Amazing Race is one of my favorite reality shows. It makes a great specialty/travel camp for teens. It can also be used as a theme for a typical summer camp.
Perfect Youth Activity! After splitting them up into 4 groups they used paint to mark their face with so we knew which team they belonged to. We had… Team #1 GREEN Team #2 RED Team #3 BLUE …
Amazing Race: Library Edition is a program that I’ve ran twice before. It always brings out a huge crowd – and for those of us who have a small budget – it’s a great program…
Amazing Race is one of my favorite reality shows. It makes a great specialty/travel camp for teens. It can also be used as a theme for a typical summer camp.
Amazing Race is one of my favorite reality shows. It makes a great specialty/travel camp for teens. It can also be used as a theme for a typical summer camp.
This post includes fantastic ideas for hosting an Amazing Race birthday party at home! You can also download free printable amazing race party invitations, amazing race game clues, and amazing race thank you notes!
Amazing Race: Library Edition is a program that I’ve ran twice before. It always brings out a huge crowd – and for those of us who have a small budget – it’s a great program…
Use the Wonder Dash Robot to compete in the Dash Robot Amazing Race! Dash must complete 7 robot challenges, along with 7 research challenges to navigate around the 7 continents. Some activities require the bulldozer and launcher attachments. Based on the popular TV show, kids can enjoy the challen...
Here's how we created a DIY Amazing Race at home to battle the boredom. Just like the TV show, you can make up challenges to do around your house.
So I thought up this idea a few weeks ago. A library assistant suggested that we have a library mascot over the summer and hide it around the library or around town and we take pictures of it. I …
Theme parties are definitely one of my favorite things to plan and post about here on the blog! I recently told you about Lily’s Amazing Race Party, which you can read all about here in case you missed it. My husband and I have done this for our first 3 kids’ 13th birthdays, and I […]
A fun activity like The Amazing Race Classroom Edition will have students completing a range of creative tasks in a more interactive and hands-on manner.
This post includes fantastic ideas for hosting an Amazing Race birthday party at home! You can also download free printable amazing race party invitations, amazing race game clues, and amazing race thank you notes!
This simple, low cost Amazing Race challenge for kids was easy to create and so much fun to do. The kids have the best time! You can too.
Amazing Race, Fear Factor & Other Scavenger Hunts Your Teen Will Thank You For Are you planning a birthday party for your teen & have no clue how to entertain a group of teenagers? Chances are you've considered a scavenger or treasure hunt. You or your teen might be worried that friends will think this is a lame party idea. I'm here to tell you, with proper planning a teen scavenger hunt is anything but lame. Your teen and her friends will thank you. Her/his friends will be talking about how much fun they had for weeks. Of course, they will be blabbing about it on FaceBook & Instagtam, long before it even ends. Your teen & friends will light up the twiitershpere with hilarious tweets all day/night long. And, the best part...you will be the cool mom, the fun mom, all the while you'll be providing good, safe fun for the kids. I had no idea how many people are googling scavenger hunt ideas. I originally published an article about my daughter's scavenger hunt on my writing blog, teen party ideas and I was shocked at the number of hits it received. This blog is a more appropriate forum for the topic so I am writing a more detailed post. We have teen daughter, ages sixteen and fourteen and a son who is eleven & we've successfully hosted scavenger hunts, treasure hunts, photo scavenger hunts, video scavenger hunts, Amazing Race Scavenger hunts, Fear Factor games, Survivor themed hunts & C.S.I. themed hunts for all of them. I'm going to share with you the best of our parties and I will also give you my opinion of the pros & cons of each. I'm not going to describe each individual birthday party, because that would take forever. I will give you the best highlights and my ideas for pulling your party off without a hitch. As a bonus, you get to learn from my mistakes. I will tell you what I would do different if I hosted the same party again. Preparation...Preparation...Preparation is Key. Ignore everything else I tell you, if you choose, but do not ignore the above statement. A few days before the party I put a note in each neighbors mailbox, alerting them of the party & giving them my contact information, should they have any complaints. I've hosted neighborhood scavenger hunts in the past, so my neighbors are all familiar with the hunt (we have a lot of kids in our neighborhood). In the past, if the games involved knocking on doors or neighbor participation, they were asked to leave the note taped or attached to their door if they did not mind the kids ringing the bell. The first thing I did when the kids walked through my front door was hand them a printed list of house rules which included the obvious, no drinking, smoking, bothering the neighbors, drama & I made them agree not to post any inappropriate or unkind messages or photos on any of the social media sites. I also made each one of them text me their phone number and their parents phone number & I made sure their parents knew how to reach me at all times. Each teen knew that any violation of the rules would result in a phone call to their mom or dad. In the past I've had teams grab a tootsie roll sucker out of a paper bag to determine which team they were on, but since this group was so large, I pre-assigned the groups (separating b/f/f's) and creating diversified groups to encourage less drama and better team work. No one seemed to mind. This time I handed each kid a colored T-shirt ($3) three bucks at Hobby Lobby, and that told them which team they were on. This hunt was held at the Louisiana Boardwalk (a shopping/eating outdoor area), so I had to get other moms to help me with transportation. Each team was required to stay together at all times and ride in the same vehicle. Last year I hosted was a slumber party when my daughter turned 14. She had thirty something girls sleepover and about seventeen guys participated in the Amazing Race Photo Scavenger Hunt. It came off without a glitch and the kids were so occupied and entertained that there was not one single episode of teenage drama. I was armed with a one inch binder when the scavenger hunt riddles, dares and and tri-folded bonus activities and after each team selected a team leader I handed the binder to the team leader and we loaded up in the caravan of cars, trucks and SUV's and headed to the boardwalk. The groups could complete the task in any order they chose and they did not have to complete them all (highly unlikely they would be able to in the two hours allotted for the game.) The teams were warned that they would lose points any time their group split up and they would only receive points for the competed task and solved riddles if they actually photographed it. There was a time when I would have said it would be a good idea for you to ask the kids to bring digital cameras or tell you to pre-purchase cheap disposable cameras, but who'm I kidding. Every single teen these days has a smart phone with video and camera options, so one less task for you mom. Below is a lost of the 50 regular task/challenges for the teams to complete. I also offered bonus challenges that I will go into later. Page 1 starts with: Perform any or all of the following. Each challenge is worth two (2) points, unless otherwise stated, with bonus points for creativity. You must document the event with a photo or video to receive credit. In the past I've handed out bags for the teams to bring back certain items, but it was much easier to just have them photograph particular items. If I don't write "Take a photo of" in front of the task, it is implied. Remember, no points if the event is not documented with a photo or video 1. Find a coin with Blake's birthday year on it 2. Get a stranger to serenade you 3. Take a picture with one or more team members with a family of four or more 4. Get a picture of a man with a mullet 5. Take a photo of a person wearing a concert t-shirt 6. A person playing a musical instrument 7. Get a stranger to give you his/her cell phone number 8. Convince a stranger to chug his/her beverage 9. Convince a stranger to give you some of his/her food (a french fry will do) 10. Convince a stranger to sing a U2 song (must be videotaped) 11. Get a kiss that leaves lipstick on your cheek 12. Photo of a stranger with a tattoo 13. Photo or video of a couple arguing 14. A buy one get one free coupon 15. A fortune cookie (5 bonus points for the weirdest fortune) 16. A business card (extra points if it is a lawyer) You can make this any profession, but we picked lawyer, because I'm a lawyer & so are Blake's dad and her step-dad. 17. A clean disposable toilet sea cover 18. A stranger's autograph (extra points if the name is unisex) (extra points if the name is Jordan) any unisex name can apply for your hunt 19. Entire team sitting with an unknown family at a restaurant 20. A photo of a team member with someone who is at least 85 years old. (extra points if they are smiling) (extra points if they are holding up their photo ID 21. Photo of at least two team members with a uniformed police officer (extra points if he is smiling) 22. Entire team standing by a convertible Corvette (extra points if it is red) (extra points if a team member is inside -with the owner's permission) 23. Entire Team sitting inside a boat 24. A team member hugging a stranger 25. Entire team in or next to a tree 26. Team members sliding down a slide 27. Entire team eating ice cream 28. A team member playing a pinball machine 29. A team member playing basketball 30. A team member sitting on a firetruck with a fireman 31. A team member handcuffed to a police officer 32. A team member inside a restaurant pretending to cook a meal 33. A team member inside a restaurant kitchen washing the dishes 34. Photo of graffiti (already there- DO NOT PUT IT THERE) 35. Entire team with a mascot 36. Entire team sharing one soda, each member with a straw 37. Two or more team members standing behind the display window in a retail store acting as a store window display 38. Entire team jumping, each member must be in mid air 39. Team member dressed in the funkiest get up (outfit in a store) 40. Team member delivering a meal to a stranger in a restaurant 41. The entire team in a "I can't believe we all fit in here" photo 42. Entire team playing Twister without the board. 43. A couple holding hands or kissing 44. Photo of a fashion "do" 45. Photo of a fashion "do not" 46. Pretend you are an investigative reporter and snap a photo of a questionable transaction 47. The More I dry, the wetter I get (answer- a towel) 48. What has a ring, but no finger The answer to the riddle was "shower curtain" 49. Keys open my door, buy mine only make a sound- (answer -a piano) 50. I start with an e, I end with an e, but I usually contain only one letter-(answer-an envelope) I've shared a few of the photos taken by the kids. They loved this challenge and especially liked the riddle part. The next party I did was The Amazing Race, followed by Fear Factor. I will share both of those next week. I am also adding a down loadable list of 100+ riddles for you. You can find a link to it at the top of my blog. If you have any questions I'd be glad to help. Please share your teen party ideas in the comment section.
It's finally done! That's why I haven't had time to post regularly. I've been working on this party for my boy who recently turned 16. The party was awesome, if I do say so myself, but it was a lot of work! But now I've done most of the work for you, feel free to take my ideas and run with them, or race with them as the story goes. First I scoured the internet for ideas for an Amazing Race party and found quite a few good ideas, but most of them didn't take care of all the finishing touches. All the little details that make the party great. I'm really not trying to brag or anything, but it turned out much better, and a little different then I imagined. Second, since the original show takes the players all over the globe, I wanted to re-create a little of that. So I looked through images of flags from around the world. I chose 12 of the more easier designed flags, pulled out my fabric stash and made flags for each of the countries. The cut size was 20x30 inches. They were pieced together and then sewn and roll-hemmed. I may make them into a quilt someday but I already have a request to borrow them for an upcoming youth activity at church, so the quilt will wait. The 12 countries I chose were Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, and Japan. My husband asked why I chose the countries I did when we were making up the location clues and I said just by the flag design. I went to Goodwill and found 3 different color sheets for $1 each and ripped them up in to bandana size. Each kid got a bandana in their team color to wear the rest of the night. If you look close in the pics you will see them on the kids. The colors were Blue, Yellow, and Red. Then I solicited the help from a few of my neighbors to help with the challenges. I needed locations close by for the kids to go to for each challenge. I ended up with more volunteers than challenges which was nice. There was a total of 8 challenges. At each location they hung the flag of that country in the trees outside so the kids could find it easily. Since my house was the start and finish, I hung a huge American flag above my front door. I also ordered globe balloons from Amazon to put out in the front of my house. I should have taken pictures of the front but unfortunately, I forgot to. These are the ones I chose: 1. Become a spy and change your identity. Dress up and have the handler take your picture. I found a package of mustaches at Party City that were stick on. They were a must for this challenge. The boys ended up wearing theirs for the rest of the night. 2. You must put 7 marshmallows in your mouth and say "Chubby Bunny." Then eat 7 saltines and whistle 3 notes. I only got video from this location, and I know some of the kids would be embarrassed if I posted the video. Just use your imagination. It's really funny! 3. We live by a lake that is surrounded by trees and ducks that swim in the pond. So for this challenge they had to each climb a tree, feed the ducks, and count the benches that surround the lake. It's not that big of a lake so it was relatively easy. The pic is my monkey boy in the tree. That kid can climb anything, anywhere! 4. The Italy challenge was that they were out of money and needed to get $2.00 in change. The problem was that it was mixed in with a large bowl of cold spagetti. They had to make the change as a team, while blindfolded. One of my personal favorites! 5. One challenge was at a nearby park. The kids had to slide down the slide, hang upsidedown on the jungle jim, then do underdog on the the swings. This one was also a pit stop where I gave them water and a mini candy bar. 6. For this challenge there was two tasks. One was to separate the M&M's by color and fill in the numbers on the poster board to write 1997, which is my son's birth year. Then they had to go through a large bowl of pennies and find 3 pennies that were from 1997. 7. For this one they had to unscramble some letters to send a message to my boy. I totally messed up in cutting the letters and forgot to make a D for Birthday. Thankfully the kids were smart and improvised for me. 8. The last one was to shoot 3 free throws and throw a football through a hula hoop. Pretty easy and basic, but fun at the same time. I also gave them challenges to do along the way. Each one had extra points attached to it. One of them was to take a picture of a garden gnome. Only one team found one. The others were to take pictures of license plates other than ones from AZ, take a picture of an animal other than a dog, and take a picture with a random dog walker. Each team had a person with a camera phone with them and they texted the pictures to me as they took them. Now for the details. I made envelopes that contained the information for each challenge. It was pretty easy. I just made the image in photoshop, printed it out on colored paper and folded it into an envelope. If you use my templates, you will need to cut about an inch off each side of the 8 1/2 by 11 size paper. Fold in thirds. Then cut about 1/4 inch up on each fold line on the bottom. Fold this flap up. Trim the side pieces off like shown. Then get a glue stick and glue the bottom and top flap down. I notched the top of each envelope so it was easy to pull the challenge card out. I printed 3 challege cards and envelopes for each challenge so each team got their own. I gave them to each of my friends with their supplies for their challenge to give the kids when they came. Each team got a manilla envelope with their team color on it. Inside was the race map and location clue cards along with the bonus challenge card. Now for all the free printables I promised. Each one is a .jpeg that fits an 8 1/2 by 11 size paper. These are the challenge cards. I printed these on cardstock. Since I had 3 teams, there are 3 cards per challenge. Next are the challenge envelopes. Print these on 8 1/2 by 11 colored paper and trim like shown above. Next are the destination clues. They were made to help the kids get to each country flag at each location. I gave you a blank one if you would like to make your own. Finally, the bonus challenges. I almost forgot. The invitations. The first one I printed on yellow paper then used it to make the envelope for the invitations. This is the stripped down version I used. And this is the generic version you can use. Just add your own information to it. I hope you like what you've seen today and maybe someday do a party like this. I'd love to hear about it if you do! Have an amazing day!
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We had so much fun using The Amazing Race as our Expanded Core lesson! It was a great way to do community based instruction (CBI). You can get all kinds of ideas for The Amazing Race activities online. I love Pinterest so I started there but there are a lot of great online resources to help plan. This particular Amazing Race was for our students and siblings of kids with vision impairments. To make this work as an effective ECC CBI, think about your skills and your location. It should be a good challenge but doable (this allows you to focus on meaningful instruction). I selected a mall that was not very large and didn't have an overwhelming amount of pedestrian traffic (this allowed me to really work on OM skills). We also went to a main street that had a good amount of stores and Walmart. Of course one of our first challenges was for everyone to learn about the ECC! I bought a ton of those onesie PJ costumes and my staff dressed up so we would be obvious for our students to find for challenges. That just made things fun and silly for all. In addition to the clues pictured in the post, students had to work on their ECC skills such as time management, compensatory skills, a lot of different OM skills (using landmarks, monoculars, directionality) and self-determination. The teams needed to work on communication and team building skills. Each staff member had a lesson plan so that we could provide direct instruction on all these ECC topics. Clues were printed in large print and a Braille copy. As always, be mindful of areas that should have some pre-or post teaching. If students have to figure out a ton of items, the main objectives of the lesson get lost. Each group had a (staff) coach who provided some 5 minute instruction as the students played the game. We also wanted to work in transportation skills but it was a challenge to work in public transportation. We used our school bus and named it the "rendezvous point". The bus was parked somewhere along the route and students had to use their mapping skills to locate it. No Amazing Race challenge would be complete without a food challenge. Enter the simulator kits and Oreos! This was for everyone. I bought every kind of Oreo cookie and students had to identify the flavor. It was actually a fun way of doing sensory efficiency because we had to work the other senses for sure! This could easily be a repeated activity and not just a stand alone one day program. You can even give skill level of beginner, intermediate and advanced. There is so much potential and I can't wait to do it again! It also doesn't even need to be just a blind school camp activity, families can do this as well! Just remember some of the points that I shared so that it is accessible and fun.
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It's finally done! That's why I haven't had time to post regularly. I've been working on this party for my boy who recently turned 1...
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Amazing Race party ideas! Includes free ideas for clues, pit stops, roadblock and detour challenges to help create your Amazing Race Theme Party! Plus party printables!
