Fun Scavenger Hunts 
and Treasure Hunt Ideas for All Ages

Over 100 Free Lists for Every Party and Event

Scavenger hunts are always a fun party game. They involve everyone and awaken the detective and adventurer within.

There are unlimited variations and possibilities to build a hunt around, from mall to crazy holiday, video to clue, outdoor to indoor, and road trip to around town.

Like I said, the possibilities are limitless.

Below are over 100 scavenger hunt lists and ideas for you to try. Use them as they are or change them to suit your event.

Need a little direction?   Start with our list of rules.

Note to our creative, adventurous visitors... if you've hosted a successful scavenger hunt or written up a fun list and would be willing to share, please do so on our submission page.

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Around Town and Neighbourhood Hunts

Around Town - Travel around town collecting items and taking photos. The list includes 21 items to find and 11 photos to take. Use public transportation to increase the difficulty.

Clean Bachelorette - see below under Miscellaneous

Door-to-Door - Be the team to collect the most items on the noted list by going around door-to-door in your neighborhood. Be sure to take every safety precaution necessary when planning your hunt. 

Fall Neighborhood - This is a great way to get to know your neighbors better. Teams go door-to-door asking for items on their list (only one item per house). Divide into teams. Set a strict time limit and deduct 1 point for every minute a team is late. Be polite and courteous and make it clear to the people who give you their stuff, that it will not be returned. The printable list is a combination outdoor and door-to-door neighborhood. Teams will need bags, a checklist and a pen. The winning team is the team with the most points. If there is a tie, the winning team is the team who returns first. Have fun and enjoy connecting with your neighbors. 

Girls Road Trip - Head for the open road with a girls road trip list and a dozen or more of your friends. The combination item, photo, video, signature hunt will challenge you and add to the adventure of an outing with the girls. 

Girls Night Out List - see below under Video Hunts.

Mall Scavenger Hunts - These can be a blast as long as certain rules are followed. They mix the fun of shopping with the challenge of competing in a time limited game. There are several lists to choose from, including printable invitations. 

Mall Hunt for Teens and Adults - A list that includes trivia, search and find, and glamor shots.

Neighbourhood House Hunt - Set up a hunt in your own neighborhood or choose to host one in an historical neighborhood, a commercial district, or any interesting location to add variety. 

Red Hat Society - A challenging list of photos to take and items to find for girls 50 and over, who still know how to have FUN. A printable list is also available upon request.

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Holiday Hunts

Christmas Hide and Go Seek Your Gift

Christmas Video - Teams compete to capture a list of Christmas related scenarios on video, while enlisting the help of kind and willing strangers.

Crazy Christmas - Have your guests spot for unusual Christmas items that you've set up around the room prior to their arrival.

Christmas Treasure Hunt Ideas - Gift hunt riddles, secret Santa and food bank hunts, and more.

Resurrection Eggs - Find eggs with hidden clues to hidden items based on the Easter story.

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Scavenger Hunts for Kids

Treasure Hunt Riddles 7,500 Clues Using Household Items Create Unforgettable Party Games with this Riddle Creator

Glow in the Dark - Combine the excitement a treasure hunt with the extra fun of glow in the dark paint and toys. Several ideas and variations are noted.

Nature - see below under Outdoor.

Winter - see below under Outdoor.

Recycling - see below under Outdoor. 

***Host a Kids' Treasure Hunt Party complete with a treasure chest pinata and treasure map placemats. I a treasure chest pinata is a fun touch. Fill it with sweet, treasures, or possibly clues that lead to treasure hidden elsewhere. 

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Indoor Hunts

Baby Shower - 13 rhyming clues related to babies that lead to things found in a women's purse. A fun challenging game that doesn't require guests to search through your cupboards and closets.

Bridal Shower - see below under Miscellaneous 

Handbag - see below under Printable.

Magazine Hunt Ideas - Make a list of items to search for in magazines (ie. a bearded man, an orchid, lace gloves, a woman sitting on a car). If you are throwing a theme party, pick items related to your theme. Divide your guests into teams or let them play solo. You'll need a stack of magazines and some scissors, if possible. Hand out the lists. Instruct your guests to cut or rip out each item as they find it. First team to find all of the items wins! Variations: Set a time limit. The team to find the most items wins! Make a list of words instead of pictures. Use newspapers instead of magazines.

Newspaper Hunt for a Diva Party - A list of items to clip associated with divas.

Newspaper (General) - Distribute newspapers, scissors, and a list to guests and have them compete to be the first team to find and cut out everything on the list. A free printable list is available by clicking HERE.

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Internet Hunts

Christmas Internet Hunt - Play to receive a free mini Christmas pencil puzzle ebook!

Try one of these online hidden object games. So fun... Bet you can't stop at just one.

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Miscellaneous Hunts

ABC - Pick a theme or a location. Set a time limit and give each team a list lettered A to Z. The challenge: Find one item beginning with each letter. Send the teams out into a park, have them scour the mall or have them search their own belongings only. Indoors or traveling in a vehicle, you could have them list things they can see from where they are sitting. The possibilities are endless for this one. Be prepared though, some of the letters will challenge the creativity of your teams for certain.

Bridal Shower - An indoor hunt that requires looking for items guests may have with them at the shower. Perfect for getting your guests to loosen up and mingle.
 

Bridal Shower Purse Game - What's in a bride's purse? This handbag hunt provides a checklist that challenges guests to find both popular and unusual items in their purses and can even be personalized for your shower.

Clean Bachelorette - A fun game for a clean night out with the girls before the big event. Involves looking for items and the use of either photo or video.

Find Me - This Find Me hunt involves going to your chosen location prior to your hunt and photographing small pieces of objects and structures you find there.

Sounds Surround - Sounds surround us everywhere. This game challenges teams to record specific sounds within a certain area and time frame.

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Outdoor Hunts

Glow in the Dark Game - see above under Hunts for Kids.

Nature - If you're going to be in the great outdoors around plenty of trees and wide open spaces, a Nature Hunt is the perfect idea for exploring your surroundings while engaging in some friendly competition. Always remember to take plenty of safety precautions. Nature is beautiful, but also unpredictable.

Outdoor Winter - Have participants search for colored ice cubes with varying point values. Make them yourself or purchase some cool light up cubes. They'll make a great take home favor after the party.

Recycle - If you want to have fun and do something good for the environment too, plan a Recycle Hunt. Pick a location, hand out the appropriate bags and see which team can collect the most recyclable items in a designated amount of time (properly sorted, of course).

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Photo Scavenger Hunts

Mall Photo Hunts - see Mall above under Around Town

Photo - Capture scenarios involving your team on film with either objects or strangers.

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Printable Scavenger Hunts

Video Photo Checklist Pack Rat Paradise Handbag Hunt Best Buy Mall Nature

Recycle Fall Neighborhood ABC Graveyard

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Signature Hunts

15 Minutes of Fame - Your goal for this hunt is to get the autographs of people who have experienced "15 minutes of fame."

Beat That - This hunt is driven by friendly competition and one-upmanship. Teams try to improve on each others finds in order to get the upper hand.

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Video Scavenger Hunts

Christmas Video - see above under Holiday.

Girls Night Out - A fun set of challenges to capture on video around town. You'll enjoy watching them together later as you determine the winning team. 

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Math Detective Hunt

Make a list of questions about locations in your town. Create a math problem to coincide with these questions. 

Example:
The number of flags on the Court House 
PLUS
The number of gas stations on John Street between Main Street and George Street
MINUS
The number of floors at the Ramada Inn on Riverside Drive
TIMES
The number of car wash booths at Dave's Car Wash 
Etc., etc., etc.
EQUALS 

Pick at least ten places and be sure that each of your math calculations work out to whole numbers. Make a list for each team and send them out. First team back with the correct answer wins! 

Note: If a team comes back with the wrong answer they can go back out and try to get it right (as long as a winner has not yet been declared). 

It may be necessary to supply a map of the town, depending on how familiar your guests are with the streets. 

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Graveyard Scavenger Hunt

Create a list of at least 10 items with instructions like this:

• Find a tombstone dated from 1859-______ 
• Find a tombstone listing a couple named Mary and Peter 
• Find an epitaph with the word 'love' in it
• Find a tombstone with a picture of an animal on it
• Find the tombstone of a baby 
  
• Find a tombstone with more than three names listed

Pick a graveyard to meet at. Divide into teams and start hunting. 

You may have to ask for teams to list details on each find to be able to verify the winner. One idea would be to have them do a rubbing of the tombstone. (Lay a piece of paper over the lettering and rub a crayon or pencil over it. The etching should show through enough to verify the find.) Also, you could get the teams to photograph or video tape their finds. It's up to you. 

Printable Graveyard Hunt 

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Scavenger Hunts for Junior Divas

See Penny Shopping Game 

Note: This hunt could easily be tailored to an older crowd. After all, every girl loves to shop. 

Also see Jigsaw Puzzle Hunt 

A jigsaw puzzle hunt combines the fun of hunting with the challenge of solving. 

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Park Scavenger Hunt Clues

Sample Park Clue Hunt - Team 1 
Park Clues - Team 2 
Park Clues - Team 3 
Park Clues - Team 4 
Park Clues - Team 5 
Park Clues - Team 6 
Team Trail Markers 

Note: This Park Clue Hunt is an example to give you ideas on setting up your own clue based hunt. You will need Adobe Reader to view and print the pages. See above under printable for instructions on how to download your own free Adobe Reader.

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