Team Building

Virtual Scavenger Hunt

Create fun scavenger hunts for teams

Setup Hunt

About Virtual Scavenger Hunt

Call out an item and everyone races to find one nearby and hold it up. It is one of the few remote activities that actually gets people moving.

It also works well precisely because everyone's home or desk is different, which produces a variety of answers that a purely verbal game does not.

How to run it

  1. 1Call out an item everyone plausibly has nearby.
  2. 2Everyone finds one and holds it up to the camera.
  3. 3Acknowledge the first back, and the most unusual interpretation.
  4. 4Repeat for a few rounds.

Choosing good items

  • Pick things almost everyone will have, so nobody is left out on the first round.
  • Use open-ended prompts, such as something that makes you happy, which produce far better answers than specific objects.
  • Keep rounds short, thirty seconds or so, to maintain the energy.
  • Reward the most interesting item rather than only the fastest, which rewards more than proximity to a desk drawer.
  • Be mindful that people in offices have fewer objects available than those at home.

Frequently asked questions

How long should a virtual scavenger hunt take?

Ten minutes or so, with rounds of about thirty seconds. It is a high-energy activity that works better short than extended.

What items should I ask for?

Things almost everyone has nearby, plus open-ended prompts like something that reminds you of a holiday, which produce more interesting answers than specific objects.

Does it work for people in an office?

Less well than for people at home, since there are fewer objects to hand. Open-ended prompts help level this out.