People around the world are leaving out teddy bears for children on their daily walks to spot

Worldwide teddy bear hunt to help kids during lockdown (Picture: Reuters, Getty, AP)
How sweet (Picture: Reuters, Getty, AP)

Have you been taking your little ones for their daily walks?

Youngsters might be struggling to understand a global pandemic and why it’s crucial for us to stay inside as much as possible.

The concept of a government-sanctioned daily walk might be even more alien to them.

So to cheer them up and make it into a bit of a game, a global teddy bear hunt has been taking place.

From Scandinavian countries to cities in the United States to Australia and New Zealand to Belgium and the Netherlands.

The scavenger hunts were inspired by the children’s book We’re Going on a Bear Hunt written by Michael Rosen in 1989.

The premise of it is simple – leave out stuffed animals on your window sills so children can count how many they’ve seen on their walks.

It’s just one way to distract them from the true horrors and uncertainty of the virus.

teddy bear in window
Sending love from Sydney (Photo by James D. Morgan/Getty Images)

They’re not just for fun either and serve an educational purpose.

Some teddies are placed apart to practise social distancing while others wear masks.

People that have been leaving their stuffed animals on display have also added some hygine rules next to the toys to allow children to learn what they should and shouldn’t do.

Some people have been going above and beyond in the hunt and creating whole safaris with large stuffed animals.

 A giant teddy bear sits on a fence in London, Britain,
Our very own London teddy (Credits: EPA)

The idea was popularised after residents in Reykjavík started doing it to cheer up Icelandic children.

Now it’s become a global effort and it’s not just for children.

Adults have also taken to social media to say the bear hunt has united families in times of a crisis where it’s easy to feel alone.

 a teddy bear hangs upside down in a window of a house in Christchurch, New Zealand.
A teddy bear hangs upside down in a window of a house in Christchurch, New Zealand (Credits: AP)

One Twitter user wrote: ‘House near us puts these bears out each day, doing a different activity every time. It’s all I live for currently.’

And it’s happening in London too.

Mum and news correspondent Daniele Hamamdjian wrote: ‘To the parent (it’s gotta be a parent) who came up with this idea, THANK YOU. Explaining to a four-year-old why playdates aren’t allowed anymore is heartbreaking, so “going on a bear hunt” during our walks is the distraction we needed’.

It’s certainly heartwarming.

Here are a few more teddies from around the world:

 a white teddy bear sits in the window above the book drop at Rick Warren Memorial Public Library in Elkville, Ill.
A teddy bear sits in the window above the book drop at Rick Warren Memorial Public Library in Illinois (Credits: AP)
epaselect epa08339529 A Teddy bear stuffed animal peers out of an apartment window in Washington, DC, USA, 02 April 2020. Stuffed toys are being placed in windows around the nation to give children an activity while walking with their parents. The activity has been inspired by British author Michael Rosen, who wrote 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt' and is suffering from coronavirus COVID-19. The spread and containment efforts of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic has caused disruptions to daily life across the globe. EPA/ERIK S. LESSER
Spotted in Washington DC (Credits: EPA)
Teddy bear in window
Another one spotted in Sydney(Photo by James D. Morgan/Getty Images)
Teddy bear in window
We like the colours in this one (Picture: Getty Images Source: Getty Images AsiaPac )
Teddy bear in window
Sydney has certainly been going all out (Picture: Getty Images Source: Getty Images AsiaPac)

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