Spread a little neighborhood cheer while families are social distancing! Currently, many young children are limited on outdoor activities such as going to the playground. This is something fun but safe that children can have a chance to do right outside their homes. Many families like to go on daily walks around their neighborhoods, and these walks can be made a little more special by turning them into scavenger hunts. While going on a walk, the kids could have something exciting to be on the lookout for. Invite your neighbors to participate in a Rainbow Walk! Neighbors place a rainbow somewhere visible on their house (it can be a picture displayed in windows that’s hand-drawn or printed from a computer, a rainbow drawn with chalk on the driveway, etc.). As kids take a walk through their neighborhood, have them look for all the rainbows!
Another option is a Bear Hunt! Neighbors simply display a teddy bear or teddy bears on their window sills. Just like in the children’s book “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt,” kids can go “hunt” for bears as they walk by houses.
This FREE resource includes ready-to-print as well as editable letters/fliers to be able to post around your neighborhood, attach to emails, or save as images to share in neighborhood Facebook groups.