Scavenger Hunt Riddles II

Description
Spruce up your next scavenger hunt or photo scavenger hunt by adding some of the items in the form of riddles. Riddles may rhyme or simply present a conundrum.

Example Riddles for your Scavenger Hunt
* What runs around a house but doesn’t move? [Fence]
* I grow when I eat, but die when I drink? [Fire]
* Alive …

Everything I Need To Know

Everything I Need To Know I Learned From The Easter Bunny
* Don’t put all of your eggs in one basket.
* Walk softly and carry a big carrot.
* Everyone needs a friend who is all ears.
* There’s no such thing as too much candy.
* All work and no play can make you a basket case.
* …

Treasures

Materials
One or two items which are of value to your-personal “treasures”

Lesson
1. Bring out your “treasures” and explain, one by one, why each of them means so much to you.
2. Do any of the youth/children have anything special which they treasure? Ask, “What are some of your treasures?”
3. You might also ask youth/children the following question. …

If You Think

“If you think you are beaten, you are.
If you think you dare not, you don’t!
If you want to win, but think you can’t,
It’s almost a cinch you won’t.

If you think you’ll lose, you’re lost;
For out in the world we find
Success begins with a person’s will;
It’s all in the state of mind.”

Author: Walter

Yo-Yo’s

Materials

  • 2 or 3 yo-yos

 

Objective

  • Life is full of ups and downs, mountains and valleys, depressions and mountaintop experiences, difficulties and triumphs.

 

Activity

  • Invite someone skilled with a yo-yo to give a demonstration.
  • And/ Or have a yo-yo competition and invite all who have yo-yo’s to bring them to the meeting.

 

Application

  • Each yo-yo looks a

Life Isn’t Fair

high.jpgMaterials
1. Masking Tape
2. Tape Measure

Objective
Fairness is often a matter of perspective.

Preparation
1. Tape two 4-foot strips of masking tape on the floor, 12 to 15 feet apart.
2. Tape markings to the wall labeled with the height.

The Lesson
1. Invite participants in a competition to determine who can jump the highest.
2. Give them …

I Can’t

tuna.jpgMy one and a half year old daghter has picked up a new phrase “I can’t” which really means I won’t. Often times in our lives we are called upon by the Lord to display a committment that doesn’t say I can’t but how can I?

I read this story in our local newpaper a few years ago. In the …

Egg or Potato?

potato.jpgBillie Wilcox, on the lessons of a disaster: While my husband Frank and I were living in Pakistan many years ago, our six-month-old baby died. An old Punjabi who heard of our grief came to comfort us. “A tragedy like this is similar to being plunged into boiling water,” he explained. “If you are an egg, your affliction will make …

Red and Black

Materials
About 20 slips of paper, 2 pencils, sweets

Instructions
Divide the large groups into two smaller groups, and explain that an experiment is about to take place. Give the following instructions: Each group will have 9 chances to choose a color: either RED or BLACK.

Choices are rewarded according to the following guidelines:
* If both groups choose BLACK …

Easter Egg Hunt

eastereggs.jpgMaterials
Plastic Easter Eggs with 1 item inside each.
* Gray fleece or a tiny donkey (Matthew 21:2-5)
* Palm branch or a doll’s coat (Matthew 21:8-11)
* A vial of perfume (Matthew 26:7-13)
* A lock of hair (Matthew 26:7-13)
* 30 silver coins or 3 10-cent coins (Matthew 26:14-15)
* A strip of terry cloth fabric or towel …