Free Rainbow Color Scavenger Hunt for St. Patrick’s Day

Your preschoolers will love hunting around the house or classroom with this St Patrick’s Day scavenger hunt. They will feel just like a leprechaun searching for a rainbow!

This fun activity makes the perfect rainy day activity if you are stuck indoors. It can also be a great St. Patrick’s Day classroom scavenger hunt party activity.

If you want to use the scavenger hunt in your classroom and need something more ‘contained’, use our fine motor rainbow sensory bin and add a few colored toys to the sensory bin for kids to find.

How To Teach Colors:

I think colors are one of the most fun topics to teach preschoolers. There are so many simple activities you can do to work on colors!

• Play color matching games.
• Talk about colors while you are working on crafts and art projects.
• Use “I Spy” as a fun color hunt while you are on a walk or riding in the car.
• As you are reading books point out colors, or ask your toddler to point out the colors that they see.
• Display color posters in your home or classroom.
• Play simple games like this colorful activity for graphing rainbow bears.

How To Use This St Patrick’s Day Scavenger Hunt Kid’s Activity:

Enter your email address below and then head to your inbox to get the link to download the rainbow scavenger hunt printable. Print it onto white computer paper, or onto card stock for a more durable paper.

If you want to make this a re-useable color scavenger hunt for kids, you can laminate the paper or slip it into a clear plastic sleeve.

Give your child a copy of the rainbow scavenger hunt St. Patrick’s Day activity. They will search the classroom or house for objects that are each color.

They can write the name or draw a picture of the object they found.

More Rainbow Scavenger Hunt Ideas:

• If you have a pre-reader, or your child needs help with the color names, you can highlight, trace the color name, or underline the color on the paper using that color crayon or marker as a guide.
• Use the printable color scavenger hunt with stickers or foam shapes. Your child can find a sticker or foam shape that matches the color and put it into the box.
• Search a magazine for items in different colors. Practice scissor skills by cutting the objects out and paste them onto the color scavenger hunt free printable.
• Write the color vocabulary words onto index cards or colored construction paper and hide them around your home. As your child finds the card have them check off the color they have found. This is a great activity if you laminate the St. Patrick’s Day treasure hunt because it can be used over and over again.
• Use the rainbow treasure hunt sheet as you do a read aloud. When children spot something that color in the book they can write or draw it.

More St. Patrick’s Day Color Activities You’ll Love:

• St. Patrick’s Day Pom Pom Color Sorting Mat
• Rainbow Themed Foods
• St. Patrick’s Day Bouncy Ball Art
• St. Patrick’s Day Books for Kids

Looking for More St. Patrick’s Day Ideas?

How About More Great Color Activities?

• Rainbow Bear Color Graphing
• Easy Activities for Learning Colors
• DIY Flower Color Graphing
• Matching Colors Busy Bags
• Color Changing Flowers Science Experiment