Printable · Ages 4–10
Grocery Store Scavenger Hunt
A checklist of things to find, count and read at any grocery store or market, with a bonus price-comparison challenge for older kids.
Use it with: Grocery Store Learning Games for Kids
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Grocery Store Scavenger Hunt
How to play
Check off each thing you find. You do not need to buy anything you find. Just look!
Stay with your grown-up and look with your eyes first.
Grown-ups: pick one section for younger kids, or the whole list for older kids.
Grown-ups: read each item aloud for children who don't read yet; they can point and you check it off.
Look and find
- Something red
- Something orange
- Something yellow
- Something green
- Something purple or blue
- A food that is round
- A food that is long
- A food that is bumpy or spiky
- A food you have never tried
- A food your family cooks often
Count and read
- Count 5 of the same fruit or vegetable
- Find a frozen vegetable
- Find a canned fruit or vegetable
- Find a whole grain (look for the word "whole")
- Read the name of one aisle sign
- Find a sign in a language other than English
- Find a food that starts with the first letter of your name
Bonus for older kids (8+)
- Find the unit price on a shelf tag
- Compare a small and a large package of the same food. Which costs less per unit?
- Compare a store brand and a name brand. Which costs less per unit?
Write or draw one new food you noticed today: