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Divide into teams – one adult per team. Create a list from the safety scavenger hunt list on Riddle Me for each group. On your mark, get set, Go. See who can find the items on their list the fastest. Have the adult check it off as they go. Who can get them all in twenty minutes? Can you do it in ten minutes?
1.Using the home inventory, select locations you would like cleaned. Then give each child a clue to one of the locations. Have them find the location, clean it and return for another clue.
2.Using the service scavenger hunt, create a list of “services” for each child (or make your own).
3.Give each child their list and time them to see how quickly they can finish their list.
You can use Riddle Me to make clues for a Walk-a-thon. Select locations from the Riddle Me list, as many as you need to get the distance you are walking (One user used 20 clues over 7 kilometers). Give the clues out to the participants and watch them walk to each location. Great for physical exercise, and keeps the kids occupied with something to think about instead of just thinking about all the walking.
To set up a scavenger hunt activity around your neighborhood, here’s one way to do it. You can have one course or set up different courses for different age groups.
First you need to go through Riddle Me home inventory list and pick all the items that are available in the neighborhood for the activity.
Second, decide on the boundaries for the activity.
Third, figure out who will be playing, their ages, and how you’ll be grouping them so you know how to organize the activity.
Fourth, generate games with different image backgrounds for each group. If you’ll be using different yards and homes you might put the last name of the home where the kids need to find the object so they know where to go next. Edit the puzzle by clicking the sub button next to any item you want to edit. You can also choose a different riddle from this screen or create your own riddle to use.
Fifth, print each puzzle out, cut them apart and tape them where you want the clues.
Sixth, start the party.
Make a list of conceptual photo items from Riddle Me’s scavenger hunt digital photo list. (You will have to select the 12+ age group to access conceptual items. You may have to use the substitution feature to get all the items to be conceptual.) Some examples are: conceptual – permanent, conceptual -warning or conceptual – half.
Have each child take a picture of something that they think fits that concept. On their list of items have them write what they have selected so they will remember. Have the pictures printed so the children can make a collage of them. They could write near the picture what it represents. It will be fun to compare how each child thought of things differently.
Learn more about your neighborhood with this fun game. Divide into groups. Each group will be given a digital camera and a scavenger hunt list. Make the list of locations in your neighborhood from Riddle Me’s scavenger hunt digital collection. Give them a time to return and see how many they can find. You will be able to check on their cameras when they return. Did everyone get the same thing?
Make a fun game of Nature Detectives by creating a list from Riddle Me’s scavenger hunt nature collection. Have all the children be detectives looking for the items which could be a certain rock, a flower or animal. Once you find each item, you could help the children learn one thing special about it.
Make a scavenger hunt to find “somethings.” Make a list of items from the Riddle Me scavenger hunt collection that begin with “something.” For example, you could choose “something that makes a sound,” “something that is 2 inches,” or “something with holes.” Give each person a list and a time limit. Once everyone returns, have fun comparing each persons selections of “somethings.”
Many families celebrate the 4th of July together.
Print the same list for each family from the Scavenger Hunt selection. Choose “patriotic” items like something red, white, and blue or cemetery, support our troops ribbon, or city hall. You can even add your own ideas.
Each family brings/is given a camera and travels together throughout town to take a picture of each thing on the list. Set a time for everyone to return and see who has found the most.
Using the object list hunt feature on Riddle Me, print a list of US history related items, for example; cherry tree leaf, something with a star, candlestick, book on history, or you can put your own ideas on the list. Divide the children into red, white and blue teams. See how fast each team can find all the items.
