Day of Scavenger Hunts

The school year is JUST around the corner. Yesterday, we picked up all of our curriculum for the school year and realized that we had just 11 days until we began to work through it all. We are supposed to begin on August 24th, but we will be on vacation that week! So, the boys (responsible as they are) have decided to start a week early so that we can enjoy our week away and not have to catch up when we get home.

With all of this in mind, we decided to take advantage of our day. It began with a short drive downtown to the Chamber of Commerce where we picked up a map and a list of the murals found in Chico. After looking at the list, we decided to stick to the downtown area so that we could walk to them all. Keep in mind...the following murals are not ALL of the murals in downtown Chico (only a small handful of them). Wow!

#1 - Phoenix (on the side of Jon and Bon's)
#2 - John and Annie Bidwell (off of 2nd Street)
A was sad that John's face was covered by the tree.


#3 - Academe (on the side of Taylor Hall at Chico State)

#4 - Chico Roller Flouring Mills (we think) off of Salem

Z loved how the trees in the mural were identical to the actual

trees next to the mural!

#5 - Lyon's Books mural (not on the list, but Z thought that it should be)

#6 - Electric Rail Car (City Plaza)

#7 - #60 Electric Rail Car (also in City Plaza)

The people sitting in front of the mural thought that we were crazy!

(If you click on this picture you can see the hilarious look Little B has on her face!)

#8 - Pony Express (on the side of the downtown post office)

We could not believe how many murals there were! As we drove away from downtown Chico we saw many more! Z thought that we could go back another time and add to our list! :) I agree!

Our next adventure was at the Dollar Store. I borrowed this idea from a fellow teacher/mom so I cannot take credit for inventing it. The kids had fun anyway! We pulled up to the Dollar Store and I told the kids that they were going to do a scavenger hunt! They would need to stay together and follow my instructions. And of course they would need to put the items back after they had completed a task. :)

#1 - Find your favorite food and pretend that you are eating it. Of course they went for CANDY! :)

#2 - Find something that you would place school supplies in and put it on your back.

I think that these backpacks were made for preschoolers. :)

#3 was to find a hat and a pair of underwear to wear. Unfortunately, the boys were too embarrassed for me to post that picture...they didn't really wear the underwear, but they made it look convincing. You should have seen them trying to find an aisle with no one in it! :)

#4 - Find a pair of shoes and put them on.

They could only find little girls' flip flops. :)

#5 - Find a school supply and pretend that you are using it.

#6 - Find a cleaning product and pretend that you are using it.

Z was trying to clean A!

#7 - Find your favorite drink and pretend that you are drinking it.

#8 - From all that they were pretending to drink and eat, they decided to go to the medicine aisle to pretend that they needed medicine.

#9 - Finally, the were told to find a toy that they would like and pose with it. After the picture was taken, they were told that they could buy it! :)


FUN! The whole adventure only added up to $3! Hooray for cheap and fun things to do!