Scavenger Hunt Bingo Template: Edit the List, Print the Cards: how it works
A scavenger hunt bingo template turns a hunt list into a race for a line: each team carries a different card, and five finds in a row wins. Press New set of 4 cards to deal from 88 finds in four sets: around the house, outdoors, works anywhere and photo finds. Then edit the list to fit your place.
Run the hunt from the cards
Hand each team a card and a pencil, set a boundary and a finish time, and send them off. A square is marked when the thing is found, and nothing gets carried back. Nobody has to call, because the hunt does that. For a sit-down round, open Call the game: the page names one find at a time, and whoever has that square goes to touch it.
Trim the template to your place
The starting list mixes all four sets, so trim it first. For a rainy day, copy the around-the-house and works-anywhere sets from the list below, press Empty the list, paste them into Word list, one per line and deal again. For a park, use the outdoor set and the photo finds. Then type in what only your place has: the blue door, grandpa's hat, the squeaky stair.
Tips
Settle what counts before the start: seen, touched or photographed. The lines beside the list below rule on the usual arguments.
Photo finds show teammates and objects only, never anyone who is not playing. Check the camera roll when a team shouts bingo.
With mixed ages, pair each reader with a younger hunter and pick the 3 × 3 grid for a short round.
Questions and answers
How do you win scavenger hunt bingo?
The first team with five finds in a row, across, down or corner to corner, shouts bingo, and the free square counts for everyone. For a longer hunt, play on to four corners, then blackout. If time runs out first, the card with the most marks wins. These are house rules, so state them at the start.
Is there a blank card to fill in by hand?
Not on this page: every card prints with a find in each square. To make it yours, press Empty the list, type one find per line, at least 24 for a 5 × 5 grid with a free square, and deal. About 40 lines gives each card different finds.
Does one card work indoors and outdoors?
The works-anywhere squares do: something striped, something that rolls and something older than you fit a classroom, a campsite or a hotel lobby. The other sets need a home, or a yard, street or park. Everything is found and marked, not collected, so nothing has to be picked or taken.
BookmarkAnything holding a place in a book counts, even a receipt.
Clothespin
Coat hanger
Deck of cards
Envelope
FlashlightIt has to switch on. The light on a phone does not count.
Fridge magnet
Hair tie
Jigsaw piece
Library bookWith no library book in the house, any borrowed book counts.
Loose buttonButtons still sewn to a shirt do not count.
Measuring cup
Odd sockOne sock whose partner nobody can find. Splitting a pair on purpose does not count.
Oven mitt
Pair of diceTwo dice from two different games still make a pair.
Paper clip
Pillowcase
Rubber band
ShoelaceIn a shoe nobody is wearing, or out of one.
Tape measureA ruler counts if the house has no tape measure.
UmbrellaFound, not opened.
Wall calendar
Wooden spoon
Yard, street and park 24
Basketball hoop
Bicycle
Bird feeder
Chalk drawingIf nobody has drawn one yet, draw one and mark the square.
DandelionYellow flower or white seed head, either one.
FeatherSpot it and leave it where it lies.
Fire hydrant
FlagOn a pole, a porch or a car.
Garden gate
Garden hose
House numberAny posted number on a house, a gate or a curb.
Mailbox
Park bench
Picnic table
Pine cone
Porch light
Smooth stone
Spider webLook, do not touch.
Street name sign
Swing
Watering can
Welcome matAny doormat counts, with words or without.
Wind chime
Y-shaped stickOn the ground already. Nothing is broken off a tree.
Works anywhere 24
Something bumpy
Something green
Something longer than your arm
Something made of wood
Something older than youOlder than the oldest player on the team.
Something red
Something round
Something see-through
Something shiny
Something soft
Something square
Something striped
Something that comes in pairs
Something that floatsProve it in a sink, a bucket or a puddle.
Something that makes noiseThe thing makes the noise, not the player holding it.
Something that opens
Something that rollsProve it: give it a push.
Something that smells goodOne other player has to agree.
Something that starts with BChange the letter in the word list before you deal.
Something tinySmaller than your thumbnail.
Something with a name on itA person's name, not a product name.
Something with a zipper
Something with numbers on it
Something with wheels
Photo finds for teams 16
A face in an objectTwo dots and a line will do: a house front, a wall outlet, a knot in a plank.
Every teammate's shoesOne photo, all the shoes, feet still in them.
Five colors in one photoFive objects, five different colors.
Hands making a heart
The number 7
Shadow shaped like a letter
Sign with your initialAny teammate's first initial, anywhere on the sign.
Something shaped like a star
Something taller than the teamGet the whole team and the whole thing in one shot.
Team lined up by height
Team selfie by a doorOnly players in the frame.
Teammate in a reflectionA window, a puddle or the back of a spoon.
Teammate in mid-jumpBoth feet off the ground when the photo is taken.
Teammate reading upside downThe book is upside down, not the teammate.
Two things that rhymeBoth in one photo: a sock on a rock, a hat on a mat.
View from ground levelPhone on the ground, pointing up.
How this list was compiled: Written for this page by the Game Night Generator editors: 88 things to find in four sets (24 around the house, 24 in a yard, street or park, 24 that work anywhere, 16 photo finds for teams). Every square is 30 characters or fewer, names no brand or store, and is marked when it is found: nothing on the list has to be picked, bought or carried off. Photo finds show teammates and objects only, never a person who is not playing. The line beside a square is our what-counts ruling for the usual argument, written as a house rule and not as an official rule, because a scavenger hunt has none. The description of the game (a prepared list, small teams, first to finish or most found, photo variants) was checked against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scavenger_hunt on September 18, 2026, and the bingo win patterns on the page (a line, four corners, blackout, free center square) against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bingo_(American_version) on the same day. Licence: own work