Halloween Scavenger Hunt Ideas

Scavenger hunt is a game in which the players have to find something with the help of clues and riddles. The player who finds the treasure first is the winner of the scavenger hunt. The game can be played in teams or otherwise. It is the most popular game played during halloween. That is because along with being a fun game you also get to show off your costumes a lot. Personally, I prefer playing the game outdoors. That makes it more fun and adds a spooky touch to it. But coming up with a theme for the game, designing the clues and riddles needs a lot of brainstorming. If you make it too easy it won't be any fun and if you make it too difficult it won't be fun that way either. So to make your job a little easier, I have given some sample scavenger hunt ideas, riddles, and clues. You can use them or you can just take inspiration from them. So, here goes.

Scavenger Hunt Objects and Items
Here is a list of items that you can use according to your theme and where you are planning to organize the hunt.

one 10 dollar note one white handkerchief a blade of grass one slice of bread Piece of white fabric (mummy, ghost) Black fingernail polish or lipstick

Orange Garbage Bag Pack of takeout ketchup Chocolate chip cookie recipe Used printer cartridge Colored napkin A newspaper clipping of a women's event.

Halloween Riddles
Now here are some scavenger hunt riddles which you can use to make your hunt interesting and fun.

"My life can be measured in hours, I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick, Fat, I am slow, Wind is my foe." - Candle.

"What's black when you get it, Red when you use it, And white when you're all through with it?" - Charcoal.

"Runs, but cannot walk, sometimes sings but never talks. Lacks arms, has hands; lacks a head but has a face." - Clock.

"Throughout history, there have been thousands of well-documented cases of horses jumping over towers and landing on clergy and small men, forcing their removal. What am I?" - Chess.

"What is white when its dirty and black when its clean?" - Blackboard.

"Stiff is my spine and my body is pale, but I'm always ready to tell a tale." - Book.

"I am so simple that I only point; yet I guide men all over the world." - Compass.

"Dracula's favorite pet." - Bloodhound (toy bloodhound)

"You can tell windows are scared when they get these." - Shudders (Shutters)

"The kind of witch that lives at the beach." - Sand-witch (Sandwich)

"What a vampire becomes at a baseball game." - A Bat.

"The kind of service witches ask for at a hotel." - Broom Service (Broom)

"What mummies use, to hide themselves?" - Masking Tape

Scavenger Hunt Clues
This is the tricky part. Giving proper scavenger hunt clues can be really difficult because they cannot be too difficult or too easy. Also, they should not have different outcome possibilities. You have to choose what you are going to point toward. You can point to a place where you have placed the next clue or you can point to the thing around or inside which you have placed the clue. A popular way of giving a clue is to giving it in the form of a short poem or puzzle. Also, you have to take into account your audience while designing the clue.

I hope you enjoyed the above scavenger hunt ideas. But it is important that you play fair, so that everyone enjoys because eventually that is the most important thing. Happy Halloween!