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Navratri Colour Hunt: A 3-Minute Game for Kids

A 3-minute Navratri colour hunt for kids: find five things in the colour of the day, then name, count and sort them. No mess, nothing to buy.

  • Interactive game
  • Ages 3-8 · Preschool–Grade 2Ages 3-8 · Nursery–Year 3Ages 3-8 · Nursery–Class 2Ages 3-8
  • 4 things to gather
  • 5 steps
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Toys, crayons, a bangle and a leaf sorted by colour on a wooden floor for a Navratri colour hunt

What Your Child Will Learn

  • Naming colours and objects builds vocabulary
  • Counting the five things builds number sense
  • Sorting by size introduces comparing and ordering
  • Racing the timer helps with focus and following simple instructions

How to play the Navratri colour hunt

5 steps

Before you start

A Navratri colour hunt is the easiest festival game to set up. Each of the nine nights has its own colour, so every evening brings a brand-new hunt.

Navratri colours 2026, night by night: orange, white, red, royal blue, yellow, green, grey, purple and peacock green, from 11 to 19 October.

  1. Step 1: Check today's Navratri colour: Look up tonight's colour in the list below and say it out loud together.

  2. Step 2: Set a 3-minute timer: A short timer makes it exciting. Shout "Go!" when you start it.

  3. Step 3: Find 5 things in that colour: Children hunt round the house for five things in the colour of the day: a toy car, a crayon, an apple, a bangle, a block.

  4. Step 4: Line up, name, count and sort: Lay everything in a row. Name each thing, count them together, then sort them from smallest to biggest.

  5. Step 5: Bonus: spot one more at dinner: At dinner, ask who can spot one more thing in that colour on the table or on someone's clothes.

More ideas to extend

  • Idea 1

    Little ones: hunt for just 3 things, and skip the timer.

  • Idea 2

    Little ones: hold up something in today's colour to show them what to look for.

  • Idea 3

    Older kids: find 10 things, or race a sibling for the most.

  • Idea 4

    Older kids: sort by size, then by weight or by what each thing is made of.

  • Idea 5

    Older kids: find two shades of the colour, such as light red and dark red, and put them in order.

  • Idea 6

    Draw a colour chart for all nine nights.

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  • Red day

    Red day

  • Blue day

    Blue day

  • Line up, name, count and sort

    Line up, name, count and sort

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