A company picnic mixes people who share an office with children who have never seen it. These company picnic scavenger hunt ideas give both a job: finds at the tables and in the park, and tasks nobody can do alone.
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Mix the teams before you print
Put a child, a new hire and somebody from another site on each team. Choose a set in the menu, deal the list, and print one sheet for each team. Mixed-age team tasks need the youngest player for the hardest points.
Colleague questions that anyone can answer
Find a colleague who asks about dishes, pets, books and tunes, never about family, age, faith or health. A colleague initials the sheet or passes, and a pass costs nothing.
Tips
Set the boundary out loud: the picnic area, and no farther than the playground.
Hold the count-up at the dessert table, where A ribbon that somebody won today can be shown off.
Questions and answers
What can you hunt for at a company picnic?
Things the day already has: A cooler on wheels, a whole watermelon, the number on the picnic shelter and Two potato salads that look nothing alike. Common finds score 1 point and rare ones 3.
How do you include children on the teams?
Use Mixed-age team tasks: every shoe in a line from smallest to largest, a paper plate caught by the youngest player, a drawing of the picnic signed by the team. Adults cannot score them alone.
Is it the same as the office hunt?
No. The office hunt stays inside a building on a work day. Nothing on this list needs a desk, and no task is shared between the two.
A bin marked for cans and bottles only1 point. Use it on the way past.
A clean serving spoon still waiting on the table2 points. Nobody has dipped it yet.
A cooler on wheels1 point. Spotted, not opened.
A dessert that somebody baked at home2 points. Ask at the table. The baker may pass.
A dish with a handwritten label2 points. Read the label out to your team.
A folding chair with a cup holder in the arm1 point. Empty or occupied.
A name tag stuck to something that is not a person3 points. A cooler, a chair, a dish: say what it was on.
A pile of napkins pinned down by a stone or a spoon2 points. Say what is holding them.
A pitcher with slices of lemon in it1 point. Lemonade or iced tea, either one.
A squeeze bottle standing on its lid2 points. Ketchup or mustard, upside down on purpose.
A tablecloth held down with clips, stones or tape2 points. Say which of the three is doing the job.
A tablecloth too short for its table1 point. One end of the table has to show.
A whole watermelon1 point. Uncut. Slices do not count.
Two potato salads that look nothing alike3 points. Both on the tables at once.
In the park 14
A bench that looks away from the tables3 points. Say what it looks at instead.
A bird waiting for crumbs1 point. It gets none from the hunt.
A grill with a lid1 point. Looked at from a step back. Nobody lifts the lid.
A horseshoe pit or a volleyball net2 points. Say which one this park has.
A line of ants on the move3 points. Watched and left alone.
A patch of shade big enough for the whole team1 point. Everyone stands in it at once.
A playground slide1 point. Seen from the picnic area.
A rule on the park's board that surprises you2 points. Write it down in the board's own words.
A spigot or a hose reel beside the shelter2 points. Spotted, not turned on.
A table bolted or chained to the ground2 points. Look under the bench for the bolts.
A tree root that pokes up through the grass1 point. Step over it, then tick it.
A tree trunk wide enough to hide two players2 points. Two players stand behind it to prove it.
The hour the park closes, from its rules board2 points. Write the time.
The number on the picnic shelter2 points. Write it on the sheet.
Find a colleague who 14
Find a colleague nobody on your team had met before today2 points. Shake hands, and now you have.
Find a colleague who brought a ball, a flying disc or a kite1 point. They show it, or point to it.
Find a colleague who brought a dish they made themselves1 point. Write the name of the dish, not the cook.
Find a colleague who can fold a paper airplane that flies2 points. One fold, one throw, from a spare sheet.
Find a colleague who can whistle with two fingers3 points. One short whistle, away from the tables.
Find a colleague who grows something they can eat2 points. They name the plant, or pass.
Find a colleague who guesses the tune you hum2 points. Three guesses.
Find a colleague who helped set up, and thank them1 point. The thank-you is the task.
Find a colleague who knows a coin trick or a card trick3 points. They may show it or just say so.
Find a colleague who knows every word of a campfire song2 points. They say the first line, or pass.
Find a colleague who knows the shelter number without looking3 points. One try, eyes on you.
Find a colleague who packed a picnic blanket1 point. They point to it.
Find a colleague who works at a different site from your whole team2 points. A different floor counts in a one-building company.
Find a colleague whose favorite picnic food matches yours1 point. Write the food.
Mixed-age team tasks 14
A drawing of the picnic by the youngest player, signed by the team2 points. On a paper plate or a napkin.
A full cup of water passed down the whole team without a spill2 points. Hand to hand, smallest hands included.
A leaf, a stone and a stick that fit in one small hand1 point. Put all three back after the photo.
A paper airplane that flies the length of a picnic table3 points. Folded from a spare sheet, not from the hunt list.
A paper plate thrown and caught by the youngest player2 points. Thrown from five steps away. Three tries.
A spoon balanced on one finger by every player2 points. A slow count of five each.
A team name and a cheer of six words2 points. Written on the sheet and shouted once.
A tower of ten paper cups2 points. It has to stand for a slow count of five.
A word from the menu spelled out by the players' arms3 points. Three letters is enough. The judges have to read it.
Every hand on the team in one ring, biggest to smallest1 point. Photographed from above.
Every shoe on the team in a line, smallest to largest1 point. Own team's shoes only. Feet back in before the next task.
The team lined up by first name, A to Z, without talking3 points. Pointing and nodding are allowed.
Ten steps walked together, each player's ankle beside a teammate's2 points. Side by side, slowly. Nothing is tied.
The whole team squeezed onto one picnic bench2 points. Everybody sitting. Nobody stands on it.
Field-day finds 14
A bean bag1 point. On the grass or in the air.
A bucket of water balloons, still full3 points. The hunt bursts none.
A hand-lettered scoreboard2 points. On card, a whiteboard or the side of a box.
A hoop lying flat as a target1 point. Say what is being thrown at it.
A relay baton, or whatever is standing in for one2 points. Say what it really is.
A ribbon that somebody won today3 points. Its winner holds it up.
A rope laid out for a tug of war1 point. Look for the mark at its middle.
A start line made of flour, rope or cones2 points. Say which.
A stopwatch, or a phone used as one1 point. It has to be timing something.
A team in matching bandanas or stickers2 points. Another team, not your own.
A whistle on a string1 point. Round somebody's neck or on the games table.
Sacks laid out for a jumping race1 point. Empty, or with somebody already in one.
Two racers with their ankles tied together2 points. Ticked from the side of the course.
Whoever is judging a contest, clipboard in hand2 points. Ticked, not interrupted.
How this list was compiled
Written for this site by its editors in September 2026: original finds and team tasks for a company picnic in a park, where colleagues bring their families and teams mix ages, sorted into At the tables, In the park, Find a colleague who, Mixed-age team tasks and Field-day finds. Nothing was copied from another list, and no task is taken from the office list. No company, park, shop or brand is named, and no find is a drink for adults or the inside of a cooler. Every task stays inside the picnic area, buys nothing, takes nothing and photographs the player's own team only. Every Find a colleague who task was screened on 2026-09-30 against the characteristics the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lists as protected (race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability and genetic information; https://www.eeoc.gov/employers/small-business/3-who-protected-employment-discrimination): none asks about any of them or about family, health, faith or length of service, and any colleague may pass. The notes are judging rules, not facts. Points and levels are the editors' judgment. Licence: own work