FREE Pumpkin Scavenger Hunt
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Free Halloween Scavenger Hunt
Grab this FREE printable Halloween Pumpkin Scavenger Hunt perfect for playing at home in your back garden or even in your neighbourhood.
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I’m really excited about this last Halloween 2021 FREE printable activity! I love scavenger hunts and this is a fun activity to play, really easy to set up and has to potential to keep the kids entertained long enough to enjoy an actual HOT beverage!!
Setting up a pumpkin scavenger hunt
Getting everything set up for this Halloween hunt can be done in minutes! Seriously, it’s super simple:
- First, print off the free set of pumpkin clues and the tick sheet.
- Second, choose your hiding locations. You can play at home, in your back garden or my favourite, in your neighbourhood. Place a pumpkin in each location.
- Next, have a final prize or candy stash for the end of the hunt as a prize.
Now you’re ready to start the pumpkin scavenger hunt!
How to play at home
Set up the scavenger hunt by placing the pumpkins at different locations in your home or garden. Players can find the pumpkins in any order; they will just need to record the letter they see on each pumpkin onto their answer sheet. I wanted to make this super easy for us parents; therefore, there are no complicated bits’n’bobs to cut out, just pin up the pictures in each location. Of course, you can up the difficulty and hide the pumpkins to make them more challenging to find if you really want to.
To get your kids started, hand them the pumpkin answer sheet and send them off searching for their first pumpkin. You can offer them a clue on the location if you are feeling generous.
When the players have all the letters to the pumpkins, they will reveal the word ALAKAZAM. You can then give them a little prize as a reward. Since there will probably be an abundance of candy and sweet treats, perhaps a family date night to see a movie would be a fun prize.
How to play in your neighbourhood
If like me you have some fab neighbours this would be a great activity to play on Halloween. Give a different pumpkin to display at each house. When the kids go around trick or treating they can record the letter found on the pumpkin at that house.
Make sure to print out plenty of answer sheets. There are two included in the free scavenger hunt kit, a colourful one and a low ink version. You can print out multiple answer sheets onto one page or keep them full size. Again at the end of the hunt, you can have a prize as a reward.
What Prizes can I use for the end of the hunt?
Let’s face it that kids love candy so that has to be on top of the list. However I know that there will be a heap of candy flying around. You can always bundle up some fun Halloween colouring pages and a pack of pens. Or how about some of these fun alternatives.
- Halloween Bath Bombs: These are so much fun and contain a toy inside.
- Halloween Hidden Picture Activity Book– Lots of fun
- Augmented Reality Halloween Lego This is a fab prize but more expensive. I would use this is a whole family prize. Love lego so this is on my want list!
- Boo Hollow: – Pumpkin Showdown, A Silly Spooky Card Game
More Fun Ways to Celebrate Halloween at Home
I’ve got a few of fun ways to celebrate Halloween at home this year! In addition to good ‘ole Trick or Treating, take a peek at some more fun printables
How about a fun Halloween Escape Room. Great for the whole family to get involved! In fact, I have a few more freebies from Halloween Charades and some Fun Photobooth props that would be a great addition to any family get together.
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