Mall Scavenger Hunt

My friend wants to have a mall scavenger hunt for her daughter’s 13^th next month, so I’m wondering if you have any great ideas. So far our thoughts are to give them a certain amount of money to accomplish their list, give them riddles or clues rather than a straight forward list and make them bring each item back to us (we’ll be at Starbucks…central location and coffee) before they get the next clue. We have talked about having the items on the list be the “goody bag” or prizes and possibly awarding points for what they bring…like if they all bring the same thing they get no points but different stores used or something could earn them more points or maybe another winner could have the most change leftover. We’re still trying to figure it out. We are also thinking about making them do something but we’re not sure what they could have to do in the mall (and not get in trouble or be really obnoxious) I thought maybe bargain for a better price but I’m not sure the girls could do it, they are still pretty shy. Any great ideas come to mind? We’ve got a month…

This is such a great idea for a 13 year old’s party. Dividing them into two teams to complete the scavenger hunt would be fun as the kids can work together to find the stuff.

The idea of kids getting one clue and then going out and finding it, coming back, and getting the next clue will be fun. The clues can be anything you want. Give them a set amount of money, and then provide the clues. These can range from: find a farm animal, an item that says “whatever” on it, etc. One caveat, tell the kids to not let the items be “junky” as these will be the “goodies” that are taken home at the end. So, they want to get the nicest thing for the least amount of money. A further incentive being that the team with the most amount of money left over will get to keep their change.

You could also give the kids a list of things that are free in the shops. For example, a business card, a job application, a plastic bag from the store, etc. For this portion of the hunt, you could provide this list to the teams, and the first one back to the table with the “free” stuff, would win something special, i.e. lip balms or something that you can hand out to every member of the team.

If you are thinking about asking them to do something, you could have them ask an employee where the bathroom is in the mall or where the food court is. Even funnier, have them ask these questions to employees in stores obviously close to the bathroom or food court. You could also have them sing a song in the mall together (since they may be shy as individuals) or skip down the center of the malls with arms entwined. Silly stuff like that would be fun and could be done together.

A Mall Scavenger Hunt will be loads of fun, and, best of all, for the parents, you can enjoy your coffee at Starbucks throughout the entire party!!

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