If you’re looking for scavenger hunt ideas, you’ve come to the right place! I’ve been creating free printable scavenger hunts for all interests, occasions, and abilities for the past 12 years – it’s my favorite thing to do! And I’ve put together a collection of all the scavenger hunts in one place so you can find something for every party, age, and activity level!
Free scavenger hunt printables
My family is a huge fan of scavenger hunts! We’ve been doing them since I was a kid and still do them almost every single holiday! Being an English major who likes to write for fun, I love to come up with silly rhymes that are perfect for scavenger hunt riddles!
Rather than just make scavenger hunts for my family to use, I’ve shared all of our scavenger hunts here with you so you and your family can have fun with them too! There are almost sixty different types of scavenger hunts to choose from and if you want something that’s not here, just email me and I’ll see what I can do!
What is a scavenger hunt?
There are two kinds of scavenger hunts – ones with riddles that you follow to find a prize at the end and ones where you have a list of items to find. We love and have created both, so I’ve divided this post into two types of scavenger hunts so you can find what you’re looking for easily!
Scavenger Hunt Ideas with Clues
These scavenger hunts are ones where you print out a set of clues or riddles to find a surprise at the end. Each of these scavenger hunts has a set of free printable scavenger hunt clues you can use to do your very own scavenger hunt! Just click on the link below to get directly to that scavenger hunt!
Holiday Scavenger Hunts
These scavenger hunt ideas are specific to a particular holiday or occasion. We’ve created them for pretty much every major holiday and some not so major ones too!
- Super Bowl scavenger hunt – this fun quarterback sneak scavenger hunt will have kids trying to find clues the quarterback left behind!
- Valentine’s Day Scavenger Hunt – lots of fun Valentine’s Day themed clues that lead up to a Valentine’s Day surprise!
- St. Patrick’s Day Scavenger Hunt – that sneaky leprechaun left behind a magical surprise at the end of this fun hunt!
- Easter scavenger hunt – the perfect Easter hunt to use for Easter baskets and more!
- Easter egg hunt clues (pretty much a scavenger hunt!) – tons of clues for an outdoor Easter scavenger hunt!
- Easter scavenger hunt for teens – a non-traditional Easter scavenger hunt with harder clues for teens!
- Bunny tracks game – one that’s great for young kids because there’s no reading involved, they just have to follow the bunny tracks instead!
- Graduation scavenger hunt – this fun graduation themed scavenger hunt is perfect for sending someone on a hunt to find their graduation gift!
- 4th of July Scavenger Hunt – fun patriotic clues that lead up to a red, white, and blue surprise!
- Halloween Scavenger Hunt – the ultimate Halloween scavenger hunt with creepy, crawly, and altogether Halloweenish clues!
- Halloween group treasure hunt – a fun group based treasure hunt where groups send clues and race to find prizes!
- Halloween text scavenger hunt – another group scavenger hunt for Halloween that’s a race between everyone in the group!
- Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt – where’d that turkey trot off to? Find out in this fun Thanksgiving themed hunt!
- Christmas Scavenger Hunt – Christmas is the most popular time of year for scavenger hunts and this post has three different ones to choose from!
- Christ-centered Christmas hunt – if you want to focus more on the Christ part of Christmas, this one uses scriptures as clues!
- New Years Eve scavenger hunt – one of the best Noon Year’s Eve activities for kids!
Printable Themed Scavenger Hunts
These treasure hunt ideas are more generic themed scavenger hunts that we’ve done with our family! They’re perfect for doing all year long, not just for specific holidays!
- Back to School Scavenger Hunt – a great way to celebrate back to school with kids!
- Dr. Seuss scavenger hunt – a scavenger hunt inspired by the master of rhymes!
- Birthday scavenger hunt (2 versions) – one of the most fun ways to give someone their birthday gifts!
- Harry Potter scavenger hunt – if you’re a Harry Potter fan, this one’s for you with clues inspired by the books and movies!
- Star Wars scavenger hunt – whether you’re on the light or dark side, you’ll appreciate this fun scavenger hunt that uses lines from the classic films!
- Dinosaur scavenger hunt – another popular one for birthday parties, this scavenger hunt is full of dinosaur inspired clues!
Find Everything Scavenger Hunt Ideas
These scavenger hunts are ones where you have to find everything on a scavenger hunt list. There are variations that are great for kids, teens, and even adults!
Holiday Scavenger Hunts
In these holiday hunts, you’ll be searching for holiday themed items rather than holiday themed clues!
- Lucky Leprechaun Scavenger Hunt – search for all sorts of things related to a leprechaun!
- Easter bunny hunt – see how many different Easter bunnies you can find to win a prize!
- Easter egg scavenger hunt – forget the normal Easter egg hunts and try this one where you have to find certain types of eggs instead!
- Spring scavenger hunt – a fun hunt to do to celebrate the beginning of spring!
- Red White and Blue Scavenger Hunt – all things red, white, and blue – perfect for 4th of July or Memorial Day!
- Summer scavenger hunt – when it’s hot outside, let kids go crazy with this fun summer themed hunt!
- Halloween decorations hunt – head around your neighborhood to see which spooky decorations you can find!
- Fall scavenger hunt – a hunt for all things fall PLUS a photo scavenger hunt version too!
- Turkey hunt – how many turkeys can you find and who can find them the fastest??
- Winter scavenger hunt – a fun game for a cold day that’s too cold to go outside!
- Christmas Lights Scavenger Hunt – one of our favorite Christmas activities, driving around seeing which Christmas decorations you can find!
- Reindeer hunt – hunt for all of Santa’s reindeer in this fun Christmas game!
Other Themed Scavenger Hunt Ideas
These other scavenger hunts make great indoor activities for kids as well as fun group activities for teens, adults, and of course kids!
- Alphabet scavenger hunt (two versions) – who can find things for letters A-Z the fastest? A fun activity for everyone but especially for kids working on letters!
- Animal Scavenger Hunt – how many of the animals can you find? Perfect for an animal day at home or a visit to the zoo!
- Beach scavenger hunt – take this to the beach and let kids work on this while you’re working on your tan!
- Camping Scavenger Hunt – great for summer camp, a family campout, or even just as a fun indoor campout idea!
- Disney scavenger hunt – find these fun things at home all inspired by Disney movies, perfect way to get ready for a trip to Disney!
- Disney World Scavenger Hunt – can you find all of these snacks at Disney World?
- Grocery store scavenger hunt – do this with your family either for fun or as a service project, finding a list of things in the grocery store!
- Indoor scavenger hunt – a fun indoor scavenger hunt looking for all sorts of silly things!
- Nature scavenger hunt – how many of these things can you find on a nature walk?
- Neighborhood scavenger hunt – see who can find these things around your neighborhood the fastest!
- Outdoor scavenger hunt – another great reason to get outdoors, see how many of these fun outdoor things you can find!
- Roadtrip Scavenger Hunt – never be bored in the car again! These printable cards are a fun variation on a scavenger hunt that kids LOVE!
- Virtual scavenger hunt (3 versions) – fun scavenger hunts to do with friends, family, or co-workers over zoom, skype, or something else!
Adult Scavenger Hunt Ideas
These ones are made just for the adults! While you could do any of the ones above with adults as well, these are specifically designed for the older crowd – they make great party games for adults!
- Anniversary scavenger hunt – a fun way to gift anniversary gifts!
- Bachelorette Scavenger Hunt – how many of these things can you complete at a bachelorette party??
- Find someone who scavenger hunt – how much do you know about people?
Scavenger Hunt Tips
If you’re doing one of the find all of the things scavenger hunts, laminate the hunt cards and have people cross them off with dry erase markers! Then you can just reuse them again and again! Kids won’t remember if you do something once a year!
If you’re doing a bigger scavenger hunt with prizes, you can require people to take photos of the items they find for proof! If you’re doing it with small prizes where everyone wins, no need!
Smaller groups work better so that everyone can see the list and participate in finding the items! If you have twenty kids all trying to look at one card, it can be a bit of a mess.
Take turns reading and finding clues in a clue-based scavenger hunt. When we do scavenger hunts for my boys, we switch off being the one to find, or at least pick up, the clue!
Don’t think scavenger hunts are just for kids. You’ll be surprised how much fun both teens and adults will have with some of these, especially if prizes are involved!
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