This can be done with any age kids, you just need to know what your kids will and will not do. I got this idea from my kids. On Easter we always lay out real eggs and plastic eggs. The kids will hide the plastic eggs over and over for each other. So why not use critters?
We live in the city, so the majority of nature is on the highway and in our backyards. And honestly I'd have a heart attack if I saw a huge snake in my backyard so it is safe to say I'm not opposed to fake critters.
Grab some plastic critters from your dollar store, make some fake butterflies with the kids (1 dimensional or 3 dimensional, it doesn't matter), grab some fake birds from a craft store, you are only limited by your imagination in this. Once you have everything, sneak outside and "plant" them around your yard. Maybe clip a butterfly or two to a bush, have a toy snake sneaking his head out of a potted plant, make a birds nest and place the nest and bird in the tree, you're getting the idea.
Then when everything is placed somewhere, give each of the kids an old recycled milk gallon and have them go look for the critters. Whoever has the most critters gets to hide the critters while everyone goes inside, and the game starts all over again.
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