Any Ideas for a Birthday Party Scavenger Hunt?
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Itsallgood

Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 08:40 am EditMoveDeleteIP
My daughter is having a Birthday Party next Saturday (She turns 13 on Wednesday) and she wants to do something fun. I suggested a Scavenger Hunt in the neighborhood. She said yes that sounds good.

Does anyone have any suggestions for me as to what to put on the list of things they need to retrieve or anything else you can think of to make this a really fun day for about 20 Kids???

Thanks,
denise :-)

Sia

Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 09:12 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Residential neighborhood, right? Maybe since it's a Saturday, find an address where there is a yard sale posted. Find an address of a house with a boat. Find an address with certain lawn ornaments (wishing well, gnomes, flamingos, etc. LOL!). Find an address with a car or truck for sale.

I don't know, Denise, as I've never organized a scavenger hunt. I'll try to ask my niece who is about the same age.

Pamy

Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 10:04 am EditMoveDeleteIP
The kids in our neighborhood did this last year. They came to our house and asked for a red pen, said they would bring it back after the game(and they did). I looked at their list and the had mostly common items with a few obscure ones(globe, print out saying happy bday to the girl, article about Brittney Spears)The girls were also dressed funny(some had pj's, some had boys clothes on, some clothes were inside out)probably to make them more embarrased during the game. They seemed to be having a blast! They were in teams of 3 girls. Have fun

Bookworm

Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 12:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oooh one of the best slumber parties I attended as a young girl (12 or 13 to be exact) had a scavenger hunt. We had to bring back items but could only obtain one item from each house. This was probably fifteen years ago and in a town of about 200 or so, so we had free reign of the town. You will have to think about safety issues regarding your residential area.

Some other ideas for items: toilet paper (an embarrassing request for girls of this age), a cancelled stamp, candle, certain type of candy (maybe your daughter's favorite), picture or your daughter's favorite celebrity, picture of (something specific) relating to birthday/Halloween.

I like Pamy's suggestions of some common items and some more obscure items. Perhaps assign point values to each item. Having the girls dress up in strange outfits sounds fun too. I would say to try to use the theme of fall, birthday, or Halloween as much as possible, or maybe gear it around some of your daughter's favorite things (color, food, celebrity, cartoon, etc.). I'm sure it will be a blast. Let us know how it turns out.

Itsallgood

Sunday, October 06, 2002 - 12:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
bump ;-)

Costacat

Sunday, October 06, 2002 - 03:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Its, that sounds like a kick! Since they are girls, you could do all kinds of things! I don't know how big your neighborhood is, or how close (friendly), but you could do all sorts of stuff. Have them find a brand new lipstick/mascara/blush (unopened). The ideas for common and obscure things is great. And if you live in a close-knit neighborhood, you could even "seed" things (for example, buy 10 bottles of nail polish in a specific color and ask someone to give them out if the girls come to their house.

Since she's officially a TEENAGER now, you might want to think about grownup stuff vs kiddie stuff. Cool composition books, pink or purple pens, hair barrettes...

Sounds like fun! I'll never forget my 13th! My first bikini (it was a long time ago, we were lots more conservative!). And I thought I looked so cool. I was like 5'8" with no waist, hips, or chest. All skinny arms and legs. And I thought I was gorgeous! HAHAHAHA!

Egbok

Sunday, October 06, 2002 - 04:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
About a year ago, some neighborhood teens came to my door with their scavenger hunt list.
Some of the items I remember:
toothpick
hardboiled egg
Q-tip
patriotic paper napkin
large safety pin
paperclip
empty film canister

If I think of more, I'll be back. BTW, the teams were about 4 each with a mixture of boys and girls and they had a time limit along with a boundary limit. Hope this helps.

Itsallgood

Sunday, October 06, 2002 - 06:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wow thanks for all the ideas. I'm gettin kinda excited myself. Yes we live in a little neighborhood and have been here for 16 years. We will be supervising this (going and standing on the sidewalk etc..). All your ideas sound great and it's a start for me to start planning it. Anyone have anymore ideas keep on listing them. :-)

Jkm

Monday, October 07, 2002 - 07:03 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Here's another idea -- buy or find someone with a digital or poloriad camera -- instead of bringing items back -- they have to have pictures of items. (no need returning things!!!) Maybe have to have a group picture with the town busy body. Picture of a fire hydrandt. Or a when asking for the strainer - picture of the person holding it in front of the neighbors house.

Walnut cracker
pringles can
ink jet cartridge
straw
polka dot sock
tea bag
coffee filter
stamp
postcard
orange peeler
nail
q tip
a tissue
stapler
magnet
bobby pin
saftey pin
button
red pen
address label
wisk
trash bag
etc etc


for picture stuff
group shot in front of the tree at such and such corner.
so and so and in front of their garage

or picture of the neigbor holding the above items

Pcakes2

Monday, October 07, 2002 - 07:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't have kids, but my neighborhood is overrun with them, and just about every weekend someone is having a scavenger hunt. I LOVE IT!!! And I'm pretty much known as the "cool house". The kids know that I will take the time to get them the "high point" items. Not sure how they work elsewhere, but items on the list have a point value. The tougher the item, the higher the points awarded. Once, I even pulled out my wedding dress...that group got 500 points! Fishnet stockings are also a high point item...god only knows what the neighbors think of us!

Pamy

Monday, October 07, 2002 - 08:53 am EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL Pcakes! You sound like a 'cool' neighbor indeed!!! All this talk of the scavenger hunts makes me want to do an adult one at our next party!!

Itsallgood

Tuesday, October 08, 2002 - 03:56 am EditMoveDeleteIP
bump

Jkm

Wednesday, October 09, 2002 - 11:23 am EditMoveDeleteIP
bump

Itsallgood

Saturday, October 12, 2002 - 07:29 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Well today is the day of the B'Day Party. Ty all for your ideas. I think we are gonna have a great day!

Mods you can take this Thread off if you want.

Bookworm

Saturday, October 12, 2002 - 07:48 am EditMoveDeleteIP
No! We want to hear how the scavenger hunt goes! I wish I was there to help, I bet it will be a blast.

Moderator

Saturday, October 12, 2002 - 08:06 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Itsallgood, I'm afraid we'd have a mutiny on our hands if we removed this thread without you supplying us with the details of how it all went. What ideas you used, results of the hunt, etc. Please be sure and help keep our other members happy. :)

Thanks

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Sia

Saturday, October 12, 2002 - 09:34 am EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL, Mod22, that's right. We all want to know how the scavenger hunt turns out, It'sAllGood! Sounds like a bunch of fun!

Itsallgood

Saturday, October 12, 2002 - 08:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh wow, I forgot about y'all wanting to know how it turned out!!! LOL Ok, you asked for it!! LOL

Well, the party was from 3 to 7. We had a blast. Played Volleyball, Swam, Karokied (sp), Ate, Opened Gifts, Did the Scavenger Hunt, Did Some More Swimming, Sang Happy Birthday and ate The Big Cookie (From The Great American Cookie Co)and Ice Cream, and then played more Volleyball until the parents came to pick them up!!!

The Scavenger hunt went really well. They were in 2 groups. We let them go on our street only. One group got one side of the street and the other group the other side. It was fun watching them running to each house. My daughters group got everything on their list. The other group didn't get 2 of their items. I gave them all something for their effort!! LOL They were all happy. I used mostly things that y'all had listed here. I had added a few of my own.

We were talking about it and laughing about things they did while asking for stuff and I told them a story about when my neice came to my house for stuff for a High School Scavenger Hunt and one of the items listed were a pair of underware with skid marks. LOL Well, I have 2 boys also, so guess what....yep, they took a pair of my sons underware with skid marks in a plastic bag. LOL (I think he was like 10 at the time...he's now 15). They all just cracked up laughing.

My daughter got a lot of nice gifts and money. All together she got $130.00 cash...$75.00 Gap Gift Card, Sponge Bob stuff, Lotions and Sprays, American Idol CD and a few other odds and ends.

She has a James Avery Charm Bracelet she got for Christmas last year so I got her the "13" charm and Volleyball charm. Ever since she was born, each year I get her those Growing Up Birthday Girls Figurines and this year it was the "13" year one. 3 more to go and she will have them all.

I also made them goodie bags with Candy and all kinds of other girl goodies. I also printed out a couple of pictures of the party and gave them one of each. I have a digital camera so I could take the pics and then print them right away and they really enjoyed that.

Overall, my daughter said it was her best Birthday ever! I'm glad!!!! I'm going to sleep really good tonite! LOL

Again, Thank you all for your help and ideas. Also, thanks for wanting to know how it turned out!!!

Bookworm

Saturday, October 12, 2002 - 08:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sounds like you had a blast. I am glad all went well. I always had fun with Scavenger Hunts. Thanks for sharing with us Itsallgood.

Spygirl

Saturday, October 12, 2002 - 08:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Dang!!! That was SOME party!!!!!