How to Create a Team Scavenger Hunt

Determine the date and time of your scavenger hunt, and where you want participants to meet. Choose who you would like to attend and send out invitations letting your guests know the details of the event.

Decide the parameters of the hunt. Depending on the age of your team members, the scavenger hunt could be confined to a building, a park, a neighborhood or a whole city. You may also want to set a time constraint for how long teams will have to search for items.

Create a list of the things the players must find. They could be common, everyday items like a fire hydrant or a blue garage door, or the target items could be things you hide yourself before the beginning of the scavenger hunt.

If you are using a scavenger hunt as an ice breaker, it's a good idea to have the objects of the hunt be personal traits like "Someone who was born in a another country" or "Someone who owns a golden retriever." This sort of item encourages team members to ask each other questions and get to know each other. Another popular method is to have an alphabet hunt, in which teams must find an item for each letter of the alphabet. Whatever types of objects you select for this type of scavenger hunt, write them up as a list, and make a copy for each team.

Divide the participants into teams when they arrive. Give each team a list of the items for which they will be searching. Explain the parameters of the search. Let the participants know how far they may hunt, and how long they have to find the items on the list. Teams can check the items off the list as they find them. If they have digital cameras, they can photograph them.

Define the winning team as either the team who finds every item on their list, or as the team who finds the most items in a predetermined amount of time. As the organizer, it's up to you.