A scavenger hunt for kids is a great rainy day activity or one to get them out and running around outside. Sometimes it's hard to start the brainstorming process and actually create the hunt.
Here are 7 tips to get the ball rolling so that you can create a scavenger hunt that kids will love!
First: Determine the age of the kids that you are creating the hunt for. Are they too young to read? Consider making a picture scavenger hunt. Are they teenagers? Consider having more difficult clues and a longer list as their attention span will be longer.
Second: Determine the size of the group. Is this hunt for your own kids? You only have to make up one or two lists or hide one or two of each item. Is this for a large classroom-size group? Consider splitting the group into teams. You will definitely need to make more lists and have more hidden items on hand.
Third: Determine the location of the hunt. Will it be outside in a park? Around the house? Or will it be a road trip game that you play in the car? This will help you to narrow down your scavenger hunt clues and get dialed in on the type of things your want the kids to hunt for.
Fourth: Decide how you want to present the scavenger hunt for kids. You can have a simple checklist of items that they must find and bring back. You can give them one clue and from there they find another clue, which leads them to another clue in a progressive fashion. You can choose to create scavenger hunt riddles. You can call out from a list of items and the first to bring it to you gets a point, etc.
Fifth: Determine the time limit for the hunt. This is very important. Younger kids don't have as long of an attention span and you want the hunt to end while they are still having fun and wanting more. Older kids, on the other hand, can just keep going and there needs to be some guidelines in place and and end time to gather back together.
Sixth: Start brainstorming your scavenger hunt list. Include some very easy items, some very hard clues and have the majority be average on the difficulty scale. This is the fun part. Be creative. Look around you and around the location of your hunt to find those hard to spy things and those that will have your kids moving around from place to place and back again to use their energy in a positive, fun way.
Seventh: Last but not least, determine if this will be a contest. Have some sort of prize or goodie on and for when the kids complete the scavenger hunt. And if it's for a large group, have them all be winners and treat them to ice cream or pizza!
Scavenger Hunt For Kids is a great resource that will complement these 7 Tips and get you on the road to creating a fun and successful hunt.
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