At a Glance
This Valentine's Day Scavenger Hunt gets preschool, kindergarten and other young learners up and moving as they search for hidden Valentine's picture cards and tick them off their checklist. The active format builds visual scanning, observational skills, gross motor movement and turn-taking, with both color and black-and-white versions included for indoor or outdoor play.
If you’re looking for a way to mix fun and learning this February, this printable Valentine’s Day scavenger hunt will get your children up, moving, and smiling.
Designed for preschool, kindergarten, and early years learners, it combines some gross motor, social and observational skills in one simple printable activity.
It’s ideal for teachers in the classroom, parents at home, or homeschool families looking for a festive, no-prep way to add a bit of Valentine’s fun to the day.
This Valentine’s scavenger hunt printable includes a checklist and eight different themed cards to hide.
A black-and-white version is also included, perfect for children who enjoy colouring or grownups who enjoy saving ink. Just print, cut, hide and play – it’s a low-prep activity that’s ideal for small groups or individual play.
And if you want to add more to your Valentine’s learning theme, you can check out the full collection of Valentine’s Day Printables here. You’ll find matching activities for phonics, counting, and fine motor skills that complement this scavenger hunt perfectly.
What Skills Can Your Children Learn and Practice?
Here are a few of the skills that your little ones can learn and practice when completing this scavenger hunt:
- Visual Scanning and observational skills – The ability to use their vision to search in a systematic way, from top to bottom or left to right.
- Pencil Grip and Pencil Control – Any time your child picks up a pen or pencil is a great chance to practice and develop these skills and if you choose the black and white version they can color in.
- Gross Motor Skills – as they’re walking (or likely running) around looking for the cards.
- Social skills – such as listening, taking turns, and communicating with their friends and family.
- Vocabulary building – identifying themed images supports early language development.
- Counting – They can count how many things they’ve found – or how many they still need to find.
How to Prepare This Valentine’s Day Scavenger Hunt
Firstly go and download the game by clicking on the download box at the bottom of the page.
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Choose whether you want the color or black and white version, then print them off. Or you could mix and match, color cards and black and white checklist.
There’s 8 cards to hide – indoors or out.
Then you’ll need to give your children a checklist.
If you go with the black and white version, your little ones can find and color!
That’s pretty much it – hide the cards and get finding!
I hope your little learners have so much fun using this Valentine’s Day scavenger hunt and get lots of practice with those early learning and observation skills.
And for even more themed fun, have a look at the other Valentine’s Day Printables here.
Enjoy!
