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Screen-Free Summer Week 1: Become Mini Nature Detectives
Kick off Screen-Free Summer with a nature-spotting challenge your family can try almost anywhere – plus enter our prize draw when you’re done.
- Emily Longman Wall
Published: July 20, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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Welcome to Week 1 of Screen-Free Summer! This week, we’re swapping scrolling for spotting as we challenge families to become Mini Nature Detectives!
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Your mission is simple: see how many outdoor discoveries you can find together using our free nature bingo sheets – or create your own personalised version.
Screen-free summer week 1 challenge: Mini Nature Detectives!
Download and print our nature bingo sheets, then head outside and start searching. You could try the challenge in your garden, at the local park, on the school run, during a woodland walk or on a family day out. Every discovery counts, wherever you find it.
There’s no need to complete the whole sheet in one go. Take it with you throughout the week, tick off finds as you go and see whether your family can fill a row – or perhaps even spot them all.
Make your own nature bingo sheet
Want to make the challenge your own? Draw a simple grid and fill it with things you might find nearby. Children can help choose the pictures or words, decorate the sheet and add their own local discoveries.
Depending on where you live and the ages of your children, you could look for:
- A feather
- Something yellow
- A smooth stone
- A bee or butterfly
- A bird singing
- An interesting-shaped leaf
- A spider’s web
- Something that smells lovely
Ways to make it even more fun:
- Take turns being the chief detective and leading the search.
- Bring crayons and make leaf or bark rubbings along the way.
- Look closely without disturbing wildlife, picking plants or leaving anything behind.
- For younger children, focus on colours, sounds and simple objects.
- For older children, add trickier clues or identify the plants, birds and insects you see.
What could you win this week?
Complete this week’s Screen-Free Summer challenge and enter the prize draw for the chance to win one of our brilliant family prizes:
This week’s prizes:
- Pom Pom Climbing Triangle (worth around £349)
- LOL Surprise! Eye Spy Series (worth around £50)
- Exploding Kittens (worth around £20)
- Hide and Seek Deluxe Puzzle Game (worth around £20)
How to enter the week 1 prize draw
Once you’ve finished your nature hunt, take a photo of your completed Nature Bingo Sheet, upload it and tag us @madeformums and use #MFMScreenFreeSummer.
Every valid entry will go into the draw to win a family activity prize. We’d especially love to see entries full of creativity, teamwork, screen-free fun and happy family memories. Terms & Conditions apply.
What will your family spot?
Big adventure isn’t required – just a little curiosity. Grab your bingo sheet, step outside and see what’s been waiting to be discovered close to home.
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Emily Longman WallDigital Content Producer
Emily is the Digital Content Producer at MadeForMums and creates editorial and video content across the brand. She also edits the weekly editorial newsletter, oversees our reviews process and loves creating our craft articles and videos. She specialises predominantly in car seats and pushchairs, and has yet to meet a buggy she couldn’t fold! With a 1st class degree in History, she always researches topics thoroughly to find the best recommendations for parents.
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