Mission Possible! Scavenger Hunt

10/7/09

The 1st combined young women activity we were in charge of, we decided to do a photo scavenger hunt. We got this idea from the sugardoodle website, where they had ideas for service scavenger hunts. We decided to make ours focused around Personal Progress. The list of items they had to take pictures with/doing all related to a YW value. Some you had to use your imagination to make the connection, but it worked.

Here are the invitations we handed out to the girls: We put them in a manila envelope that said "Top Secret" on it & gave the envelope to one of the men at church. He had on a suit (obviously) & we had him put on a pair of sunglasses. We told him when we stand up to announce what we're doing on Wed. night to interrupt us with a "Top Secret Assignment." After, he gave us the envelope with our 'assignment' he left & we read the invitation out loud to the girls. They kept asking what we were doing, but we wouldn't tell them! Hello - Top SECRET! =)When they came on Wed. night, we quickly put them in their groups, gave them their assignments & said "GO!" All of our instructions were written down, & we gave another slip of paper for all of the adult 'drivers' so we didn't have to explain anything. The race was on!

Faith: Take a picture with the SaviorWe thought we were smart by combining a ton of the items into one picture. We wanted to get back 1st - which we did. Unfortunately, we get pts. for EACH picture, so that put us behind in pts. because we didn't have as many pictures as the other teams. I didn't really think that one through! So the 2nd team that arrived, won.Choice & Accountability - Take a picture with a traffic sign, doing what it says.Individual Worth - take a picture of the entire team on a slide at the same time.Divine Nature - take a picture of the group doing the "Charlie's Angels" pose.Virtue - take a picture trying on a modest dress, extra points if the dress is a prom/wedding dress.Choice & Accountability - take a picture of the group doing hand stands.Divine Nature - take a picture wearing a blue hat.Virtue - take a picture spelling out the word 'Pure'Knowledge - take a picture reading the scriptures.Knowledge - take a picture with a calculator.Integrity - take a picture of the Monkey's: 'Hear no evil, Speak no evil, & See no evil.'Integrity - spell out the word 'Honest.'Faith - take a picture of a YW falling back & another YW catching her.Knowledge - take a picture with someone in uniform (this one is hilarious)Good Works - Milk a 'cow' (lol)Individual Worth - take a picture of your team crammed in a buggy/cartGood Works - take a picture doing an act of service for a stranger.Good Works - take a picture of a YW pushing another YW on a swing.Integrity - take a picture in front of the church sign.
We had so much FUN!!!! When we came back, we told the girls they had just got finished completing a mission. We asked them how it went & some of the things they did. Then, we told them Heavenly Father had sent each of us here for another 'mission' which was very important. We talked briefly about what that mission is & how PP helps make that mission Possible! By using PP in our lives, we are developing the skills & testimony that we need to return to live with Him some day. (This took about 5-8 min.) We tallied the score sheets. Then, we had little boxes, stuffed with value colored tissue paper & filled with candy for the winning team.We had the drivers/photographers email the pictures to one of the leaders to show at our YW in Excellence night. I only have the pictures from my group & Sis. Bowman's group, but the pictures were too funny to see what the girls did. We had some try on Halloween costumes at Target or drive to a member's house to get pictures. They were very creative!