Food Scavenger Hunt

To find in nature all the ways God provides for us

The children will understand that God provides all we need.

• Note pads
• Pens/pencils
• Paper bags

• Explain to the children that as with the miracle of the loaves and fishes, God will provide us with what we need.
• Explain that the group is going to go outside on a scavenger hunt for those things that we need that God has provided for us.
• Arrange the children in groups of four or five. Give each group a pad of paper, pencil, and a paper bag.
• Explain to the children that you want them to ?collect? things they have found which God has provided for our needs. These can be small things, (acorns/nuts and seeds they can put in the bag) or larger things (fresh air, trees for shade) that they can write on the note pad.
• Take the group outside for 5-10 minutes to ?collect? these things.
• Come back inside and have the groups share what they found.
• Reinforce with the children that God provides for all of us.

Body Smart, Nature Smart, People Smart

• If the weather is inclement, the children can sit in groups and brainstorm rather than go outside.
• Be sure to obtain permission from your catechetical leader before taking the children outside.