Strawberry Picking

🎂 4 + years ⏱️ 30 min 📍 Strawberry Field ⭐ easy

Imagine you are together in a huge field, and all around you are bright red strawberries waiting to be picked. Here in the strawberry field, you can have fun together while picking your own sweet, juicy strawberries. But before you start, there are a few things to keep in mind: strawberries are quite delicate and can easily get squished. So be careful when you pick one. Hold it by the stem and gently pull it off. The best strawberries to pick are the ones that are big, round, and completely red. Now that you know how to pick strawberries, let’s play some fun games in the strawberry field:

What you'll need

Bucket
Magnifying glass

How it works

Strawberry Colors: Who can find strawberries in five different shades of red first? From light red to dark red - there are many colors to discover.
The Perfect Strawberry: Who can find the perfect strawberry? The task is to find a strawberry that is big, completely red, and free of spots or bumps.
Strawberries Under the Magnifying Glass: Strawberries have many tiny seeds on their surface. Take a magnifying glass and look closely at the little seeds. The tiny seeds on the strawberry are what you could plant to see if a new strawberry plant grows.
Strawberry Relay Race: How many strawberries can you pick in one minute? Set a timer and try to pick as many strawberries as possible before time runs out.
On the Trail: Strawberry plants attract many animals that love the sweet fruits. Go on a trail hunt and see if you can find signs of animals that have eaten strawberries.
Strawberry Stories: Choose a strawberry and invent a story about it. Why did the strawberry grow that way? Did it perhaps have an adventure? The person who tells the funniest or most creative story wins the challenge.
Strawberry Recipe Challenge: After you’ve picked strawberries, you can start a kitchen challenge. Who can make the tastiest strawberry dessert?