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Home ‏‏‎ ‎/‎‎‏‏‎ ‎ Party Games ‏‏‎ ‎/‎‎‏‏‎ ‎ Scavenger Hunt Ideas ‏‏‎ ‎/‎‎‏‏‎ ‎ Quarterback Sneak Football Scavenger Hunt for Kids

Quarterback Sneak Football Scavenger Hunt for Kids

By:

Britni Vigil

02/12/2025

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This football themed scavenger hunt would be perfect for a football birthday party or if you’re looking for Super Bowl party ideas for kids! It’s a free printable that’s simple but one of the most fun games for kids out there! All of our kids loved it!!!

This football scavenger hunt for kids is perfect for getting kids excited about the big game! Whether it’s for a Super Bowl party or just a football themed birthday party, kids will love trying to chase down the quarterback who snuck away! With cute free printables, prize ideas, and more – this is the perfect game for kids who love football or just a fun scavenger hunt! 

This football themed scavenger hunt would be perfect for a football birthday party or if you’re looking for Super Bowl party ideas for kids! It’s a free printable that’s simple but one of the most fun games for kids out there! All of our kids loved it!!!
This football themed scavenger hunt would be perfect for a football birthday party or if you’re looking for Super Bowl party ideas for kids! It’s a free printable that’s simple but one of the most fun games for kids out there! All of our kids loved it!!!

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Quarterback Sneak Super Bowl Scavenger Hunt

One of my favorite things to do is to create games with corny titles like my put a ring on it bridal shower games or my pot of Gold St. Patrick’s Day games! This quarterback sneak football scavenger hunt for kids is no different.

I sat down and brainstormed all sorts of football phrases, football terms, common football plays, and more with my football loving husband for this football bingo game and decided instead of just putting the words on the bingo cards, I should turn some of those phrases into their own individual games!

In this scavenger hunt, kids are on the hunt to find the quarterback who snuck away from them. Quarterback sneak, get it? Yeah, I know! It’s corny but I love it.

The clues kind of all tie to each other and read like the kids are actually searching for the quarterback scavenger hunt. I thought it was cute, the kids thought it was cute, and I hope you do too!

And if you like scavenger hunts, make sure to check out all of my scavenger hunt ideas. 

A pile of clues in this football themed scavenger hunt for kids

We played this at our kids’ game day party and the kids loved the scavenger hunt. And it kept them busy while we were watching the game and playing this Super Bowl guessing game. It was actually hilarious because after they finished the hunt, they immediately came down and asked if I could do another one with the clues in different places.

If only that’s how it worked. But this was definitely the big hit of the day!

If you’ve never done a scavenger hunt like this with your kids, you’re totally missing out. I do them pretty much for every holiday or major event with my 4-year-old, and they may be his favorite thing ever. That or the Lego Star Wars game I got him for the Wii for Christmas.

It’s toss-up, or is it a coin toss? Ha, I need more sleep apparently.

Kids searching for clues in this football scavenger hunt

Setting Up this Football Scavenger Hunt for Kids

So the way this scavenger hunt works is that you download the free printable clues I made. Download and cut them out. Then you put those clues in the place they go in your house.

I always try to make any of my scavenger hunt clues generic enough that they’ll work in any house that has typical things like a fridge, an oven, a table to eat at, etc. Nothing specific like leading kids to a bowl of white chicken chili for instance. 

If you don’t have something in your house, you can either just put it in the next best place (that your kids will understand) or just skip that clue altogether. The hunt keeps going even if you skip one clue.

Free printable clues in this football scavenger hunt for kids
The laundry room is just one of the clues in this scavenger hunt for kids

I recommend setting up your hunt while your kids are at school, in bed, or otherwise distracted in some way. It’s no fun if the kids actually see you put the hunt together! There is one clue that leads to their bed, but you could easily do that quickly once they’re awake. Oh and depending on how old your kids are, it can also be fun to hide the clues in their locations. I don’t because well my 4-year-old isn’t so great at searching for clues yet, but that time is coming quickly!

Once the hunt is setup, get your kids in one place and either give them the first clue or if they’re not old enough to read the clues, read the first clue to them. Just be aware that they’re likely going to bolt to where they think the next clue is, even if you aren’t finished yet.

Most clues give away the next clue’s location pretty quickly and the kids at our football party were on their way before they even finished reading the clue!

So put on your running shoes on and run along with them because that’s one of the best parts of the scavenger hunt!

This scavenger hunt for kids is one of the best football party ideas

How to End the Scavenger Hunt

You’ll notice that the final clue in the printable leads to a location but doesn’t have a final clue. It more or less says that the quarterback left them a prize of some sort. That’s one of the fun parts of a scavenger hunt – finding the treasure at the end!

At the end of the hunt, I put one of these little quarterback figurines with a bucket of football related prizes for my kiddo – stickers, a plastic football, a book, etc. Any of these prizes would work great:

  • Football rubber ducks (kids love rubber ducks, I don’t get it??)
  • Football hair ties (for girls obviously)
  • The Everything Football Book (so much awesome info!!)
  • Football with Dad Book
  • Mini foam football
  • A football cookie (these look so good)
  • Football matching game
  • Football stickers

Free Printable Super Bowl Scavenger Hunt for Kids

I created a two-page printable PDF document that has 12 clue cards on it. Like I mentioned before, you could easily just do a couple of these cards instead of all 12 but I think your kids will appreciate playing with all 12.

Our boys were done really fast when I only did six cards, and I really wish I’d done more. 

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Don’t forget to pin this football Scavenger Hunt for kids for later! 

This football themed scavenger hunt would be perfect for a football birthday party or if you’re looking for Super Bowl party ideas for kids! It’s a free printable that’s simple but one of the most fun games for kids out there! All of our kids loved it!!!
This football themed scavenger hunt would be perfect for a football birthday party or if you’re looking for Super Bowl party ideas for kids! It’s a free printable that’s simple but one of the most fun games for kids out there! All of our kids loved it!!!

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  1. Gwen Ribble
    10/13/2023

    can’t wait to use for a football.party

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  2. Laura
    02/03/2020

    This is an AWESOME scavenger hunt! My kids are 10 and 12 and I was pleasantly surprised when they asked to keep doing Super Bowl games for them. During the first quarter I hid the clues and the reward. They LOVED it! Thanks for YOUR creativity!

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    1. BritniV
      02/05/2020

      You are so very welcome! I love that you and your kids had fun together!

      Reply
  3. cristina chavez
    08/29/2018

    so cute

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    1. Maria
      01/27/2020

      Thanks

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      1. BritniV
        01/28/2020

        You are very welcome! Enjoy

  4. Rose Sullivan
    01/31/2018

    Throwing a party together and this scavenger hunt looks AWESOME! Hoping it will keep the kids busy so adults can watch the game!!! Thank you!!

    Reply
  5. Erica
    01/29/2018

    This looks amazing. Thanks so much for thinking this up. Great idea.

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  6. Vick
    01/22/2018

    Loving all the games I have received so far. Keep letting your game lite shine!!!

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  7. Velma Marie Coles
    01/18/2018

    This looks like a great idea. I plan to have my grandchildren during Spring Break and this will be great. I’m entering my email; however, you already have my email information.

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    1. BritniV
      01/18/2018

      You should be able to get the link from your email then Velma! Hope your grandkids love it!

      Reply
  8. Courtney
    01/18/2018

    Thanks so much for sharing all of your hard work and talents to bring joy to families’ lives!

    Reply

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