Thinking caps on, please

[anigo]

I've got a birthday party coming up for a nine year old next month.

We've hit on a fun (and incredibly cheap!) idea - A mall scavenger hunt. The plan is for The Kid to invite a bunch of her friends, we'll hit the mall and break up into two teams, each headed by an adult (Me and niffer8) with a camera. The players in each team will take turns finding or doing the task that they've chosen out of a hat. The adult chaperon will take a picture confirming that task has been done. The tasks we've come up with so far include...

- Go to the fountain in the center court and pretend you’ve lost a contact lens

- Go find a bra and put it on over your shirt.

- Find a redhead and ask them if you can have your picture taken with him or her

- Go to the food court and ask for a cup of water

- Find a frog and hug it

- Shake the hand of a mannequin

- Find a watch or clock with the right time on it.

I want some more tasks. Anybody have any ideas? We want fun. We want a little tiny bit daring. We don't want to be too disruptive or obnoxious or annoying.

C'mon. There are some smart people out there. Give me a hand here.

Comments

[fyremaven.livejournal.com]

hmmm, dunno how a picture would prove some of this, but you could have them sing a round of 'row, row, row your boat' or some other obnoxious (but simple) song in the main food court....maybe even have them put a hat with a few dollar bills in it in front of them. not too disruptive but fun and silly for all.

they could ask strangers for items....of course since there's an adult with each group it's not frightening or dangerous for them to do this. and i mean little stuff like a penny, a bobby pin, think up stuff people might have on them that they wouldnt mind giving up.

gosh we used to do this when i was a kid, i've forgotten most of the kewl stuff we asked for. in those days we got a list and went door to door in our neighborhood.

not these days, right?

[framlingem.livejournal.com]

As a prior food court worker, can I ask two things - that you NOT do the glass of water thing if the foodcourt is busy, and that each group is given a quarter? We were required to charge a nickel to cover the cost of the cup, and we hated doing it, and always got yelled at.

Might be better not to do that one if there are water fountains available, at any rate. I got so _sick_ of pointing them out to people.

/disgruntled Mmmuffins Girl.

Other ideas... hm. Play with a hula hoop at the toystore? Sing along with a sample CD in a music store?