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• Sep. 15, 2009 - Photo Scavenger Hunt

This month I volunteered to plan an activity for our homeschool teens during our support group meeting. Since we all know each other pretty well, I asked the parents if they would be ok with me organizing a photo scavenger hunt around our town for them.

The parents said, "Sure!" and I lined up a few parents to do the driving and began thinking of clues for interesting places around town.

We only had about 1 hour for the actual hunt so I gave each team 7 clues. The teams were told that the drivers couldn't tell the kids the answers, but that if they needed to stop and ask for help or "phone a friend" they could do that. Also, the drivers acted as photographers. I wanted the kids in each of the pictures.

For each group, I tried to include clues about:
  • a local landmark
  • a statue
  • doing something at a local park
  • an area business
  • a charitable group
  • a government building
  • specific words on a sign
I gave bonus points for bringing back brochures and extra-creative pictures to keep things interesting.

This clue said, "This notable boulder inspired a local restaurant."

This team had to be climbing.

This team had to find the 22,000 pound replica of King Arthur's Table!
(It's kind of tucked away in our town - a hidden treasure!)

This team had to figure out where the Two Chiefs statue was.

And this team had to strike a "dramatic pose" outside of our downtown theater.

It was SO much fun and I think both the kids AND the adults learned some new things about our community. I did learn one thing though. You can't take pictures outside of our courthouse. 

One team's clue said for them to take a picture at the building where you go to get your driver's license. I knew that the kids probably couldn't go inside because of security concerns, but I didn't think there would be a problem with them taking a picture OUTSIDE. Mercy sakes, the guard came over and insisted on seeing that there wasn't a picture on the digital camera and everything. I felt kind of bad about that. That team came back to the church saying, "Well we might have won if the cops hadn't stopped us."

Not exactly the impression I wanted to make.

Oh well. I had called many of the businesses to explain that the kids would be stopping by, but had not anticipated that issue at the courthouse. Now we know though and we shan't do that again.

See, EVERY day is a learning day.

Have a great week!

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• Sep. 16, 2009 - How fun!

Posted by ReviewsbyHeidi
I remember doing something similar when I was a youth - only, back in the day, we had to take Polaroid cameras! Much more fun, now, with digital. It looks like the kids had a blast and really hammed it up.

I wanted to tell you "thanks" for reprinting the THM article on boys - love it, now that I actually have one!

Heidi
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• Sep. 16, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous
great pictures -- this is such a fun activity. We did a similar thing this summer when my nieces and a friend were visiting with my 3 girls. A whole bunch of teen girls and they had a blast, and of course, it cost next to nothing!
Even the courthouse thing was a learning experience for your group.
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• Sep. 16, 2009 - Your comments

Posted by tn3jcarter
Heidi: I used to absolutely *LOVE* doing the Polaroid version of the scavenger hunt as a teen too. And I'm so glad you enjoyed The Blessing of Boys. It came straight from my heart.

Anonymous: So neat that your girls & the cousins got to hunt together. We were thinking it would kind of be a fun family activity for a bunch of our families to do together. The adults really did have as much fun as the kids! Thanks for commenting!


Edited by tn3jcarter on Sep. 16, 2009 at 9:55 AM
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• Sep. 16, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by HANNAHb95
Thanks for organizing it! I had a BLAST! I'm pretty sure mom got tired of hearing Alli and I talk about it after about the third day! haha!

-Hannah
http://hannahbraboy.com
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• Sep. 17, 2009 - bunch o' thanks

Posted by jransmith
We had a bunch o' fun so here's a bunch o' thanks! We also appreciate the time and thought and planning you gifted us with!
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• Sep. 17, 2009 - Hannah & Becky

Posted by tn3jcarter
I'm glad that you all enjoyed it. I really did too and loved hearing everyone's funny stories. We're definitely blessed with a good group and good friends!

And thanks for driving Becky. It all worked out perfectly!

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• Oct. 24, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by ohiomom
What fun! After reading your post, I want to do a photo scavenger hunt in our community. It will allow the kids and I a chance to get to know the new city we are currently living in and hopefully make some friends while we're here! Can't wait...now to get planning!:) Thanks for shaing!
Blessings, Tonya
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