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Outdoor Scavenger Hunt List

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If you want to plan a fun activity for your kids when the weather’s nice, here’s a free printable outdoor scavenger hunt list that you can use.

This can also be an effective team building activity for youth groups.

Here’s how to organize it:

Resources

  • List (see below)
  • Pens
  • Cameras (optional – use if playing this as a photo scavenger hunt)

Preparation

None

Location

Outdoors! Most of the items and activities the kids have to find should be in your neighborhood, but they may need to walk further afield depending on where you live.

Teams

If you’re planning this for your own kids, you could have them working together or individually, depending on how competitive you want it to be.

This outdoor activity is also great for using with a youth group. Split them into smaller teams and play it as a photo scavenger hunt – this is where they have to take photos of each of the items on the list to prove that they saw them.

This can help with team building as the youth can work together to decide on the best places to go in order to find everything on the list.

Instructions

Give the players a copy of the list and a pen. Explain that they have to walk around outdoors and try to find all of the items and activities that are on the list.

Winner

The player or team who has found the most items from the list by the end of the outdoor scavenger hunt.

Outdoor Scavenger Hunt List

Here’s a list of 30 items and activities for the players to find – some of them will be easier to complete than others.

Beneath this is a link to a free printable copy of the list – please feel free to print as many copies of this as you need for your scavenger hunt.

  1. Someone walking a dog
  2. Baby in a stroller
  3. Tree with no leaves
  4. Someone cycling
  5. Red car
  6. Swing set
  7. Bird drinking water
  8. Someone jogging
  9. Airplane
  10. Traffic lights
  11. House with a blue front door
  12. Flag
  13. Basketball hoop
  14. Pothole
  15. Picnic table
  16. Someone fixing a car
  17. Fountain
  18. Boat
  19. Commemorative plaque
  20. Animal yard ornament
  21. Mailman
  22. Vehicle with tinted windows
  23. Someone taking a photo
  24. For Sale sign in a front yard
  25. Animal that’s not a pet
  26. Public trash can
  27. Motorbike
  28. People moving in or out of a house
  29. Stop sign
  30. Helicopter

Printable Outdoor Scavenger Hunt List

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