Scavenger Hunts

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Scavenger Hunts

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 hunts to crazy holiday hunts, video hunts to clue hunts, outdoor hunts to indoor hunts, road trip hunts to around town hunts. Like I said, the possibilities are limitless.

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

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

Around Town and Neighboorhood Hunts

Around Town Hunt - 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 Hunt - see below under Miscellaneous Hunts

Door-to-Door Hunt - 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 Hunt - A great way to get to know your neighbors better is to hold a neighborhood hunt. 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 hunt. 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 Scavenger Hunt - Head for the open road with a girls road trip scavenger hunt 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 Hunt - see below under Video Hunts.

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

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 Hunt - 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.

Holiday Hunts

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

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

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

Hunts for Kids

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

Nature Hunt - see below under Outdoor Hunts.

Outdoor Winter Hunt - see below under Outdoor Hunts.

Recycle Hunt - see below under Outdoor Hunts.

***Host a Kids' Treasure Hunt Party complete with a treasure chest pinata and vinyl treasure map placemats. Don't forget to purchase pinata fillers also.

My mom threw me a scavenger hunt birthday party and used materials from this site.
it was the best. so what i am trying to say is thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ~ S.T.

Indoor Hunts

Bridal Shower Indoor Hunt - see below under Miscellaneous Hunts

Handbag Hunt - see below under Printable Hunts.

Magazine Hunt - 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 - 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 along with 4 other printable games when signing up for the Python Post.

Internet Hunts

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

Miscellaneous Hunts

ABC Hunt - 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 travelling 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 Hunt - An indoor hunt that requires looking for items guests may have with them at the shower. A great Hunt to get your guests to loosen up and mingle.

Clean Bachelorette Hunt - A fun hunt 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 Hunt - Sounds surround us everywhere. This hunt challenges teams to record specific sounds within a certain area and time frame.

Outdoor Hunts

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

Nature Hunt - 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 Hunt - Have participants hunt 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 Hunt - 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).

Photo Hunts

Mall Photo Hunts - see Mall Hunts above under Around Town Hunts

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

Printable Hunts

Printable Video Hunt

Printable Photo Hunt Checklist

Printable Handbag Hunt

Printable Best Buy Mall Hunt

Printable Nature Hunt

Printable Recycle Hunt

Printable Fall Neighborhood Hunt

Printable ABC Hunt

Printable Graveyard Hunt

Signature Hunts

15 Minute of Fame - Your goal for this scavenger 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.

Video Hunts

Christmas Video Hunt - see above under Holiday Hunts.

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

NOTE: If you have trouble uploading any of our printable scavenger hunts, please contact us and we will send you a copy via email. Please be sure to specify what hunt you need.

To view this printable page, you will need Adobe Reader installed on your computer (the latest version is recommended). You can get your free Adobe Reader here (a new window will open so you can download without leaving this page).

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.

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

Scavenger Hunts for Junior Divas

See Penny Hunt Shopping Game

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

Also see Jigsaw Puzzle Hunt

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

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

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

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Scavenger Hunt Questions and Answers

Click below to see other scavenger hunt ideas, questions, and answers.

Church Indoor Hunt
I am trying to find a scavenger hunt for 3rd-6th grade kids to do at church. Needs to be 20-30 minutes long.

Church Indoor Hunt Response:

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Family Vacation Scavenger Hunt
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Scavenger Hunt Las Vegas

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College Treasure Hunt
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Nature Woods Outdoor Hunt
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Business Scavenger Hunt
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Everywhere Night Scavenger Hunt
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Around Town Halloween Hunt
I need an around town halloween hunt list for adults (boys vs girls).

Around Town Halloween Hunt Response:

Hi Amber!

There are two hunts on ...

Mall Picture Hunt
I need a list for a mall picture hunt.

I am having a 13th birthday party and I would like it to be a mall picture hunt. I would like a lot of the ...

Island Theme
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Purple Mall Scavenger Hunt.
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[Purple Mall Scavenger Hunt ...

Family Reunion Scavenger Hunt
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ATV Club Scavenger Hunt
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Outdoor Hunt for Guys and Girls
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I have a ...

Sweet 16 Daytona Beach Scavenger Hunt
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New York City Item Hunt Not rated yet
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