Once again we are new to the neighborhood. Moving isn’t new to my kids, but that doesn’t really make it any easier.

Everything seems new.

Everything seems different.

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My kids keep turning into the wrong driveway on the way scooting home from school.

Exploring your new neighborhood is one way to start feeling at home in your new space.

You notice things that seem the same as your last home.

You start to feel like things aren’t so new and scary.

It helps you feel at home.

Neighborhood Scavenger Hunt

I created this Neighborhood Scavenger Hunt for my kids when we moved to Mississippi (3 moves ago) and we have re-used it every time since.

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The good news, is you don’t have to have just moved for your kids to find this fun. The Neighborhood Scavenger Hunt is also just a way to turn your next walk on its head.

Materials:

• Neighborhood Scavenger Hunt (download for free below)
• Clipboard
• Pen or Pencil
• Walking Shoes
• Camera (optional)

Download FREE: Neighborhood Scavenger Hunt

Activity:

Put your scavenger hunt on a clipboard. You can decide to either give each kid their own clipboard and scavenger hunt or work on it as a team.

I put one on a clipboard for us to do together. (Family bonding is also part of moving survival.)

Before we left the house, we read the items listed on the scavenger hunt together. I also gave them each a camera. This part is optional, but my kids love taking pictures and it helps them slow down a little when we’re walking.

We took our scavenger hunt on our clipboard, cameras, and walking feet out into the neighborhood.

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My twins had a blast running up and down the new sidewalks finding the things on our scavenger hunt.

It also encouraged them find familiar things like mailboxes and fire hydrants that helped them see how our old neighborhood and new neighborhood have things in common.

This was a fun introduction to our new area.

It’s a small thing – but when you’re moving with kids it is small things like this that slowly help a new place feel like home.

Download FREE: Neighborhood Scavenger Hunt

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