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Description

Seek out the items in this Halloween-themed treasure hunt.

Courtesy of the Scout Association: https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/spooky-seekers/

Resources

Something to mark lines (for example, chalk, masking tape, or rope)

Lots of spooky items:
-Toy bat
-Witch’s hat
-Pumpkin
-Broomstick
-Vampire teeth
-Toy ghost
-Cauldron
-Fake eyeballs
-Toy spiders

Device to play music (optional)

Instructions

Before you begin
-Use the safety checklist to help you plan and risk assess your activity. Additional help to carry out your risk assessment, including examples can be found on our safety pages. Don’t forget to make sure all young people and adults involved in the activity know how to take part safely.
-Make sure you’ll have enough adult helpers. You may need some parents and carers to help if you’re short on helpers.

Setting up the treasure hunt
-Hide a variety of spooky items around your meeting space. You can find some ideas on this page.
-Decide if you want to play some spooky music or sounds to set the scene, though this might be a little bit scary for younger groups.
-If you’re using masking tape to mark out the bases, you might want to do this before the session.

Find the spooky treasure
-Split everyone into teams.
-Each team should have a base marked out with a hoop or masking tape.
-An adult should make sure everyone understands any specific safety arrangements for the activity. For example, does the space you’re using have any hazards people need to be aware of? -Are there boundaries on how far people can go? It’s especially important to set boundaries if you’re doing this activity outdoors. Are there any places that are out of bounds and shouldn’t be searched, such as electrical cabinets, cleaning cupboard or storage cupboards?
-Teams need to search for the spooky items hidden around the meeting place and bringing them back to their team’s base.
-You could give teams a set amount of time to find as many items as possible or you can continue playing until all the items have been found.
-What did everyone find? Teams can explore each other’s spooky treasure.

Reflection
This activity gave everyone the opportunity to work as a team and be active whilst looking for the spooky treasure. How much treasure did you find? Were they all easy to find or some more challenging? You all had to work together as a team to find as much as you could. How did you all work together? Did you come up with a plan of places to search? Would you change your plan if you were to do this activity again?

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