INSTRUCTIONS

Family Scavenger Hunt
Directions

The idea of a scavenger hunt is to find all the items on a list and return them to a designated place as quickly as possible. There are many ways to organize a hunt and many choices to make. You can play as individuals or on teams either inside the house or outside. Here are a few ideas to try:

All items on the list are easily found in the backyard (they can be hidden before the party). Things like a red leaf, matchstick, old bottle or can, feather, etc.
Each person or team is given a different list of items to find by asking people around the neighborhood.
Alphabet hunt—must find something for each letter of the alphabet.
Indoor hunt where each person looks for things and checks them off their list when they find them without picking them up.
Newspaper hunt—each person is given a list of words, sentences, advertisements, or photographs that are to be cut out or circled in a newspaper.