How cool we are continuing to grow. Please take a moment to welcome our newest members, @Samuel Wendland and @Aurelie Delahalle. I know things can get a little chaotic here. Our goal is to have fun and bring more play into our lives and those of the children we care for and about. The classroom is going to be undergoing a makeover but I encourage you to take a look at the Start Here and when you are ready, please say Hello!

The board is set, the community has spoken, and the chaos is officially beginning! It’s time to gather together, grab your cameras, and start hunting. Here is your official 4x4 Scavenger Hunt Bingo Board. The Mission: To achieve a Blackout Win, you must submit 10 unique photos/videos. Each photo must correspond to one of the 10 possible Bingo lines (4 horizontal, 4 vertical, 2 diagonal). The Golden Rule: Every single item in your chosen line must appear in the same photo! If your line is "Pink + Peach + Grass + High Five," all four of those must be in one shot. What You Need to Do: 1. Study the Board: Check out the items we crowdsourced together. 2. Consult the Chaos-Navigation Guide: Use the guide below to make sure you don't miss any of the 10 required combinations. 3. Coordinate: Don't be the team that forgets a photo! Communication key. 4. Submit: DM your completed photos/videos to me no later than 11:59 pm CDT, Monday 3/30. The Prizes: We aren't just looking for the fastest; we’re looking for the most creative and the best team spirit! Check out the prize categories below to see what you're playing for. Be creative, family friend interpretations are encouraged! The one don’t, no AI or online tools to create items you don’t have. Don’t have an Orange (fruit) but have a package of pink drink mix, who says you can’t flip them. I’ll be here all day if you have questions.

🔍 Everyone loves a good Scavenger Hunt! But after presenting the same style again and again, a list of objects or actions feels overused and underwhelming. You want your guests and players to be surprised! Over the years I increased the difficulty through various methods but this was my favourite. 1. Without telling the players why, ask for 4 colours, 4 objects, 4 instruments, 4 actions, etc. 2. Place them inside the 4x4 grid. 3. Using the rules of Bingo turn it into a Scavenger Hunt! 4. Each photo or video a team submits must have multiple items included in the photo/video. 5. We used a 4x4 grid because 5x5 would be too much! 📸 In a 4x4 grid there are 10 possible BINGO lines which means they must submit 10 different photos ☝️Each item is used multiple times. ☝️Colours mean they must find a physical object in that colour. Excellent team communication and coordination are NON-NEGOTIABLE in this challenge. Scavenger hunts are usually scored based on speed! The last time I did this Challenge one of the teams were so disorganized they completely skipped some of the photos and submitted the same photo 3 times by different team members. Not one team member caught the mistake! Below are 5 Bingo grids I made yesterday for my favourite people! These are just an example. You can change anything you’d like!

Community member @Adam Formanek shared this video over in his community, The Game Vault and there was some lively conversation about whether you would participate and if yes, what would your bike look like. This reminded me a lot of GiSH, a global scavenger hunt I used to participate in so here’s the video. Now, would you compete and what would you build? I had an idea but needed help from Chat.

It’s been a lovely weekend 😂