Boredom Busters: Photo Scavenger Hunt

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If you’ve run out of ideas try a photo scavenger hunt with your kids! We did a mural hunt around OKC.

When the weather is too hot (or too cold) for being outside, when the kids have exhausted all their summer bucket list items, when the idea well has drained dry, here is an idea to keep you from losing your mind, mama! All you need is a camera of some sort (Phone cameras work fine!) and a theme for a scavenger hunt. Then you drive, walk, hike, or stroller around a designated area searching for items in that theme and let your kids photograph them.

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These murals were all on Western Ave. This is just a sampling too there were many more!

On this particular day my daughter was running a fever so we couldn’t be around other people, but we were tired of being quarantined to the house so we set off in the car to find murals in the OKC area. I knew of quite a few spots where some good ones were and we learned of so many more just by driving around and keeping our eyes peeled! Most of the pics she could even take from the car window so we didn’t even have to unbuckle and get out and in a bunch of times. It’s also a great way to learn new places and parts of your city. We found some new restaurants and parks we wanted to come back to at a later date!

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My daughter really liked the sloth mural. These were located in the Plaza District.
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The movie star mural is brand new! These were all in the downtown area and in Film Row.

This activity can be done on a small or large scale and is really for all ages! If my 1 year old can take a selfie than even she can participate! For little ones you can keep it simple—find items in the house that are red. Or you can make it more elaborate—Route 66 markers in a road trip. We did this with my daughter’s favorite stuffed bears a few years ago and planned to make a photo book of all the fun pics we took on Rte 66!

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If you are out road tripping across our great state check out some of the Route 66 attractions for a photo scavenger hunt. Like the red barn in Arcadia, the blue whale in Catoosa, and the totem poles in Foyil.

I’m not sure who enjoyed the mural scavenger hunt more. We already have some other ideas lined up for our next outings: a house painted in each color of the rainbow and the buffalo statues all around the city (there’s already a handy website to tell us where to find them!).

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For a future hunt we plan to find the buffalo statues throughout the city. This one is one she always likes to visit in Bricktown.

I even unknowingly did a photo scavenger hunt as an adult when I photographed front doors in Ireland and the subway tile art in NYC, so it’s not just an activity that’s fun for kids! If you’ve got a destination vacation planned, go ahead and think of a fun photo scavenger you can do while you’re there: different colors of sand, street signs, license plates from all 50 states, characters at Disney world, insects, the options are really endless I’m just trying to throw out some ideas for ya!

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OKC has lots of themes you can hunt for but don’t forget you can take this adventure to other places too!

What boredom buster ideas do you have? Do you have any scavenger hunt theme ideas for OKC?

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Katie
Katie left her home state of Tennessee to come pursue an interior design degree in Oklahoma fourteen years ago. She met a handsome young fella from Oregon while in school, and they decided to marry and settle down in OKC. A dog and two daughters soon followed. She has been a textile designer, showroom merchandiser, custom furniture draftsman and children’s minister, but her most challenging and favorite role has definitely been that of a mother. You can read about the adventures she shares with her family at Strawberry Ruckus. Katie enjoys reading, being creative, exploring old houses, eating peanut butter, zumba and watching complete television series all at once on Netflix.

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