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How to Organize a Photo Scavenger Hunt

If you are hunting for a party game or group activity that will break the ice and get everybody moving, plan a photo scavenger hunt. You can coordinate a hunt for just about any theme, including a carnival, pirates or cartoon characters. With the addition of the photo element, you can include guests in a hunt who are too young to read. If you teach homeschool or a class of students, you can organize a photo hunt as a teaching tool. Teenagers and adults will enjoy a photo scavenger hunt that has guests taking photos to collect clues.

Things You'll Need

Map
Invitations
Camera
Clue items
Printer
Bags
Small toys, candies or theme-related items
Chest or trunk
Goodie bags filled with themed treats
Whistles (optional)
Cell phones (optional)

Instructions

Organizing a Scavenger Hunt
- 1
  Decide on an indoor or outdoor location to set up your scavenger hunt. Sketch out a map of the route and decide how many clues you want for the hunt. Choose a theme for the hunt that coordinates with the overall theme of the corresponding event. Decide whether to have each person hunting alone or to divide guests into groups.
- 2
  Include details about the scavenger hunt on the invitations to the event. Tell the guests the theme of the event, what time the hunt will take place and the location of the scavenger hunt. Invite parents of younger children to tag along. If it is an evening hunt, request guests bring a flashlight and wear brightly colored clothing.
- 3
  Create clues that coordinate with the theme of the event. Select clues that you consider mildly challenging and entertaining for the age groups that are participating. Place objects specifically as clues along the route and take photos, or base clues on objects that are part of the environment or setting, such as a flower patch, mailbox or dining room chair. Take photos of the clues for the hunt.
- 4
  Print the photos and make copies for each guest or group of hunters. Stack each set of photos in a different order so each hunter will head out in a different direction and no one will go on the exact same path. Write a number on the back of each photo in the order you stack them and end the set with the clue that is at the ultimate treasure. Give each guest a bag and let them know there are small treasures to collect as they find each clue.
- 5
  Place small rewards at each of the clues for the guests to gather, such as chocolate coins for a pirate theme or candy-filled plastic eggs for an Easter hunt. Place a small treasure chest or trunk at the final clue. Fill the chest with goodie bags containing items based on the theme of the hunt, such as red clown noses, tickets to play carnival games and cotton candy for a carnival theme or glow-in-the-dark necklaces, scary masks and miniature pumpkins for a Halloween hunt.

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