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Hike
Take kids on a hiking scavenger hunt at a camping or hiking area, suggests the Love the Outdoors Camping & Campground website, which is an information resource for outdoor recreation. Among the items your kids can find are animal tracks, pine needles and wildflowers. Closely supervise the kids and set boundaries to make sure they don̵7;t destroy nature or get lost. You can double the hunt as a trash pickup day.
Mall
Have a scavenger hunt at a mall, a place that many kids are familiar with. Pick items like a ketchup packet, a business card and a movie ticket stub, suggests Family Capers, a website that provides ideas for the family. The site notes the teams of two should use toy handcuffs to attach themselves together for the hunt. Additionally, the hunt̵7;s supervisors should inform the kids to not break any laws and to ask a store̵7;s permission before taking something.
Vehicle travel
Combine a scavenger hunt with a car or bus trip, according to Mom̵7;s Minivan, a website that provides car travel games and ideas for kids. This hunt works well on a school field trip or a family vacation. You can use different items for city, suburb and rural travel. The website suggests many items, including spotting a license plate with a "Q" on it, looking for a person walking a dog and trying to locate a silo.
Emergency Supply Kit
A scavenger hunt can be educational as well as fun. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security suggests having a scavenger hunt in which a family collects items for an emergency supply kit. Put kids on the same team as adults and go down the list. This may include going to a store to purchase items, which might include a first aid kit, a flashlight with extra batteries and a whistle.
Newspaper
You don̵7;t have to travel far to do a scavenger hunt. Simply pass out newspapers to kids and have a newspaper scavenger hunt, recommends the Scavenger Hunt Fun website. Make a list of items for kids to find and cut out. They can include a picture with a swimming pool, a picture of an athlete and an ad for a church fundraiser. Tailor the items to the appropriate age level. Older kids can find more advanced things like a spelling error or typo in a story.