Indoor Scavenger Hunt Challenge

Hi friends! We hope you are all hanging in there as best you can, during this nutty time. Like many of you, we’re trying to make the very best of our circumstances, which is why we came up with a way to bring camp to you, virtually, early! We hope you have fun…

THINGS YOU’LL NEED:

• A list of items that can be found in your home, at least 5 more items than possible points. Here are some suggestions:

  • A shoe

  • A matching pair of socks

  • A hat

  • A family picture

  • Something very soft

  • A stuffed animal

  • A piece of candy

  • A can of pop/soda/whatever they call it where you live

  • Something from camp

  • A piece of mail

  • A book with the first letter of your name in the title

  • Something that’s a circle

  • Something blue

  • A rubber band

  • A pet

  • A parent

  • A toy that fits in your hand

  • A pencil

  • A toothbrush

  • A pair of sunglasses

  • A TV remote

  • A spoon

  • A plate

  • A piece of fruit

  • A towel

• Something visual for the facilitator to use to keep score: You could write points on a white board, place marbles in a jar, or build a pyramid out of plastic cups.

• Some type of online random item picker thingy that you can type your items into – we used this one because it has the option to remove an item once it’s been picked.

HOW TO PLAY:

Once you have enough players — at least 2 people per team — split them up using whatever method you like the most. Before sending them to their team/breakout rooms, give the instruction that they have 2 minutes to come up with a fun team name before calling them back to begin the game.

The Rules:

• The game leader will spin the random picker and read out the item that the teams need to retrieve.

• Players will try to locate the item in their house and bring it back to show the rest of the group first – whoever comes back first wins a point for their team.

• In the event of a tie, both teams will score a point.

• The game leader will keep track of team points for everyone.

First team to 5 … or 10 … or whatever you set up in the beginning, wins!

Optional rules for fun, hilarity, and maybe extra safety:

• Give teams the option of choosing between scoring a point for themselves or taking a point away from another team (you should probably double your list of items if you allow this one)

• To add some extra incentive to the game, come up with some silly/gross things that teams can choose to make the team representative do (teams choose which 3 foods they have to mix and then eat a bite on camera, or something less gross but still fun) and send it to us so we can post it on Instagram and Facebook!

Camp for us is at its best when we connect with each other, especially through laughter, encouragement, and something that to an outsider may seem quite ludicrous and silly. This game completely satisfies all those requirements.

Y’know, even from far away and in our own homes, this can give us all a sense of being at camp!