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Scavenger Hunt List for College Students

One of the hardest jobs in organizing a college scavenger hunt is to create the list of objects to find or tasks to complete. The hunt list can contain common items that are easy to find around campus or in the local community, rare objects that require skill to track down, pictures of team members in unusual places, or silly pranks or assignments to perform. Ideas and objects are everywhere.

Common Scavenger Hunt Objects
- Plastic Easter eggs can be scavenger hunt items.
  
  You can find the following common objects in dorms or the local community:
  
  Pink plastic shower cap
  
  Giant underwear
  
  Garden weasel
  
  Plastic Easter egg
  
  Menu from a local restaurant
  
  Hubcap
  
  Blood donor card
  
  Business card from a funeral home or unusual business
  
  Pink flamingo
  
  Coonskin cap
  
  Program from a professional sports event
  
  Happy Meal toy
  
  Lime green shoelace
  
  Receipt from a local Wal-Mart or Target
  
  Size 14 man's shoe
  
  Bent 2006 penny
  
  Picture of Billy Mays
  
  A cubic zirconium
  
  Garden gnome
  
  Sponge Bob Pez
  
  Christmas card and envelope with postmark sent to a team member
  
  Dr. Scholl's gel insole
  
  Shopping bag from a sexy lingerie store
  
  Stapler suspended in lemon jello
  
  Out of state driver's license
  
  Program from a Sunday church service
  
  Newspaper written in Chinese
  
  Donkey pinata
  
  Burger King crown
  
  Hair of the dog
  
  Red pantyhose
  
  Inflatable Santa
Campus Treasures
- Find a picture of the college mascot on campus.
  
  Teams will find these objects on their college campus:
  
  Picture of the school mascot
  
  Copy of the freshman orientation catalog
  
  Scantron testing form
  
  College essay with an F grade
  
  Unsharpened pencil with the school logo
  
  Jersey worn in the school's last game
  
  University police parking citation
  
  Business card from the president's office
  
  Recruitment letter from the athletic department
  
  Blue book from an exam
  
  Cheerleader's autographed picture
  
  Minutes from a science club's meeting
  
  School yearbook that is at least 10 years old
  
  Rice Krispie treat shaped like the school mascot
  
  Ticket from a swim team meet
  
  Brochure from the alumni center
  
  Chinese exchange student's signature
Take A Picture
- Some scavenger hunt lists require taking pictures.
  
  Some scavenger hunts require that the teams take a picture at a location or while performing a task. Here are some photo ideas:
  
  Picture of a team member in a laundromat dryer
  
  Old person yelling at a team member
  
  Picture of the team with a llama
  
  The team with a giant statue from a local restaurant
  
  A team member in a dentist's office
  
  A team member at the police station with an officer
  
  Kissing a statue of the college founder
Videotaping
- The following scavenger hunt ideas for performing a task need to be videotaped or presented in person:
  
  Professor singing the college fight song
  
  Team members singing in a karaoke club
  
  Child reciting the Pledge of Allegiance
  
  Team member washing dishes in the cafeteria
  
  Team members playing musical chairs outdoors
  
  Spraying a team member with cans of whipped cream
  
  A mini-gymnastics routine

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