Alphabet Scavenger Hunt

This alphabet scavenger hunt was the perfect activity to do when we were stuck at home indoors.

Materials Needed:

Sticky Notes
Marker
Objects from around the house

What to Do:

Ask participants to find objects around the house that begin with each letter of the alphabet. That’s it! Because your kids will inevitably ask you for help, here is a list of words that begin with each letter that you may have lying around the house.

Words for Each Letter of the Alphabet

A: apple, applesauce, airplane, astronaut, alligator, ax, ant
B: ball, banana, boat, brick, box, bag, bed, bear, bat
C: car, cookie, cake, cat, cob, cow, candy
D: dog, dragon, drum, dime, doll, duck, dump truck
E: elephant, ear, eye, egg, elf
F: frog, feather, fish, flower, flamingo, fire, flashlight
G: giraffe, game, girl, goat, ghost, gift, goose, gorilla, guitar
H: helicopter, hammer, heart, hat, hand, horse, heart, house
I: ice cream, ice, inch, island, insect,
J: joker, jacket, jam, jewel, jet
K: ketchup, knife, knot, kazoo, kiwi, koala, kangaroo, key, kettle
L: lizard, lion, leopard, ladder, lamb, leaf, leg, lock, lips, lemon, light
M: mouse, mail, map, mat, match, mitten, man, money
N: nickel, nail, net, nest, nose, nut
O: Oreos, octopus, orange, onion
P: pan, pen, Pokemon, pig, pet, pink, pot, pizza, pumpkin, pear, pretzel
Q: quarter, queen, quilt, quartz, quail, question mark
R: reptile, rabbit, rake, rat, red, ring, rocket, rose, rainbow, rhino, robot
S: scissors, snake, strawberry, star, stop sign, sun, snail
T: teacup, ten, tomato, toad, tiger, table, tail, toy, telephone, tractor, tooth, turtle, tree
U: Uno, umbrella, utencils, underwear, uniform, unicorn, ukulele
V: vase, vine, vest, vegetable, van, volcano, violin
W: whistle, wand, walrus, whale, white, watermelon, wolf, worm
X: x-ray, xylophone
Y: yoyo, yellow, yam, yak, yolk
Z: zebra, zero, zig zag, zipper