep a note of each one – or even better, another picture – to put on the collecting bags. Place the bugs around the garden (or ask an adult to do it, so you can take part in the hunt). It’s a nice idea to place bugs near where you would expect to find them – purple flowers for butterflies, compost bins or soil for worms, fresh green leaves for caterpillars.
Every Person has a collecting bag listing all the bugs they have to find – or a picture of each (especially for younger children). On the word “go”, everyone begins hunting for their bugs.
The first person to collect one of each is declared the winner and is given some snails to eat. Sorry, I mean sweets. They are given some sweets to eat. (It’s an easy mistake to make).
Source: 101 things for Kids to do Outside by Dawn Isaac.