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How to Make a Scavenger Hunt for Friends

A scavenger hunt is a game played by two or more people in which a third person scatters clues around a location that give hints to guide the players to a prize at the final destination. Creating your own scavenger hunt allows you to describe places in your own words and give hints that will be fun and challenging to your friends. Depending on the difficulty level you would like to set the game to, it can be created in just a few minutes or may need a thought-out plan.

Things You'll Need

Paper
Writing utensil
Prize

Instructions

- 1
  Think of clues. You may also use drawings or take pictures of items with a camera to use as clues. The clues should give hints to guide the players to the next location, one after the other, with the final destination holding a prize for the first person to locate it.
- 2
  Write the clues in the form of a question, hint or a riddle. For example, write a clue such as "Brrrrrr! It's cold in here!" and then place the next clue in the freezer.
- 3
  Write a number on the back of each card to keep the clues in order; this will make it easier for you to place the clues once you have written them.
- 4
  Hide the clues. Scatter the clues around the location you have selected such as your house, yard or neighborhood.
- 5
  Hide a prize in place of a final clue.
- 6
  Start all of your friends in one location and give them the first clue at the same time.

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