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Nature bag walk: a play idea for 18 to 24 months

Collecting turns a walk into a hunt, with a word for every find. It takes about 15 minutes and uses a paper bag.

Checked October 29, 2026.

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How to play

Nature bag walk18 to 24 months · about 15 minutes

You need: a paper bag.

  1. Take a paper bag on a walk.
  2. Help your toddler collect a few things: leaves, a stick, a pinecone.
  3. Name each thing as it goes in the bag.
  4. Tip them out at home and look at them again.

Builds: thinking and problem solving and language and talking. Collecting turns a walk into a hunt, with a word for every find.

Safety: Choking hazard: use pieces bigger than your child's mouth, count them out and back, and stay right beside them. Leave acorns, berries and pebbles behind.

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