ABSTRACT

Decide on eight to twelve locations that you want participants to visit and what items they can bring from the various places. For example, they can pick up employee handbooks at the Human Resources office, get brochures from the employee exercise facility, get a copy of this week's lunch menus from the cafeteria. Prepare two or three versions of the treasure hunt list with the items in different order. Give each team a treasure hunt list and tell them they have twenty minutes to gather all of the items and return to the room. Explain that the gathering of items must be done as a team. Use a pirate theme throughout the game. Give everyone a pirate hat to wear. Prizes can be chocolate 'gold medallions' or small treasure chests of treats. For a companion activity, the companion can give the new person a treasure hunt list and allow twenty minutes for them to gather all the items.