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Photo A Go-Go
A little game started in 1995 called Flat Stanley may be used as inspiration for your next digital scavenger hunt. Flat Stanley was started by a school teacher who created a small paper doll and began sending it around on adventures to other schools, where students would take pictures and create journals. Flat Stanley’s adventures became--and continue to be--documented all over the world. Your scavenger hunt can feature a similar activity, where you give participants a mascot, such as a stuffed animal, plastic figure--or even a print out of your group’s logo--and task players with taking photos of it all over town. Create a list of town hot spots such as local bars, touristy monuments, shopping centers and popular parks, then let groups compete to see who can get the most pictures of their mascot. Bonus points may be given to groups who take photos of the mascot with locals (non-players) or come up with the most interesting and funny photos.
Alphabet Soup
Playing a scavenger hunt digitally means you can take pictures of your hunt items instead of buying them, which makes the game much more budget-friendly. One way to keep players busy is to assign them an alphabet’s worth of items to find. You’ve got two options; create an A to Z list of things found in your town or let participants head out and get creative about finding their own. If you’re creating a list, you can keep the focus narrowed to the town in which you’re playing. Mall scavenger hunts, for example, can request players take photos of a sign or tag starting with each letter of the alphabet; in a grocery store, players can hunt for labels featuring products that start with each letter. When players are creating their own lists, you can award prizes for the most original photos, such as a photo of a stuffed alligator instead of an apple, and for those groups who return with photos of objects beginning with all 26 letters of the alphabet.
Amazing Artwork
If you’re playing the game at a college or office equipped with graphics editing software, you can really up the ante for your digital scavenger hunt. Photo editing software such as Photoshop, Paint and SnagIt offers the opportunity to take the adventure to the next level. When you create your list of digital treasure items to capture, combine two items for each, such as “cat” and “field of flowers.” Participants must take photos of both of these items, then return back to their computers and combine the photos using software. To make the hunt more challenging, be even more specific. For example, request a photo of a “Maine Coon cat” in a “field of sunflowers.” Players can get creative or show off their senses of humor while combining the photos; an added benefit is that the resulting images may be used on your group’s website, social messaging board or turned into cute stationery.