Does anyone ever do scavenger hunts anymore?

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Vanbrat

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One of the things we did once in awhile as a kid with some of our friends was a simple scavenger hunt. I do them sometimes with the younger kidos, but have with some of the older ones with family games at our annual fall party. I used to do road trip ones with my kids way back before phones and I think they liked them. So I wondered if anyone else did this weird & wonderful stuff and what was one of the weirdest thing you had to find?

I made the kids bring back an alive bug once... And they all did.
 
I'm 75, I have one each morning... Socks, closet, wife, bathroom (that should be first)...

Yes, as a youngster they were fun, also did roadtrip variations finding license plates, street signs, specific gas stations (burma shave was always a winner when it came to roadside signs). Repeated these with my kids when we travelled, also. On road trips it could be a multi-day challenge regarding who will see: the first snow, the palm trees, the crossing state line sign, the ocean, a field of corn (you had to shout "CORN" for the rest of the day as you'd drive through state after state!).
 
Scavenger hunts were a big party activity when I was younger. In high school on the west coast (SoCal) car rallies were the rage. Had to coordinate the checkpoints, who would man them, set the time limit and let the contestants go! Whoever came back with the most checkpoints signed won. Some were very sophisticated with tough clues and would take people all over the county! Usually 3-4 hours on a Saturday night. Big party afterwards.
 
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whiteva said:
Walmart has one about every 6 months when they rearrange the store and nobody has a clue were a certain item went.
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They just did ours. Completely changed the entire store except for the grocery area.
Even the employees can't find things.
All the aisles are now wider. I think they did this so all the 'online' shopping employees could get their big carts through.
But that didn't help, they still block the aisles and run in and out of them without paying attention.
 
Played some hunt games with the grandson when he joined me to bring the RV to Alaska a few years ago.
Things got very specialized:
-3 oncoming semis in a row with no cars in between.
-7 oncoming cars with no semis in between.
-3 consecutive oncoming white pickups before another color.
-red, white, & blue vehicles, in that order.
 
gwinger said:
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They just did ours. Completely changed the entire store except for the grocery area.
Even the employees can't find things.
All the aisles are now wider. I think they did this so all the 'online' shopping employees could get their big carts through.
But that didn't help, they still block the aisles and run in and out of them without paying attention.
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It is done because it allows Walmart to claim the store under a cheaper tax bracket
 
As soon as you start setting up mannequins and bedroom displays, you've lost your claim as the lowest price discount store and opened the door for someone else to fill the void.
 
Chef Duane said:
Scavenger hunts were a big party activity when I was younger. In high school on the west coast (SoCal) car rallies were the rage. Had to coordinate the checkpoints, who would man them, set the time limit and let the contestants go! Whoever came back with the most checkpoints signed won. Some were very sophisticated with tough clues and would take people all over the county! Usually 3-4 hours on a Saturday night. Big party afterwards.
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Hubby is a car club member this sounds fun
 
Wasillaguy said:
Played some hunt games with the grandson when he joined me to bring the RV to Alaska a few years ago.
Things got very specialized:
-3 oncoming semis in a row with no cars in between.
-7 oncoming cars with no semis in between.
-3 consecutive oncoming white pickups before another color.
-red, white, & blue vehicles, in that order.
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Last road trip after the third white big truck almost ran us off the road we started noticing white trucks. There are a lot of white trucks out there!
 
Vanbrat said:
Last road trip after the third white big truck almost ran us off the road we started noticing white trucks. There are a lot of white trucks out there!
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Anywhere in west Texas at rush hour is all white trucks doing 80+ with oilfield scraps falling out the back!
 
I created one for the campground we were working at for Easter. I had a chest with a padlock on it and toys inside. The padlock was one that required a word to open not numbers. Each kid got a sheet with the clues printed on it. There are several interesting places or features in the campground. Each feature either had something the kids had to count or read a plaque and find a specific number. Then they wrote each number on the sheet as they found them. The last clue lead them to the dog park that had a sign posted on the fence with a letter/number cypher. They had to look up each number to find what letter it corresponded to and solve the word for the lock. They seemed to enjoy it. Could easily do the same with a number lock.
 
On a trip to Iceland in March we were approached by two young couples in a restaurant who politely asked us if we were from the states. We answered in the affirmative, then they asked where in the states we were from. Disappointed in our reply of “Florida”, they explained that they were on a scavenger hunt and were looking for someone from Michigan! A little later their search for someone to sing Happy Birthday in a foreign language was granted by a waiter who sang it to them in Greek. We got quite a kick out of the whole thing.
 
Patnsuzanne said:
On a trip to Iceland in March we were approached by two young couples in a restaurant who politely asked us if we were from the states. We answered in the affirmative, then they asked where in the states we were from. Disappointed in our reply of “Florida”, they explained that they were on a scavenger hunt and were looking for someone from Michigan! A little later their search for someone to sing Happy Birthday in a foreign language was granted by a waiter who sang it to them in Greek. We got quite a kick out of the whole thing.
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That sounds fun
Now I can think of who sings in a "foreign language for my next one
 
The newest thing at the campgrounds for kids around here seems to be "Trading". They start with something small like a stick of gum then go up to someone and ask if they would like to trade something for the gum. The goal is to try and keep getting something better and better.

It's usually young teens doing it and they are usually very respectful about it. I always participate when asked, I think last time they had single serve box of fruit loops and I traded it for a small bag of chips and some chocolate.
 
Moho81 said:
The newest thing at the campgrounds for kids around here seems to be "Trading". They start with something small like a stick of gum then go up to someone and ask if they would like to trade something for the gum. The goal is to try and keep getting something better and better.

It's usually young teens doing it and they are usually very respectful about it. I always participate when asked, I think last time they had single serve box of fruit loops and I traded it for a small bag of chips and some chocolate.
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Sounds like the parents took away their cell phones. Glad they found something constructive to do with their time.
And they probably enjoyed it!
 
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