This document provides information about organizing a scavenger hunt for youth during travel to a summer camp or other destination. It includes guidelines for creating a list of items for the youth to find along the way and rules for tallying results at the destination. Sample item ideas are given like street signs, landmarks, vehicles, and other sights they may encounter. The goal is to make learning fun through an educational yet creative scavenger hunt activity.

1. Youth Camp
Christian - Travel
Scavenger Hunt
Next time the youth go on a
road trip to summer camp or
to any other destination, have
a Travel Scavenger Hunt.
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Preparation
Make a list of items, street
signs, and other information
that can be found while
travelling to a destination

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Scavenger Hunt Description
Next time the youth go on a
road trip to summer camp or to
any other destination, have a
Travel Scavenger Hunt also
sometimes known as a Car Rally
Scavenger Hunt or Road Rally
Scavenger Hunt. Give each youth
a list of items to watch for while
traveling. The list can be made
up ahead of time and adjusted
for the specific scenery. These
also can be added as part of a
road rally.

4. Example items
[Miles to a specific destination],
[Specific breed of dog], [Specific
model and color car], Airport sign,
Ambulance, Baby Stroller, Barn,
Billboard with a child on it, Bus,
Cat, Cemetery, Churches of
several different denominations,
City Dump, Construction, Cows,
Cul-de-sac, Dam, Danger, Dead
End, Deer, Deer Crossing, Detour,
Dirt Road, Do Not Enter, Do not
pass, Dog in a car, Exit, Fire
Station, Flashing red light, Flat
Tire, Food store, For Sale sign,
Fountain, Grain silo, Handicapped
Parking, Helicopter, High Voltage,
Hiring, Horse, Hospital,
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Hotel, Ice on Road, Intersection,
Keep Out, Keep Right, Large clock,
Library, License plate that starts
with “Q” [or letters - or all letters],
License plates from other states,
License plate with three identical
digits on it i.e. 777, Lighthouse, Low
Water Crossing, Merge, Motel,
Motorcycle Gang, Museum, Name
of a Bank, Narrow Bridge, Neon
Sign, No parking, No right turn on
red, No Swimming, No Trespassing,
No U-turn, Oil Pump, One Way,
Palm Tree, Person talking on a
phone, Playground, Police Car,
Policeman, Pond or Lake, Post
Office, Price of Gas, Radio Tower,

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Railroad crossing, Rest Area, Road
closed, Road Narrows, Road Work
Ahead, Round about, School, School
Crossing, School Zone, Sharp Curve,
Shopping Cart, Signs in foreign
languages, Slippery When Wet,
Slow, Slower Traffic keep right,
Someone on a Bicycle, Someone
wearing a cowboy hat, Speed bump,
Speed Limit, State Park, State
Prison, Statue, Steep Incline, Stop,
Subway, Taxi, Tow Truck, Tractor,
Trespassers will be prosecuted,
Various street signs, Watch for
Falling Rock, Water Tower, Winding
Road, Windmill, Window Cleaner,
Yield Sign

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Create your own: The more
specific the information and
the more obscure and difficult
to obtain it, the better. Be
creative and try to make the
list educational as well as fun.

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Additional Guidelines
1. Have an adult in each vehicle
(besides the driver) to verify each
spotting of an item.
2. Only the first person to spot a
particular item can get credit for
it. If there are more than one of
an item, the first person to spot
each instance gets credit.

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3. You can limit the hunt to
street signs or combine it
with items and information.
Information might be the
highway numbers, miles to
a particular destination or
other information found
along the way.
4. At the final destination,
tally the results and award
the youth with the keenest
eyesight!

10. Bible Studies based on the book of Jonah
Only. This youth camp curriculum was
designed to teach the basic truths
of obedience in addition to evangelism in the
context of a Biblical character. The advantage
of going through a book and looking at one
man's story is that we see not only the
teaching but the example. It becomes much
more real!
Camp Curriculum - Whale of a Tale
-> Tell me about “Whale of a Tale”
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11. Creative Youth Ideas
Camp Bible Study Series
“Who Do You Say that I AM?”
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-> Tell me about “Who Do You Say that I AM?”
Jesus asked the disciples, "Who do others
say that I am?" It was easy to answer
because it required no conviction, no
commitment, and no risk. But then he
follows that question with another, "Who
do YOU say that I am?"
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12. Live the Fruitful, Abundant Life
Jesus Promised. Great for youth camps or
weekly Youth Bible Study. There are 7
Primary Bible study Sessions in the series.
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-> Tell me about “Fruit Of the Spirit”
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Youth Camp Bible Study Series
“Fruit Of the Spirit”
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13. "The Great Adventure" is western
themed Bible study series loosely based
around the song of the same name by
Steven Curtis Chapman. It was initially
written for a large Texas Church to use for
their Summer Youth Camp but has since
then proven popular around the world.
Camp Curriculum - The Great Adventure
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-> Tell me about “The Great Adventure”
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