Halloween Photo Scavenger Hunt
Groups head out to find skeletons, inflatable decorations, dogs with costumes and more when you host a Halloween Photo Scavenger Hunt.
This Halloween party activity was suggested by our users, and we got so much feedback and requests that we came up with a printable Halloween Photo Scavenger Hunt game that you can purchase and print. Plus we bundled it with 2 other Scavenger Hunts so you can do different activities during the Halloween season.
Each year we have a big Halloween Party and one of our favorite events is the photo Halloween Scavenger Hunt.
We team people up in groups of 4 – 8 people and send them out in their Halloween costumes with a list of Halloween Scavenger Hunt items they need to try to get photos of using their phones. These items are in different order so that the teams are not doing the same thing at the same time.
Each team dressed in Halloween costumes races around town to get photos at landmarks, with police officers, bouncers, next to funny signs, at a restaurant, etc… Once they get everything completed they return to the house with the photos. First team to return with everything completed (photos taken) is the winner.
As the teams return I download the photos and create a slide show and let it run on my computer throughout the evening. Everyone loves it and they all share and tell stories about their adventure.
– Consider creating a unique Instagram # like #CookParty17 – That way every photo can be tagged and viewed.
If you want to make things more difficult, make the list clues as to where they need to go to take the photo rather than just saying go to this place to take a photo. Adapt for your crew and have fun.
Thanks – Jodee
Thinking of Hosting a Halloween Photo Scavenger Hunt?
Save time with our printable game sheet for your event.
Printable Halloween Photo Scavenger Hunt
Printable photo scavenger hunt game sheet with 30 different photo and video challenges to complete. Two print options 1 & 2 sheets per page. Just purchase, download and print the game.
Purchase Printable Halloween Photo Scavenger Hunt $4.25
Halloween Photo Scavenger Hunt includes:
Game Sheet with 30 photo and video challenges
+ Halloween Decorations Scavenger Hunt Sheet
+ Halloween Costume Scavenger Hunt Sheet
2 Printing Options – 1 or 2 per page
Halloween Photo Scavenger Hunt rules, tips and instructions.
Once purchased, the game link will be emailed to so you can download it.
The photo scavenger hunt is a fun activity for teens and adults who are to old to trick or treat and admire and enjoy seeing the decorations. This is also a great way to get Halloween photos and share them on Instagram.
The Halloween Photo Scavenger Hunt also comes with some important game rules that need to be followed to keep game players, strangers and neighbors property safe.
Halloween Scavenger Hunt Ideas
Looking for something else? Here are the different printable Halloween scavenger hunts Party Game Ideas offers:
• Halloween Scavenger / Treasure Hunt – 36 Printable Clues / Riddles
• Halloween Costume Scavenger Hunt
• Halloween Photo Scavenger Hunt
• Halloween Outdoor Decorations Scavenger Hunt
Check out additional feedback and tips sent in by our users to help make your photo scavenger hunt more fun and entertaining
We played this game and recommend that you keep everything within walking distance of your house. What we did was walk a 3 – 4 block area around our home and took photos of Halloween props, unique displays, signs and landmarks and marked where they where on a map. We mapped everything so that we had a god mix of items from various streets.
On the night of the party we gave groups 3-4 people a photo list and told them to get selfie style photos with these items in the photo. We did not do people. Each team was given 40 minutes, which meant no team would get them all but they would all find some. It was great fun.
AJ – Venice, FL
Halloween Scavenger Hunt Variation
Video Scavenger Hunt
Instead of photos each group is given a list of things to do and record on video.
Create two or three teams depending on how many participate in the costume scavenger hunt. Each team will a video camera / phone to record the scavenger hunt and they get an hour (can be adjusted) to complete various tasks and get select items.
Here are some task ideas:
Have your group do the Thriller dance in a public location.
Find a stranger and ask them to select the best costume in your group.
Go to a grave yard and find a specific name on a tomb stone.
Take a video with a Taxi or bus driver.
Find a cop in a donut shop and get a video with him.
Go to a grocery store find out how much a specific item cost.
Go to a bar find out how many brands of beer they serve.
Find a stranger who will let you wrap them up in toilet paper like a mummy on video.
And so on…
When the teams get back we have the most fun watching the videos, especially the people who came to the party that didn’t go out on the Scavenger hunt!
Thanks, Brian – Cleveland
