Neighborhood Scavenger Hunt For Kids

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Because you are dealing with kids, you will want an adult or older teen to stay with each team at all times.

NEIGHBORHOOD SCAVENGER HUNT LIST

Have your participants try to obtain either digital or Polaroid photos of the following items:

__________ BBQ pit at a house

__________ Basketball hoop

__________ Birdbath

__________ Doghouse

__________ Dog being walked down the street

__________ Flagstone walkway

__________ House with pillars

__________ Lawn chair at a house

__________ Mailbox with ornament on it

__________ Recreational vehicle parked at a house

__________ Sandbox

__________ Satellite dish on a house roof

__________ Swimming pool at a house

__________ Swing at a house

__________ Tire swing in a tree at a house

__________ Wind chimes at a house

__________ Yard flag at a house

Have your teams try to obtain the following objects from various neighbors:

__________ Birthday candle

__________ Bubble wrap piece

__________ Cotton ball

__________ Exercise magazine

__________ File folder

__________ Hand lotion sample bottle/tube

__________ Hanger

__________ Hanging file folder

__________ Paper napkin that is colored

__________ Plastic spoon

__________ Popsicle stick

__________ Post-It Note

__________ Printer cartridge that is empty

__________ Q-Tip

__________ Receipt

__________ Recipe

__________ Rubber band

__________ Scotch tape cylinder that is empty

__________ Shampoo sample bottle/tube

__________ Soy Sauce packet

__________ Stamp cancelled on envelope

__________ Tea bag

__________ Toilet paper - 5 sheets that are colored

__________ Typing paper that is colored

__________ Yarn piece


Designate a time and meeting place for the teams to return to. The first team to obtain the items, make it back within the allotted time, and has the most points will be the winner.

SCORING

• Each item collected is worth 1 point.
  
• Items beginning with the letters "X" and "Z" shall be worth 5 points each.
  
• The first team to finish shall receive 5 bonus points.
  
• For each minute a team is late, they will be penalized 1 point.