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Guidelines, Tips and
Ideas for Kids Scavenger Hunts
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Valentine's Day Scavenger Hunt
- Identify Your
Teams
Divide the kids into teams and have them select a “heart filled”
name for their team. Suggestions: Conversation Hearts,
Cupid's Kids, Loving Hearts, Red Hearts
- Select The
Area For The Hunt To Take Place
You will want to select boundaries and keep the area limited.
Use caution tape to create the boundaries. Hide the items
within the boundaries. Make sure the lighting is
adequate. You can use indoors or outdoors.
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Bags Are Required
Decorated bags should be given to each
child. This will help them
to navigate and keep organized.
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Prizes Make It Fun
Select prizes for each team. Even if it is just a certificate
of accomplishment.
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Starter List of Scavenger Hunt Ideas
- Just wanted to tell you how special you
are to me?
A Valentine Card
- Family, Friends -- a special
feeling.
Paper with the word Love
- I am stuffed with something
and feel really cuddly
Stuffed animal
- Sweet and sugary, loved by
all, makes Valentine fun.
Candy
- How you knew to come here
tonight?
Party Invitation
- Get the signature and
favorite food of someone you love.
- I cover presents all the
time?
Wrapping Paper
- I float high and
look pretty?
Balloon
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List how many things you can
find that are red or pink
- Find a heart shaped object.
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 Summer
Back Yard Scavenger Hunt
Here is a great
scavenger for your backyard.
- Identify Your
Teams
Divide the kids into teams and have them select a name
for their team.
- Select The
Area For The Hunt To Take Place
You will want to select boundaries and keep the area limited.
Use caution tape to create the boundaries. Hide the items
within the boundaries. Make sure the lighting is
adequate. You can use indoors or outdoors.
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Bags Are Required
Decorated bags should be given to each
child. This will help them
to navigate and keep organized.
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Prizes Make It Fun
Select prizes for each team. Even if it is just a certificate
of accomplishment.
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Find something green
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Get the signature and favorite food
of an adult.
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Find a stick longer than 1 foot.
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Gather three
different types of leaves.
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Find a rock that is bigger than a
quarter.
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Find something prickly.
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What is the make/model and color of
the car the owner of the house drives?
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How
many doors does the house have?
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Do 10 jumping
jacks in front of an adult and have the put a * on your paper
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Find a flower
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How many bikes are in the garage?
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What color is
the house?
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Find something that will float.
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How people live
in this house?
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Find something soft.
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Find something that you can
recycle.
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List how many things you can find
that are blue.
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Find something that can be filled
with water.
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Anything Hunt
Compliments family fun magazine
Materials Needed:
- Items like rocks, acorns,
pine cones, shells, wood, and sticks (Note: minimum 42
required, amount will need to increase depending on the number of
kids participating). Be sure these items collected can be painted.
- Nontoxic, acrylic paints in
gold, red, green, purple , blue and white
- Paintbrushes
Step One:
Send the kids out on a hunt to find the items needed.
Step Two:
Once all items are collected lay them out on a sheets of newspaper and
have the kids paint them as follows.
- 2 gold
- 4 red
- 6 green
- 8 purple
- 10 blue
- 12 white
Each color carries a different
number of points: gold - 10 points, red - 8 points, green - 6 points,
purple - 4 points, blue - 2 points, white - 1 point.
Step Three:
Once the painted items have dried have an adult hide them in the house
or around the yard. Let the hunt begin -- the winner is the person
who collected the items worth the most points. This person is
designated "Treasure Hunter Extraordinaire". The title is held
until the next hunt!!
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Easter Scavenger Hunt
A few pointers to help you to get started:
- Identify Your
Teams
Divide the kids into teams and have them select a “Easter Theme”
name for their team. Suggestions: Bunny Hoppers, The
Chicks, Colored Eggs, The Baskets, The Candy Men
- Select The
Area For The Hunt To Take Place
You will want to select boundaries and keep the area limited.
Use caution tape to create the boundaries. Hide the items
within the boundaries. Make sure the lighting is
adequate. You can use indoors or outdoors.
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Bags Are Required
Decorated bags should be given to each
child. This will help them
to navigate and keep organized.
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Prizes Make It Fun
Select prizes for each team. Even if it is just a certificate
of accomplishment.
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Starter List of Scavenger Hunt Ideas
- Can you hop like me?
A bunny
- Family, Friends -- a special
feeling.
Paper with the word Love
- I am stuffed with something
and feel really cuddly
Stuffed "Easter" toy
- Sweet and sugary, loved by
all, makes Easter fun.
Candy
- How you knew to come here
tonight?
Party Invitation
- If you hunt for me you will surely find
one?
Easter Egg
- Mr. Rabbits favorite food?
Carrot
- List of people living in house?
- I live in a basket at Easter and you mow
me in the summer
Grass
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Find something soft.
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New Year's Eve Scavenger Hunt
A scavenger hunt is probably one of
the most popular party games.
- Identify Your
Teams
Divide the kids into teams and have them select a “heart filled”
name for their team. Suggestions: Conversation Hearts,
Cupid's Kids, Loving Hearts, Red Hearts
- Select The
Area For The Hunt To Take Place
You will want to select boundaries and keep the area limited.
Use caution tape to create the boundaries. Hide the items
within the boundaries. Make sure the lighting is
adequate. You can use indoors or outdoors.
-
Bags Are Required
Decorated bags should be given to each
child. This will help them
to navigate and keep organized.
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Prizes Make It Fun
Select prizes for each team. Even if it is just a certificate
of accomplishment.
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Starter List of Scavenger Hunt Ideas
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I am noisy but
fun and used on New Year's Eve toy?
A noisemaker
- Find something that
you can recycle.
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Keep your
head warm on New Year's Eve?
A New Year's Hat
- Get the signature of
the everyone who lives in the house.
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Is it 12
o'clock yet?
A Paper clock
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How you knew to come here
tonight?
Party Invitation
- I float high and
look pretty?
Balloon
- How many people are at
the New Year's Eve party?
- Find something shiny.
- Get the signature and
New Year's Resolution of 2 adults.
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Camping Scavenger Hunt for Kids
- Identify Your
Teams
Divide the kids into teams and have them select a
"theme" name for their team. Suggestions: Nature Kids,
Wanderers, Camping Crawlers. It would be great if an adult
goes with each group.
- Select The
Area For The Hunt To Take Place
You will want to select boundaries and keep the area limited.
Use caution tape to create the boundaries. Hide the items
within the boundaries. Make sure the lighting is
adequate. You can use indoors or outdoors.
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Bags Are Required
Decorated bags should be given to each
child. This will help them
to navigate and keep organized.
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Prizes Make It Fun
Select prizes for each team. Even if it is just a certificate
of accomplishment.
- Time Limit
Set the time limit to approximately 30 - 40 minutes
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Starter List of Scavenger Hunt Ideas
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Find a map
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Locate a rock bigger than a quarter
- Find
a pine cone
- Get
1/2 pound of dirt or sand (be sure to bring something to measure
it)
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Signature of a park ranger or park employee
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Number of letters in the park name
- Find
a plastic fork
- Get a
piece of rope or string
- Get a
program of events at the park
- Get
three different types of leaves
- List
everything you see that is blue
- Get a
stick longer that 1 foot.
- Find
something that you can recycle.
- Get
an ice cream cone.
- Find something that will
float.
- Get the signature and
favorite food of an adult.
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Car
Scavenger Hunt
Kids love scavenger hunts! So
why not do one while driving in the car?
CLICK HERE FOR
<< printable format >>
| City
Scavenger Hunt |
Country
Scavenger Hunt |
Suburbs Scavenger Hunt |
| Bus |
Cow |
Mini Van |
| Person on a
cell phone |
Brown Horse |
School |
| Taxi Cab |
Picket Fence |
Gas Station |
| Statue or Art
work |
Silo |
Fast Food Restaurant |
| Subway or
train sign |
Sign with
Farm or Ranch Name |
Car Dealer |
| Ladies Retail
Store |
Tractor |
Playground |
| Book Store |
Pond or Lake |
Church |
| Museum |
Dirt Road |
Red Light |
| Billboard |
Country Store |
Bike |
| Hotel
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Mail Box |
Dog |
| Restaurant |
Railroad
Tracks |
Child Playing |
| Theatre |
Stop Sign |
Movie Theatre |
| Men at work
sign/ construction sign |
Church |
Post Office |
| Skyscraper |
Pick-up Truck |
Super Market |
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Airplane Travel Scavenger Hunt
How about a scavenger hunt on an
airplane to keep the kids busy.
Set rules: Time limit is from take off until 15 minutes before
landing, can not leave seat, give them a a pen and the printable format
of this list.
Let the kids cross off all items that they spot during the flight.
Consider doing it as a family to avoid a winner/loser argument.
CLICK HERE FOR
<< printable format >>
| Writing Tool |
Airplane |
Magazine |
| TV Screen |
Airline
ticket |
Man with glasses |
| Person on a
laptop |
IPOD |
Newspaper |
| Book |
Baby |
Flight Attendant |
| Writing paper |
Someone
Sleeping |
Snack |
| Headphones |
Clouds |
Person with a beard |
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Food Tray |
Handbag |
Baseball Cap |
| Emergency
Exit Card |
Light |
Food/beverage cart |
| Name tag |
Napkin |
Over Head Compartment |
| Playing Cards |
Someone
Reading |
A Red Object |
| Airplane
window |
Someone with
Gray Hair |
Beverage |
| Travel Pillow |
Blanket |
Package of nuts |
| A girl with a
ponytail |
Shirt and Tie |
Coffee Pot |
| Backpack |
Exit Sign |
Coat or Jacket |
| Reclined Seat |
Pair of Jeans |
Window Shade |
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Mall Scavenger Hunt
There are a number of ways to have a scavenger
hunt in the mall. It really depends on the funds and camera
equipment you have available to you as to which one you decide on doing.
Traditional Scavenger Hunt
List
Divide the group into teams and give each team $5.00
to use to purchase items if necessary. Set a time limit usually 1
-2 hours is sufficient. Set rules about running, causing a scene
or making a lot of noise. Set a penalty for any team coming back late
and make it known before the hunt begins. The winning team is the team
who comes back with the most items from the list, however they can have
only one thing for each item on the list.
- Napkin from two different fast food
restaurants
- Sale flyer
- Perfume sample
- Bag with a store logo on it
- Signature of the manager of a shoe store
- Employment application
- Straw
- 3 business cards
- Something hard
- An empty box
- Make up sample
- Mustard or Ketchup packet
- Sample of men's cologne
- Something blue
- Take out menu
- Something with the number 1 on it
- Pencil
- Wrapper from a candy bar
- Salt or sugar packet
- Piece of tape
- Piece of gum
- Something larger than a dime but smaller
than a quarter
- The name of a salesperson in a children's
store
- Cup from a coffee shop
- Phone number of the department store in
the mall
- Label from a soda bottle
- Something soft
- Name of the security guard
- Signature of someone in customer service
- Hand Cream
Color
Scavenger Hunt
Divide the group into teams and give each team
$10.00 to use to purchase items. Give them a color or have them
make the decision on their own. Set a time limit usually 1 -2
hours is sufficient. Set rules about running, causing a scene or
making a lot of noise. Set a penalty for any team coming back late and
make it known before the hunt begins. Each team must be both creative
and thrifty.
The teams must search the mall for the most items
that they can get or purchase in the designated color. The winning team
is the team who comes back with the most items. Receipts are
required for all items purchased. If there is a tie then
the team who spent the least amount of money will win.
Number
Scavenger Hunt
Divide the group into teams and give each team
$10.00 to use to purchase items. Give them a number of items to
collect between 15 - 20 or have them make the decision on their own.
Set a time limit usually 1 -2 hours is sufficient. Set rules about
running, causing a scene or making a lot of noise. Set a penalty for any
team coming back late and make it known before the hunt begins. Each
team must be both creative and thrifty.
The teams must search the mall for items that they
can get or purchase for $10 that will get as close as possible to the
required number of items needed. The winning team is the team who comes
back with the most items. Receipts are required for all items
purchased. If there is a tie then the team who spent
the least amount of money will win.
Photo
Scavenger Hunt
Be sure to ask the kids to bring their digital
cameras. Divide the group into teams and make sure each group has a
camera. Set a time limit usually 1 -2 hours is sufficient. Set
rules about running, causing a scene or making a lot of noise. Set a
penalty for any team coming back late and make it known before the hunt
begins. Each team must find and photograph each of the items listed
below.
- Someone in 4 inch heels.
- The sign of a candy store
- A cup from a fast food restaurant
- A team member wearing an ugly dress
- Someone wearing animal print
- A team member next to a mannequin
- Someone eating ice cream
- A Mac machine
- A bag with a store logo
- Someone getting make-up or hair done
- Someone talking on a cell phone
- A team member dressed in something they would
never wear
- Someone wearing clothing in gold or silver
- Two team members walking holding hands in the
mall
- Someone looking in a mirror
- An outfit that you can wear to a sporting
event
- A team member talking to a cute guy
- Someone wearing sunglasses
- Someone wearing a baseball cap
- A team member looking at the mall information
map
- A picture of a window display from a men's
shop
- A picture of a Disney character
- A team member on the elevator
- Someone giving out a free sample
- A team member making a crazy face
- A team member on the escalator
- Someone drinking a coffee
- Someone sitting at a table with kids
- A baby in a stroller
- A team picture with all members
- A toy that a two year old would like.
- A picture of something green
- Someone eating pizza
- A team member with 10 stuffed animals
- A team member asking a stranger for
directions to a store
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