Looking for an easy fall activity for kids while babysitting? This free printable Fall Scavenger Hunt for Babysitters is a fun way to keep kids busy, moving, and excited while you babysit.
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This isn’t just a traditional scavenger hunt where you tell kids to look for things they can already see. This printable gives you fall-themed pieces to hide around the house, yard, park, or wherever you’re playing, turning an ordinary afternoon into a fun little adventure.
It’s perfect for babysitters, nannies, parents, and childcare providers who want a creative, low-prep activity for kids during the fall.
🍁 What’s Included in the Free Fall Scavenger Hunt?
This printable includes everything you need to set up a fun fall scavenger hunt.
🕵️ Fall Scavenger Hunt Page
On the first page, each hunter gets their own Fall Scavenger Hunt checklist with pictures of the items they need to find.
The fall-themed items include:
- 🎃 Pumpkin
- 🦃 Hand turkey
- 🔥 S’mores
- 🌽 Candy corn
- 🐶 Golden Doodle
- 🍥 Cinnamon roll
- 🍎 Caramel apple
- 🍂 Fall leaf
- 🎃 Pumpkin spice latte
- 🧣 Scarf
- 🥟 Mystery dumpling
- 🎃 Pumpkin Spice Needoh
The pictures make the scavenger hunt easy for kids to follow, especially for younger children who may enjoy having visual clues instead of a list of words.
✂️ Babysitter Scavenger Hunt Pieces
The printable also includes two pages of fall scavenger hunt pieces for the babysitter to print and cut out.
These are the items that you will hide for the kids to find.
Simply print the pages, cut out the pieces, and hide them around your play area.
You can make the hiding spots as easy or challenging as you’d like depending on the ages of the kids.
🏠 How to Set Up the Fall Scavenger Hunt
The best part about this activity is that it takes very little preparation.
1. Print the scavenger hunt
Give each child their own scavenger hunt page so they can keep track of the items they find.
2. Print and cut out the hidden items
Print the two babysitter resource pages and cut out each of the fall-themed pieces.
3. Hide the pieces
Hide the pieces around your house, backyard, playroom, classroom, park, or wherever you’re spending the day.
For younger kids, keep the hiding spots easy to spot. For older kids, make the game more challenging by hiding the pieces in less obvious places.
4. Let the hunt begin!
Give the kids their scavenger hunt pages and let them start searching.
When they find an item, they can check it off their list.
You could even have them bring each item back to a designated spot as they find it.
👧 Perfect for Babysitting
This is a great activity to keep in your babysitter bag or activity folder during the fall.
If you suddenly have a rainy afternoon, the kids are getting bored, or you simply want something new to do, pull out the scavenger hunt and you’re ready to play.
It’s also a fun activity to use when you’re babysitting multiple kids because everyone can participate at the same time.
🍂 Great for:
- Babysitters
- Nannies
- Parents
- Playdates
- Childcare providers
- Homeschool families
- Fall parties
- Kids’ groups
- After-school activities
🌳 Take the Scavenger Hunt Outside
You don’t have to stay inside!
Take the scavenger hunt to a park, backyard, playground, or outdoor play area and hide the printable pieces around your chosen space.
Just make sure you choose a safe area where you can easily keep an eye on the kids.
An outdoor scavenger hunt can be a great way to get kids away from screens and moving around while enjoying the fall weather.
🎃 Make It a Fall-Themed Babysitting Day
Want to turn the scavenger hunt into an entire fall afternoon?
Pair it with some of your favorite seasonal activities!
After the scavenger hunt, you could:
- 🎃 Decorate or paint pumpkins
- 🍎 Make caramel apples
- 🍂 Go on a fall nature walk
- 🧁 Bake fall treats
- 🧩 Play fall-themed games
- 🎨 Make leaf art
- ☕ Make a kid-friendly fall drink
- 🍿 Watch a cozy fall movie
- 🦃 Make a hand turkey craft
You could even make a fall bucket list for kids and let the children choose what activity to do next.
⭐ Make the Scavenger Hunt a Challenge
If you’re babysitting older kids, turn the activity into a friendly competition.
Give each child their own scavenger hunt page and see who can find all of the hidden pieces first.
You could offer a small prize to the winner, such as:
- A sticker
- A piece of candy
- Choosing the next game
- Picking the movie
- Getting first choice of a snack
Or skip the competition completely and have everyone work together to find all of the hidden pieces.
🍂 A Fun Screen-Free Fall Activity
Finding new ways to entertain kids while babysitting can sometimes be challenging, especially when you’ve already played the same games a hundred times.
This free printable fall scavenger hunt gives you an easy activity that feels different and exciting without requiring a lot of supplies.
Print it, cut out the pieces, hide them, and let the kids take over from there!
🖨️ Get the Free Fall Scavenger Hunt for Babysitters
Ready to plan a fun fall activity?
Download the free Fall Scavenger Hunt for Babysitters below!
You’ll get:
- 🍁 1 Fall Scavenger Hunt checklist for each hunter
- ✂️ 2 pages of printable fall items to cut out and hide
- 🎃 12 fun fall-themed items to find
It’s a simple fall babysitting activity that you can use at home, outside, at a park, or almost anywhere you’re playing with kids.
Print it, hide the pieces, and let the fall scavenger hunt begin! 🍂🎃
💛 More Babysitting Activities
If you’re always looking for fun things to do while babysitting, check out more free kids’ activities, printable games, crafts, scavenger hunts, worksheets, and seasonal activities here at Play Planners.
And don’t forget to save this activity to Pinterest so you can easily find it the next time you’re looking for a fall activity for kids, babysitting activity, or screen-free activity!
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