75-Minute Picture Scavenger Hunt

Start & End Location: Trinity UMC (1400 Oxmoor Rd, Birmingham, AL)

Teams: 4–6 students per vehicle + adult leader driver

Rules

  1. Safety first: seatbelts on, adult leader drives only, no rushing across streets or into private spaces.

  2. Time is strict: late teams lose 5 points per minute after 7:40.

  3. Proof is in the Picture: every challenge must include at least one team member.

  4. Respect spaces & people.

Must-Do Start & End

(no points, but required)

  • Starting photo: Whole team in front of the Element sign out front on Seminole Drive before leaving.

  • Ending photo: Whole team with your parent driver at Trinity when you return.

Scavenger Hunt Challenges

(choose & strategize)

  1. Take a pic high fiving outside of an ice cream shop

    • 5 Bonus Points if it’s Marf’s favorite

  2. Take a pretend workout pic in front of a workout studio

    • 5 Bonus Points if it’s Robert’s favorite

  3. Take a pic on a park playground

    • 5 Bonus Points if it’s Rhys’s favorite park

  4. Take a pic star jump pic in front of a restaurant

    • 5 Bonus Points if it’s Parker’s favorite

  5. Take an album cover pic in front of a music store

    • 5 Bonus Points if it’s Jackson’s favorite

  6. Take a family photo pic in front of an elementary school

    • 5 Bonus Points if it’s Betsy’s elementary school

  7. Take a selfie in front of a high school

    • 5 Bonus Points if it’s Thomas’s high school

  8. Take a pic running on a running route

    • 5 Bonus Points if it’s Blake’s favorite

  9. Pose like superheroes in front of a fountain

  10. Group “jump shot” with a clock in the background

  11. Giant Pyramid pose with a Vulcan in the background

  12. Everyone makes the same face at the same time (bonus if strangers join)

  13. The entire team hiding behind one object (think: tree, trash can, statue)

  14. Take a picture in front of a UMC (30 bonus points if you take a selfie with their

    youth group)

  15. Picture in front of the coffee shop that’s viral for Blueberry Vanilla Latte.

  16. Take a picture at 7:11

  17. Pretend to shop for something out of your league

  18. Photo with a firefighter, police officer, or city worker (with their permission).

  19. Spell out ELEMENT with your bodies.

  20. 6 7

  21. 41

  22. Photo in front of an Element Staff House

    • Rhys (5 points)

    • Robert (10 points)

    • Marf (10 points)

    • Betsy (15 points)

    • Jackson (20 points)

    • Blake (30 points)

    • Tony-Parker (60 points)

  23. Take a group picture with the manager of a restaurant (15 points)

  24. Earn 10 points per photo in front of different city halls.

Scoring

  • Late return = –5 pts per minute

  • Extra awards: funniest photo, most creative, best teamwork