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Finish the picture
A creative weather themed game that combines a treasure hunt with a fun “finish-the-picture” drawing element. It will develop visual skills and memory.
What you’ll need:
What to do:
Cut scrap card into squares. On each square, draw half of a weather symbol (e.g., half a sun or half a raindrop). Bury the squares in a sandpit or in a container filled with sand. To do the activity, first ask your child to hunt for the buried symbols. As they dig up each symbol, ask them to name what the symbol is. When they have found all the buried symbols, they can use marker pens to draw in the other half of each symbol.
Alternative Materials:
Change it up:
Make it easy: Draw the whole symbol on each square of card and just have your child colour in or decorate the symbols they have found.
Make it a challenge: Add symbols that your child might not be familiar with, like hail or snowflake.
Play with friends: Children can work in pairs or small groups to dig up and complete the symbols and compete to see which group completes all the drawings first.
Indoor play: Use a container filled with sand or rice to hide the pictures in for an indoor version of this activity.
Developmental areas:
Understanding where you are
Concentrating on what you look at
Memory
Knowing what you see
Remembering details in things
Values:
Teamwork; sharing; consideration.