Mall of America Scavenger Hunt

We had a scavenger hunt at the Mall of America this past week. Here was our search list, the kids did very well, they made it to 410 points - they needed 300 to get ice cream! We had alot of fun and I would recommend this activity to others. While we do have the advantage of having MOA right here it could be easily adapted for other malls. We did our hunt with a digital camera and the kids needed to take their picture with each item - they did NOT find the ones in bold (it was easier that way)

Picture of you with ...

10 points

tree
feather
recycling can (like the trash can not a pop can)
jango fett
harry potter
all on an escalator
in front of a fountain
a big fish tank
an alligator
all stuffed into a photo booth

20 points
a person dressed as an animal (can repeat with up to 3 different total)
a person dressed as a cartoon character (can repeat up to 2 different)
up on a stage doing a funny pose
some people you do not know waving with you
wearing funny hats
darth vader
a janitor doing his/her job
live animal

30 points - one winner per category
Biggest choc chip cookie
the biggest ice cream cone
the biggest dinosaur you can find
with the funniest sign you can find
the biggest box of cereal (try to be creative here)
the tallest lego tower you can build
the tallest structure you see in the mall
the largest stuffed animal you can find
the biggest car you can find
largest photo/painting of a movie star
store with the longest name
store with the shortest name

50 points
each child touching the brass replica of Met Stadium's home plate

We also added a few things as we went along to try to keep their attention focused. In addition they found a penny, ball, frog, rock and some other odds and ends.

Try it some time and enjoy.
Peace,
Tenn