Scavenger Hunt Ideas

Video Scavenger Hunt:

This is one of the most popular party games and one of my personal favorites. The reason I love Video Scavenger Hunt is that, no matter how many times you host/attend a party where this is played, the game is always different.

Divide the guests into teams. Each team must have a video camera and a tape (in your invitations, you can ask guests to bring these supplies). The teams compete to be the first to return to the spot of origin with a videotape that shows them completing every task from a listprovided in advance. You may also include this list in your invitation. (You may want to set up folding chairs, theater style, in front of your TV. Tie a couple of balloon bouquets to the chairs.)

Your list of required stunts and activities to be videotaped by the teams can be as creative as you want. The list should contain no more than 15 or 20 stunts because each group/team will have only an hour and half to videotape as many as they can.

Here are some ideas:One of the members of the team standing in front of (or sitting on) a statue. Several members of the team joining a street entertainer in his/her act. A stranger singing the national anthem.One or more members of a team standing under a public clock at an exact time (such as 8:23 p.m.) A member of the team singing a 70s song on a stage. A member of the team singing "I Wish I Were an Oscar Meyer Wiener" while standing in the hot dog section of a local grocery store. A member of the team standing on a surfboard. Any stranger from the state of (pick a state other than your own). Depending on the time of the year members of the team … standing in front of a lighted outdoor Christmas tree, waving an American flag, offering Valentine's candy from a heart-shaped box, carrying an Easter basket while pretending to search for Easter eggs, etc. A friend or acquaintance "abducted" and brought back to the party. A team member helping to carry a stranger's groceries. A stranger trying to spell _____ (a word of your choice, hors d'oeuvres or potato is always a great one). A team member opening a door for a stranger while asking for a tip. A stranger reciting the names of all the continents. One or more members of the team singing at a karaoke bar. A couple dancing to department store or elevator music. A team member reading a book or reciting a poem to a stranger. A team member going to a department store and trying on a shirt or dress that is several sizes too small, then asking the clerk if it fits. A stranger who has been to (a particular tourist attraction of your choice). A stranger demonstrating the Macarena. A stranger named Bob. A stranger who knows your state flower. A stranger who can imitate John Wayne. A policeman drawing a chalk line on the ground around one of the team members. A team member filling a stranger's car with gas, washing the car's windows, and checking the oil. One or more team members standing beside a tombstone. A team member sitting on a fire truck with a fireman. Road kill (an animal that has been run over on the highway). A team member standing by the greeter at a Wal-Mart and greeting the customers.

A team member asking a hardware store clerk to explain the difference between a flat head and a Phillips head screwdriver. Team members standing in a row arranging their bodies so that they spell a certain word. A team member washing dishes at a restaurant. Team members singing an Elvis song while standing under a neon sign. A team member holding a chicken.

The guests should be given an exact time to return to the party venue. If not back on time, the team is either disqualified or has points deducted for tardiness. Once everyone has returned, the videotapes are played. The guests vote on the stunts presented in each videotape as follows:

1 Point: The stunt was completed, whether done well or not.2 Points: The stunt was completed with creativity.3 Points: The stunt was exceptionally creative.

Five bonus points are awarded to any team that comes up with an original stunt and tapes it. For example, one team's videotape showed a big, husky male team member walking into a department store and trying on bras in the middle of an aisle as other team members, with straight faces, critiqued the way each one fit.

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A different kind of SCAVENGER HUNT

My Senior Branches Unit is doing this hunt for the Pathfinders in the Division at camp. It should be neat with how they interperate the things they have to find. Uniform can be OUR uniform we wear or something that is uniform like a fence .... It has already been suggested to me that happiness can be the smile on a McDonald's bag.

This is an abstract scavenger hunt. If you have never been involved in this kind of hunt before, let us explain the idea. The items on the list for this hunt are not specific items which can be easily located. You will not find license plates, or hubcaps, or other mundane, boring things like that. Instead, we have given you abstract things to find, and it is up to you, and your imaginative team mates to come up with items that best fit the description you have.

Scoring will be done as follows: Points will be awarded for the number of items found from the list, the amount of time in which the hunt was completed, and most importantly, the majority of the teams points will come from creativity of interpretation of the list items!

You must find:Team SpiritTrue LoveThe Great Canadian DreamThe Meaning of LifeHappiness Wealth BeautyStyleRhythmIntelligenceWisdomGraceLaughterSeasonsUniform

*************************************This is another "camp" scavenger hunt ideaThis would be good for 2 units to do at a camp.The Rangers in my unit thought this one up!They are just so creative, when they want to be.

Split up into 8-10 people and they are also going on a scavenger hunt.

Item#1- Go into the woods and every girl must find one stick and one stick only. It can be any size as long as each girl only brings back one stick. Then find the ranger/leader wearing the blue colored bandana at the campfire pit. She will give you your next activity.

Item #2- Now find a roll of duct tape and scissors from one of the groups of which you belong to. Take the scissors and duct tape to the Ranger wearing the white bandana at the campfire pit. There you will receive your the next activity. Recite one of the Sing Ontario Sing songs for your level that You have learned. (Here the rangers/ leaders will cut the duct tape at arms length and they will only get that amount of duct tape to use)

Item#3- Now you have all the items that you will need to build a recreation of the CN tower. Your group will only be able to use the sticks that you have collected and the duct tape that you have been given. You can use as much string as you would like. The goal is to create the largest construction of the CN tower possible.

****These are the restrictions- ****-Each person can only have one job (ie. You can't be a talker and the scissors holder at the same time)-Only 5 people can talk -Only one person can touch the duct tape-Two people are in control of the string-One person is in control of the scissors -The rest are in control of the sticks BUT they can only use one hand.

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This past weekend our Cluster hosted a fun overnight event for Cadettes and Seniors... We held a Video Car Rally.

If you have ever done a "car rally" with youth groups or adults, you know they can be loads of fun but sometimes they get too wild. Well, we were able to plan in the fun and plan out the wild (unsafe) parts.

We rented one of our council's in-town cabins/lodges in downtown San Diego. Most girls in our Cluster live about 45 minutes to an hour from downtown San Diego.

The event began at 1:30 Saturday afternoon and ended at noon on Sunday. The cost was $10.00 per person and included lodging, dinner, and breakfast.

Girls were put into groups of 5-6, with a driver and a video camera. As a group they were given the car rally perimeters, start time and end time, a zip-lock bag with $20.00, a city tourist map, city tourist brochures, list of stunts to video tape, ways to earn bonus points, and mystery point clues.

They had 4 hours to complete 18 stunts. They could do the stunts in any order. Each stunt was worth 20 points, if completed fully and correctly. If a stunt had 2 or more parts to it, groups could earn partial points, if the stunt was attempted, but not totally completed. Groups could receive up

to 5 bonus points per stunt if they were able to get other people, not in their group, to join them. One point per extra person, up to five people.

These stunts can be adapted to many different areas. We plan to do it again in our own town, which has very few tourist spots. Here are the stunts we did in San Diego:

1. Go to a gas station and get someone to let you pump their gas or wash their windows.

2. Go to the San Diego train station. By the fountain - pretend you are a train and sing "I've Been Working on the Railroad.

3. Interview people at the San Diego Zoo. Ask them if they said good-bye to "Hua Me" (the famous panda who is going back to China in Sept.) or if they will say good-bye to Hua Me now for you. 1 extra bonus point for each foreign language, up to five points.

4. Between the Embarcadero and Seaport Village, find one of those cute guys that pedals a "pedicab" and sing "Happy Birthday" to him. Interview him. If you ask the mystery question, you get 5 bonus points.

5. Along the Embarcadero, find the ship that looks like a pirate ship and sing a pirate song or sea chantey on or near it.

6. Find a playground with a slide and get as many people on it at one time as you can.

7. Find a carousel and ride it (one closes at 5:00 and the other at 6:00). Try to "catch the brass ring." Bonus mystery points for riding the secret animal.

8. Go to McDonalds and get ice cream cones. Do a short skit or make up a song about your ice cream cones.

9. Find a porta-potty and stuff as many of your group in as you can. The door must close.

10. Go into a fast food restaurant, other than McDonalds or Burger King, and order a "Big Mac" or "Whopper."

11. Go to the school house in Old Town (closes at 4:00). Sit down as pupils for a lesson. Be Prepared - give a gift to the school house teacher.

12. Get crowns from a Burger King and wear them to Seaport Village while you shop for a San Diego postcard. Bonus points if you pick the mystery tourist spot postcard.

13. In Old Town visit a shop whose name may be that of a relative. Buy something that is 7 for $1.00 (5 bonus points for choosing the mystery flavor).

14. Go into a fast food place and get someone not from your group to sing a commercial jingle from that chain of restaurants.

15. Find a fountain and do your best rendition of "Singing in the Rain" or any other song with rain in it.

16. Go to the Basic Brown Bear Factory, near Old Town. While outside pretend to jump rope while singing the jump rope song, "Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Turn Around."

17. Ask someone for directions to Australia.

18. The 50 point stunt: Go to the Hotel Del Coronado. Pretend one of you is a tour guide. Give a tour of some of the "haunted rooms." Give three different ghost stories for maximum points.

After the "car rally" we had dinner and then watched all the video. They were great and the girls had a great time.

Just wanted to share our fun idea.

RhondaSan Diego-Imperial Council, CA

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In a message dated 7/23/02 4:13:02 PM Pacific Daylight Time, RGGS4LIFE@aol.com writes:

> We held a Video Car Rally.

It sound fun.... when my older was in 12th grade (geez... did I say WAS?? for she just graduated from HS last month), her class has Reality Mall..... like your version.... their version is buy insurnace.. find apt,,,, get a job,,, job interview.... etc etc..... with it...you have so much money and see how much you have left over at the end of months...... The kids had a blast.... did all that in 5 hours, including lunch which they had to "pay" with fake money. Even my daugher got "traffic ticket twice, and showed up in "court" and paid the fines twice. All that was done with help of communinty businesses, including the police dept to give out fake tickets.

Daughter learned that her "income" of 2,400 can be gone and down to a measly 30 dollars at end of month.... Many kids went "bankrupted".

for what they did..... think that was GREAT Dream to Realty or Career exploration project...... Guess who stormed up that idea... a former Senior Advisor, now School's Career counselor.

Lee

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7/23/2002, texwoody@pobox.com writes:

> << For your car rally, was the group's driver also usually the group > videographer?>>

No, the girls had to videotape their own stunts. We had some very interesting camera angle shots. In one group each time this one girl was doing the videotaping all you saw was chest shots. It was funny.

> << Did a team get extra points for returning with the most money in their > Ziplock bag? >>

We did not give extra points for the most money returned, but I think we should have. Maybe ten points for the most money returned and 5 for the second most. The group that spent the least money spent $8.00 and one group that spent the most money spent $18.50.

> << How many hours did you allow for the teams on Saturday before they> returned to the meeting place?>>

They had 4 hours to complete as many of the 8 different stunts as they could. We never expected anyone to come close to finishing.

<< And in that amount of time, did teams > have luck getting that many stunts > completed? >>

The most stunts completed was 17, the least was 15. Some stunts were not completed fully. Groups had the hardest time finding an unlocked porta-potty, finding a Burger King to get the crowns, getting to the school house before closing (parking was the frustration).

Happy Trails,RhondaSan Diego-Imperial Council, CA

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I just need to share a great field trip I had with my Cadettes (1st year). They were working on the Photography IPP. We started out at the Mall (45 min from where we live). The girls were split into two teams, and they did a "Photo Scavenger Hunt". Each team was given a camera, and clues to a store/business. Their goal was to solve the clue, take pictures of the store/business sign with one of the team members in the picture. They had a list of 20 business and each had a point value. When they were done they could shop.

Each team had a different approach. One team was lets get these right. The others was lets try to take as many pictures so we can then go shopping. But they still had fun. We live in a small rural city, and some of the girls had never been to the mall, so it was a treat.

Then we went to another "mall" (if you want to call it that. It is one.. if not the oldest in the nation, but there are only a few stores and theaters there), to go to a Camera Store. Although, this had been scheduled with the manager, and reconfirmed this week, he failed to pass it on. So they were surprised to see us. Well the girls were able to see how the film was developed, (using machine, not dark room) how they can fix flaws in pictures, enlargements (they gave us an 11x14 group shot for no cost), cutting all that, it was great. Then they got to see the different types of camera's, digitals, etc. They were even letting the girls handle them, which surprised me. Made me nervous to see 7th graders handling $1000.00 worth of camera. We saw how digital film is processed. The girls had some very good questions. Like why are good 35mm cameras always black?

Again practically right down group lines, one group had a great time, the other group "boring". (Although I think they liked it but didn't want me to know) Hey they picked it!

But I think they all learned something. To have your flash on, to keep your finger out of the lens.

Just wanted to share.

Carol T.

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Here's a different kind of scavenger hunt. We've done this with our youth

group at church. Set the kids in small groups. You will need a parent(driver) with each group. Make up a list of things for them to find andvideo themselves doing. It's a video scavenger hunt. We've done thiswithin an hour time limit. The kids loved doing it. We laugh so hard,after everyone is back to the meeting/school where ever starting from, wewatch all the videos. Most parents have video cameras and if they drivethey usually will barrow their camera to the group. The rule is though, thekids do the videoing, the parent can help with one or two but the kids aresuppose to do this. Here is a list of some of the things they had to videothemselves doing.

Film the rest of your group:with a fireperson at the firehouse(extra points if they're in uniform)hanging from a treeplaying basketball on an outdoor courtin someone's shower (not anyone in the group though)at someone's kitchen table (different house than the shower and again notanyone in the group)playing leap frog in someone's front yard (not anyone in the groups house)next to a blue Volkswagen beetleinside a police carstanding in front of the local movie theater showing today's film(s)in front of culvers (custard/burger restaurant) showing the ice cream flavorof the dayswinging on swings in a local parkeach person in the group kicking a soccer ball into a soccer netjump rope in front of the libraryfind a flag pole flying the flag and sing the national anthemrunning the bases of a baseball diamondblow a bubble in front of school

Each group was given a basketball, soccer ball, bubblegum for each child.Everyone got a little prize. We had small trinket prizes for those arrivingfirst second third and so on and if they videoed everything the way it waswritten. They had more fun doing it than receiving prizes.

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If you were looking for a more tradition scavenger hunt here is a list Ifound.

A piece of thread about 5 inches longA buttonA RubberbandAn unsharpened pencilA piece of dental flossA dog bisketA business cardA colored paper clipA big safety pinA non spring type clothespinA colored toothpickA baby barretteAn empty toilet paper rollA piece of Christmas gift wrapA key (make sure the people do not want it back)A empty bottle of bottled water (with cap for extra points)An old candle that has been burnt almost to the end

Someone return address labelA cancelled stampA double A battery

The rule is they can only get two things from each house. You could pick acolor for each group and if they get any of the items in that particularcolor give extra points. This is just an idea of a list, add or changethings as you wish. Whenever I do this, I try to make the list thingspeople wouldn't mind giving away and don't want returned. To be safe we'vealways done this during daylight.

Good luck and have fun!

Kathy in WI

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Lisa & the Girls

==============================================================Hello LadiesI will share with the group what I did for my daughter's 13 birthdayparty-which she basically wanted just to hang out at the mall (ageappropriate!)We did a mall photo scavenger hunt. The girls were divided into 2 groups andwe used disposable cameras and the mall 1 hr photo developer. They were sentout with the following directions and told to return in 1 1/2 hr. I hadcruised the mall the weekend before looking for photo opportunities (!) anda good place to meet (we have a large food court). It basically took 1 1/2hr to get most of the photos-and they were tired after that much timerunning around. Note that the police and security officiers wouldn't allowtheir pictures to be taken. Also these directions are personalized as mydaughter's favorite thing is frogs. The time it would take to complete thiswould depend on the size of your mall. Ours is rather large (Ontarion Millsin CA) so there was a lot to do.I had shared this with those here who responded to me individually when Iposted my idea. I hope this gives inspiration to those considering such aproject! It was fun to see how brave they were! Note: the points werebasically just for show. We did determine a winner of the 2 teams but it wasjust for fun. I really didn't think they'd ask anyone to let them take apicture of their tatoo!

Sue

PHOTO SCAVENGER HUNT

DIRECTIONS: Your objective is to take as many of the following pictures as you can in 1 1/2 hours. At least one member of your team MUST be in the picture. You will receive an extra point for additional members of the team in the picture. Your team MUST stay together the whole time....please. You must return to the starting point within 1 1/2 hours or when your filmruns out! (snacks will be waiting!)

REMEMBER: be polite to othersbe legalhave funand be sure to have the flash ON when taking pictures

BE SURE YOU DON¹T LEAVE THE STORES ACCIDENTLY WITH ANY UNPAID ITEMS!!

Take a picture of:

1) a team member(s) holding a bumper sticker that says ³I love or (heart sign) __________². 10 pts.

2) ALL team members wearing different RED shoes 10 pts.

3) any team member with the balloon salesperson. 5 pts 10 additional points for a second balloon salesperson.

4) a team member(s) under the marquee. 15 pts. If you don¹t know what itis, is there a way to find out what it is?

5) a team member(s) pointing to the ³you are here² on the store directory.5 pts.

6) a team member(s) holding a sale sign. 5 pts

7) a team member(s) holding a balloon creation by a balloon artist 10 pts.

8) a team member(s) in the massage chairs 5 pts

9) a team member(s) WITH the food chopper salesman 10 pts

10) a team member(s) watching a demonstration of the Magic Pens 5 pts.

11) a team member(s) wearing hats 5 pts

12) all team members together on an empty bench. You may not ask anyone toleave the bench for your photo. 15 pts

13) a team member(s) holding the Austin Powers person cutout. 15 pts

14) a team member(s) with any kind of American flag. 5 pts

15) a team member(s) WEARING a Barney backpack. 10 pts.

16) a team member(s) trying on the ugliest coat you can find. 10 pts.

17) a team member(s) with a skater ³dude² with skateboard 25pts.

18) a team member(s) with a security officer 10 pts.extra 10 pts if the officer is an Ontario City police officer.

19) a team member(s) wearing a Burger King crown 5 pts

20) a team member(s) holding up the biggest pair of man¹s pants you canfind. 10 pts.

21) a team member(s) trying on perfume or lotion. 5 pts

22) a team member(s) showing a reduced price ticket with a least 2 pricereductions shown on it. 10 pts

23) a team member(s) next to anything that grows that isn¹t a person 10pts.

24) a team member(s) with any shopper with a tattoo 25 pts

25) a team member(s) wearing sunglasses 5 pts

26) a team member(s) holding a FROG object but NOT from Claire¹s orRainforest Cafe 5 pts

27) a team member(s) MODELING a pair of pajamas 20 pts

28) a team member(s) with a tourist with a camera around the neck 20 pts

29) a team member(s) wearing Hawaiian leis 5 pts

30) a team member(s) with the smallest pair of socks 5 pts

31) a team member(s) with the biggest stuffed animal you can find. 10 pts

32) a team member(s) holding or pointing to anything in another language 5pts

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MORGANTOWN MALL SCAVENER HUNTJunior Troop 4515, April 2001

_____ (1) 1. List 3 flavors of coffee that can be purchased at Gloria Jean’s Coffees. (1 extra point for each one listed that the other teams don’t have)

_____ (2) 2. Purchase a “Thank You” card (one each team) from the “Out of the Blue” section at Hallmark.

_____ (2) 3. Who carries Sony Play Station in stock?

_____ (1) 4. What moving toy is displayed at the entrance to Kay Bee Toys?

_____ (2) 5. Purchase 2 baby items (per team) at the Dollar Store to donate to Scott’s Run Settlement House.

_____ (1) 6. Name 2 pretzel shops.

_____ (2) 7. Where can you purchase a 2-piece bathing suit? (You can see them from the hall!)

_____ (1) 8. What’s the name of the store that specializes in Western items and American Indian items?

_____ (2) 9. List 5 stores that sell shoes.

_____ (5) 10. Go to Proffits. Find the “Clinique” section. Tell the woman at the counter that you have heard of a new fragrance called “Happy” and ask if they have any samples. Say THANK YOU!

_____ (2) 11. What is the name of the store where the “World of Science” was last year?

_____ (1) 12. How many places are there to purchase dinner at the food court?

_____ (2) 13. Go into Rich’s Farm and look at ALL the sculptures. Which is your favorite and why? Each girl is to choose one sculpture. Write description of item on back of paper with your name. We’ll talk about ‘why’ at our next meeting.

_____ (2) 14. Help yourself to a lip balm (one each person) at “Bath and Body Works”. Yes, you have pay for it!

_____ (1) 15. What is displayed in the hall outside the entrance to Sears?

_____ (3) 16. Who is the author of the new book “Dreamcatcher”? No fair asking!

_____ (1) 17. Purchase a tasseled bookmark at Waldenbooks.

_____ (2) 18. What time(s) can you see the movie “See Spot Run” tonight?

_____ (1) 19. What large object is at the entrance to J.C. Penney’s (from the food court)?

_____ (2) 20. Visit Clair’s and purchase something for yourself (each girl).

BONUS! (10) What is the largest bra size that is sold at Victoria’s Secret?

Scavenger Hunt Answer and Scoring Sheet

_____ (1) 1. (Flavors listed below) - add 1 extra point for each flavor the other teams don’t have

_____ (2) 2. Need receipt $1.05 each (total)

_____ (2) 3. Electronics Boutique

_____ (1) 4. A flying yellow jacket bee or a disco ball (check for sure on Wed.)

_____ (2) 5. Need receipt $2.12 total

_____ (1) 6. Aunt Annie’s and Pretzel Twist

_____ (2) 7. Gadzooks - and probably Sears, JC Penney’s and Proffits

_____ (1) 8. Stagecoach

_____ (2) 9. Proffits, The Shoe Department, Hibbett Sports, Journeys, The Finish Line, Sears, JC Penney’s

_____ (5) 10. Need to see sample

_____ (2) 11. Journeys

_____ (1) 12. 8

_____ (2) 13. This is for a badge requirement.

_____ (2) 14. Need receipt $3.18 each sale – 2/6.00

_____ (1) 15. Lawn mowers, tractors, or lawn equipment (check again on Wednesday)

_____ (3) 16. Stephen King

_____ (1) 17. Need receipt $1.79 each

_____ (2) 18. (Call for information or check on Wed)

_____ (1) 19. A piano

_____ (2) 20. Need receipts $1.00 each

_____ (10) BONUS! 38DD

_____ sub-total of points

Butter Toffee French Vanilla Supreme Vanilla Crème DeCaramelCaramel Nut Hazelnut Coconut CrèmeChocolate Raspberry Truffle Irish Crème Toasted Almond CrèmeCinnamon Hazelnut Mudslide Crème Brulee

Creamy Chocolate Caramel Swiss Chocolate Almond

RULES

1. You will WALK in the halls and stores. You will keep your voices at a reasonable level and you will be respectful of mall employees and other shoppers.

2. You are to stay INSIDE the mall. If you go outside, Security will bring you back to the Food Court and your team will automatically loose!

3. If you need to speak with an employee, and that employee is busy with another customer, you are to wait until he/she is finished. NO interrupting.

4. You are always to say PLEASE and THANK YOU.

5. ALL receipts for ALL purchases must be kept in the colored bag.

6. ALL items (except baby items) must be kept in the colored bag.

7. Keep an eye on the time! You MUST be back at the Food Court by 7:30! You will loose 1 point for each minute you are late!

8. Teams MUST stay together! If anyone is found not with her team, that team will automatically loose!

9. Items from your bag may be dropped off at the Food Court at any time.

10. 1 point will be taken off your total for each MINUTE you are late returning to the Food Court.

11. 5 points will be given to the 1 team who brings back the most change from their purchases. Money will be averaged for each girl in case the teams aren’t even.

12. A card has been left with the stores that are printed in red. Please ask for the card before you leave the store. The employees have been asked to “rate” your behavior while you are shopping. You will receive 5 points for every card with the 5 circles, 4 points if the 4 is circled, 3 points for 3, etc.

***Mall employees, the man at the Information booth, Security, and parents will be watching out for you! If any of the rules are broken, they will ask for your paper. One corner will be torn off for each offense (except #’s 2 and 8). If 3 corners are torn off, your team will automatically loose. Three strikes and you’re out!!!

HAVE FUN AND DON’T FORGET THE RULES!!!!!!!!

_____ Sub-total of points from front page (from Answer Sheet)

_____ Subtract points for torn corners and late return

_____ Add 5 points for most change returned (average per girl)

_____ Add the points on the cards which were returned from the stores.

_________ TOTAL

Scavenger Hunt Answer Sheet

_____ (1) 1. 1._______________________ 2.__________________________ 3._____________________

_____ (2) 2. Keep receipt in bag.

_____ (2) 3. ____________________________________________________________________________

_____ (1) 4. ____________________________________________________________________________

_____ (2) 5. Keep receipt in bag.

_____ (1) 6. ____________________________________________________________________________

_____ (2) 7. ____________________________________________________________________________

_____ (1) 8. ____________________________________________________________________________

_____ (2) 9. ____________________________________________________________________________

_____ (5) 10. We need to see all samples. Keep in bag.

_____ (2) 11. ____________________________________________________________________________

_____ (1) 12. ___________________________________________________________________________

_____ (2) 13. This is for a badge requirement.

_____ (2) 14. Keep receipt in bag.

_____ (1) 15. ___________________________________________________________________________

_____ (3) 16. ___________________________________________________________________________

_____ (1) 17. Keep receipt in bag.

_____ (2) 18. ___________________________________________________________________________

_____ (1) 19. ___________________________________________________________________________

_____ (2) 20. Keep receipts in bag.

_____ (10) BONUS! __________________________________________________________________

_____ Sub-total of points

Thank you SO MUCH for agreeing to help our troop with this Scavenger Hunt! Attached is a copy of our rules. We have 3 ‘teams’ of girls carrying a different color bag (a very small bag). Red, green and blue. The cards are likewise color-coded. When the girls come into your store, they are to behave in a very respectful manner. The Girl Scout Law is written on the back of this card. Would you please take a moment and circle a number to let us know how the girls acted in your store? Did they respect the Girl Scout Law? Circle 5 for very good behavior and 1 if you were about to call Security! The girls are to ask for this card so they can be given credit for their good behavior. They will receive 5 points for very good behavior, 4 points for good behavior, etc. Again thank you SO much for helping us!

Please circle one:

5 4 3 2 1

Name of store: _________________________________________________________

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Thank you SO MUCH for agreeing to help our troop with this Scavenger Hunt! Attached is a copy of our rules. We have 3 ‘teams’ of girls carrying a different color bag (a very small bag). Red, green and blue. The cards are likewise color-coded. When the girls come into your store, they are to behave in a very respectful manner. The Girl Scout Law is written on the back of this card. Would you please take a moment and circle a number to let us know how the girls acted in your store? Did they respect the Girl Scout Law? Circle 5 for very good behavior and 1 if you were about to call Security! The girls are to ask for this card so they can be given credit for their good behavior. They will receive 5 points for very good behavior, 4 points for good behavior, etc. Again thank you SO much for helping us!

Please circle one:

5 4 3 2 1

Name of store: _________________________________________________________

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I've been asked a few questions about how I set up my Hunt, so I thought itwould be a good idea to send my answer to the list. Here's what I did - andthe outcome...

It was a bit time-consuming, but since it was one of their 'big' events forthe year, I didn't mind. First, I tried to figure out which stores the girlswould really love to get into, ie. Claire's, Bed and Bath, and then I knewthey were really put off by Victoria's Secret, so I did that to see if theycould overcome their fears and aversions to it. Which they ALL did! Hehehe!Then, I just walked the mall and wrote down all the ideas I could come upwith. I filtered through them later and decided which to use and gave themall a point value. I wanted the girls to do a little service on the way, soI incorporated a small service project into it as well (the baby items for alocal shelter). I also felt it would be cruel for me not to let the girlsget a little something for themselves, so I let them spend some money onthemselves at the book store (bookmark) and at Claire's. They all headed toClaire's first and I figured "There goes all their money!", but boy, was Iwrong! I was very proud of them!I gave them each an envelope with $10.00 in it and they were to spend as muchas they wanted, but the group with the most money left got extra points -this taught them to be wise in their spending. It shocked me to find outthat they brought back almost half of what I had given them! I figured itwould be pennies - wrong again!Oh, to back up...I talked to each of the stores where the girls were to askfor something or purchase something. I wanted to make sure they were aware.And to make sure the girls behaved, I gave the stores (I think there wereonly 4 or 5) a score card to score the girls' behavior. There's aninteresting story about this later!Then I talked to Mall Security and the guy at the Information desk and gavethem instructions to stop the girls and tear off a corner of their papers ifthey were seen being unruly. They thought this was a great idea! Not asingle corner was torn off! Again - very proud leader! :~)One point - when talking to security, I never mentioned the word "ScavengerHunt". I just told them the girls would be learning how to behave in themall, work with money, find what they're looking for, speak to mallemployees, etc. It was a "learning" thing. Worked like a charm! (I hadheard other groups were not allowed to have Scavenger Hunts in the Mall - afriend's church group was stopped in the middle of one - probably becausethey had to get pictures of things).We all met at the Mall at a set time and I gave the girls their instructions

and list of things to look for. They all squeeled when they saw the lastitem! It was SO funny, but to this day, my daughter can tell you the largestbra size in VS! By the way, the people in there thought it was a hoot aswell! They couldn't wait for the girls to come in!I divided the girls into 3 groups (I had 15 girls, but only 12 showed up). Imade sure each group had a watch and I sent them off. They had to be back atthe food court by a certain time or points would be taken off for each minutethey were late. Unfortunately, one of the mothers decided she didn't wanther daughter "running the mall" so she thought it was best to tag along. ITRIED to tell her it was OK, and that I had people all over the mall watchingthem, but she just wouldn't listen! So off she went with that group.The girls did a wonderful job and were very well behaved (amazing!). Theyall got back to the food court and we tallied up their points - there was awinner, but no 'prize'. They didn't even ask for one! :~) They had so muchmoney left that I gave each one $2.00 and let them 'blow it' in the Archade,then I got ice cream cones for all of them. It was SO MUCH FUN! Since wewere there only about 1 1/2-2 hours, a lot of the parents stayed at the malland waited. All the better, more people to watch the girls. My husband evencame and acted as a watchdog too. He had a blast!Interesting thing here...Out of the groups that went, they all came back ontime - except for the one with the mother tagging along! They were 5 minuteslate! They all got a score from ALL stores for behavior (a 5) except for thegroup with the mother! They got ALL 4's on their cards! The girls were ableto accomplish about 12 things on the list - except for the group with themother! They only got about 7 things done! Who brought back the leastamount of money? Yup, you guessed it!To make it even more interesting, this is the same mother that, this year,just dumps her daughter off without coming in and is almost IMPOSSIBLE to getto sign a permission slip AND is the hardest to track down to get money from! Her daughter still owes money from the beginning of the year and is the onlyone behind on her dues! Go figure!Someone asked me what badge, etc. I hooked this activity up with. Well,unfortunately, my group isn't at all interested in earning badges or patches,so we did it just for the fun of it. I really think they learned a lot andhad a good time doing it. I know the adults did! And I got some positivefeedback from the merchants. I'm sure you could find something in, maybe,Money Sense or Business -Wise or something like that to put it toward.Oh, I almost forgot, I also made sure I went back afterward (the day after)and gave everyone involved a thank you card.

That's all I can think of right now. If you have any other questions, feelfree to ask!

Cathi

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-----Original Message-----From: jvb@capital.net [SMTP:jvb@capital.net]Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 3:00 PMTo: GSSUEC@yahoogroups.comSubject: [GSSUEC] great event

Last year we had a scavenger hunt, through out our town. This was just for our troops. I compiled the list for each troop and it consisted of things to get and questions to answer. examples are1.Deleware quarter (some of the girls went to the banks and asked the tellers to check through their drawers2. Mayor's signature (we live in a small town)

3. church bulletins from the local churches4. gas reciept5. How many windows are on the red brick building on Main St.?6. police officer's badge numberThe list was about 1 1/2 pages long, they had 1hr to collect as many things as possible. Different things had different values, like the Mayor's signature was 20 points and the gas receipt was 10, deposit slips from the bank were 5 points but if you got one from every bank it was an additional 10 points. We broke the neighborhood into age levels and the winner of each received a gift certificate for a free pizza and bottle of soda from the local pizza place. Every troop received a platter of cookies and candy. Everyone loved it and had a great time. This year I'm doing a treasure hunt where I will give a clue and they need to find the next and that will lead to the next one till they reach the end which will be a party to celebrate Julliette

Lowe's Birthday.

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3. Becky - mailto:becky@gsheart.orgOur Service Unit is looking at holding a Scavenger Hunt - we need somesuggestions from those who may have already gone this route in the past.

>>Response #1 from Lynn - mailto:JrTroop724@aol.comI’m not sure how many girls will be involved. Sounds like it’s going tobe rather big. I will share with you what we did at day camp a couple ofyears ago and maybe you can adapt it for your event.

We did it as a “Mystery”. We did a ceremony where each unit placed agolden trefoil onto a poster board and we welcomed each of the units tocamp. During the first day of camp, all of the golden trefoilsmysteriously disappeared. All throughout the day we asked around ifanyone knew what happened to the trefoils. Then at closing ceremony thatday, there was a note there saying that they were taken, cut up and thepieces were hidden around camp (all of the notes were in rhyme form).The units were to find the pieces based on the clues to put theirtrefoil back together. At the same time, there were clues as to the“mystery person’s” identity, and with those clues, they had to figureout who that person was (favorite color, favorite food, age, number ofyears in Girl Scouting, etc.) The girls were instructed to ask aroundcamp of everyone there to try to figure out who it was. So each morningthere was a new clue as to where their trefoil piece was (they had to gofind it), and with the trefoil piece was a clue as to the mysteryperson’s identity. On the last day of camp, they were rewarded theirprizes if they put their trefoil back together and/or figured out whothe mystery person was (everyone did, and they all received theirprizes).

This might not be what you’re looking for, but maybe it might spark someideas for something that is more suitable for your event. Have fun!