Disney's The Lion Guard Scavenger Hunt.

One of our favorite activities is an early morning visit to the Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum at BYU's Provo Campus. 

Both kids absolutely love looking at all the taxidermy animals and even though sometimes it feels as if we sprint through the whole museum, we always learn something new or notice a new animal we didn't catch the previous visit. This week we decided to turn our trip into a Preschool Scavenger Hunt.  The museum has a display full of scavenger hunt sheets for every age as well as tons of Museum information.  The scavenger hunt sheet was exactly the type of hunt we were looking for, and can manage at 2 and 4 years old. As we walked around searching for scavenger hunt animals, Hunter pointed out several characters he noticed were familiar from Disney Jr.'s The Lion Guard. "Bunga is a Honeybadger mom!" "Fuli is a Cheetah!" "Pumbaa is a Warthog!"

The excitement in his eyes as he recognized the types of animals that are in his favorite show made the trip even better.  Like EVERY household in America with toddler children, Disney Jr. is a pretty big deal in our home and right now one of our favorites is The Lion Guard. The Lion Guard is Disney's The Lion King's continuance of Simba's son, Kion, and his adventures as the leader of the Pride Land's Lion Guard. It's a great kid show with adventures, fun songs and learning.  Disney sure knows how to deliver when it comes to entertaining and teaching toddlers. 
On the drive home Hunter said, "Mom, next time we go to The Bean Museum can we find all the Lion Guard animals?"  I thought, what a great idea buddy!  So I started thinking how I could make our next trip to the museum a little more Disney. Using inspiration from the great scavenger hunt sheet The Bean Museum gave us, I created a Lion Guard Scavenger Hunt. 

My kids absolutely love it!  It was created specifically for the animals I knew we could find in our local museum but I'm excited to also use it at our trip to the Zoo later this month.  Since my children are 2 and 4 years old, I kept the scavenger hunt simple by using photos of each animal so that they could recognize them in the museum. I added their names for information and the type of animal each character is so that older kids, learning to read, could try to find the animals by type.  

A trick we use in our house is to put printables that we love, and plan to use over and over, into a page protector sheet.  This way we can mark off the animals we find during our scavenger hunt and then wipe it off to use again. All you need is a page protector, dry erase marker and eraser! 

You can download the FREE printable HERE. 
Be sure to PIN the Scavenger Hunt and share it with your friends!    Leave a comment if you use the hunt! We'd love to hear how and where you hunted for The Lion Guard.  Happy Hunting. 
*Disclaimer: I do not own the images in the Scavanger Hunt.  All images were found on lion guard.wikia.com  Disney's The Lion Guard is property of Disney.*

Uncommon Goods.

Being newly pregnant and moving over the last month, I can count on one hand the number of times I've put real clothes on to brave the big bad world. My go to "little black T-shirt dress" has been my outfit of choice more than a handful of times each week.  I was so thrilled to receive the cutest little packet in the mail containing the perfect accessory to take my plain dress and make it into to a stylish summer look.  Uncommon Goods sent me a beautiful Bee Love Necklace created by Nancy Nelson.  This piece just screamed my name since I live in the Beehive state and I love sporting anything that ties me to beautiful Utah. I knew right when I saw it browsing for  jewelry online that it was the necklace for me. 
Uncommon Goods is a privately owned retailer that brings together unique, and beautiful gifts created by talented artists from all over the world. Every piece is made in harmony with the environment and without harm to animals or people.  From art and jewelry to home and kitchen, kids and adults, Uncommon Goods offers a plethora of handmade goods for every family. 
I sure loved browsing their user friendly site and finding so many one of a kind products that I obviously need to fill my new home. 
My necklace came packaged in an adorable wrapped gift box with a short bio of the artist. 

What I love most about Uncommon Good pieces are the stories behind their products.  Uncommon Goods does an amazing job telling the story of how every product came to be.  With the Bee Love Necklace the story tells that Nancy Nelson's friend gave her some leftover fragments of honeycomb and her creative eye caught a glimpse of one shaped like a heart.  Nancy took the piece and put it into brass to preserve its delicacy and beauty.  "The design serves as a tribute to bees' own awe-inspiring design skills and vital role in our environment" (Uncommongoods.com) I love being able to connect with the artist of my necklace as well as the story behind how the product came to be. 
The stunning brass heart hangs from a simple gold plated chain. It's lightweight and clearly made with supreme craftsmanship. It's a beautiful piece perfect for any outfit.

Even Princess Hayden loved the necklace and took off her "magical amulet" so she could try on mommy's heart necklace. 

 I literally had to fight her to take it off.

Sister knows good style. 

A big THANK YOU to Uncommon Goods for sending me this one of a kind piece. 

Your website is incredibly buyer friendly and your products offer the greatest options for handmade and quality gifts. 

Be sure to head over to Uncommon Goods to find the perfect handcrafted item for anyone in your life or for any occasion!  A few of my favorites are linked below.
Nursery Rhyme Blocks Fresh Organic Soft Fruit Toy Basket Personalized Cutting Board Hand Embroidered State Pillows
*This is a sponsored post and contains affiliate links.  Uncommon Goods sent me this necklace at no cost for review of their website and products.  All opinions are my own*.