A Spooktacular Halloween Scavenger Hunt
All growing up my parents set up fun little scavenger hunts for us where they’d write out silly rhyming clues that would send us from one place to another on our way to the “grand prize.” They did it for Christmas one year all over the neighborhood and all sorts of other times when they wanted the gifts to be a little more special. I thought it would be fun to create this fun Halloween scavenger hunt that you can either play with your kids on Halloween along with some of these Halloween games or play with a bunch of kids at a Halloween party. Plus, it’s one of the most fun and safe Halloween activities this year! I kept the clues as universal as possible so that you can just print out the clues, hide them around the house, and be on your spooky way. If you’re looking for more of a find all these things on this list scavenger hunt, I’ve got two of those in this Halloween neighborhood scavenger hunt post. Plus a Halloween themed group text scavenger hunt!
How to Set Up a Halloween Scavenger Hunt
If you’ve never participated in a scavenger hunt, they are a lot of fun and are really easy to set up! To get started, print out the clue cards and location cheat sheet. Cut them up and put them in order using the numbers on the cards. Now the fun begins. Hide all of the clues (except for #1) in the location that is immediately before the place the clue leads to. I know that sounds confusing, so I’ve made it easy for you by creating a cheat sheet that tells you exactly where to hide which cards. Once you’ve hidden all of the cards, give the kids the first clue. They’ll read that clue and go in search of the next one. And so on until they’ve found their fun surprise at the end. If you want to make it even more fun, you can include little surprises along the way with random clues.
Halloween Scavenger Hunt Prize Ideas
One of the best parts of scavenger hunts, whether it be a Christmas scavenger hunt or 4th of July hunt is the prize at the end! I’ve put together a list of some of my favorite scavenger hunt prizes for kids and a couple that are good options for teens as well! These prizes would work well if you wanted to play this Halloween bingo game too! I know that some people might think to just do candy but with so many people with allergies – I think it’d be great to stay away from candy or at least offer an alternative, kind of like the teal pumpkin project for trick or treating! If none of these work, you could always give out any of these Halloween party favors or make a fun Halloween snack board like this one!
StickersHalloween MoviesHalloween Boo MugHalloween treats like these Halloween rice krispie treatsHalloween Legos or other ToysFall Books like this oneHalloween bath bombs (with Halloween treats inside – my son is a little obsessed with these!)Plastic pumpkin filled with treatsMini fall erasersSilly Halloween pencils (so cute!)Halloween Rubber Duckies (kids LOVE these)
Other Halloween Games
45+ of the best Halloween gamesHalloween would you ratherHalloween name that tune gameTrick or treat gameHalloween minute to win it gamesHalloween dress up gameHalloween Pictionary game
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Don’t forget to pin this Halloween scavenger hunt for later!
