Scavenger Hunt

For entertainment,  I decided to challenge the Thanksgiving family gathering with a Scavenger Hunt.  I haven't done one of those in years,  but always enjoy it so much.  "My Version" is to hide a variety of ordinary, everyday objects around the room in plain view.  They are camouflaged by the place they are hiding.   For example,  a white shoe lace was wrapped around the end of a white curtain rod.  All ten of the objects were clearly visible, if one thinks to look there.  But they were very hard to find!

The directions are:  Use your eyes only!  Do not touch anything!  Look up, down, all around,  but do not use your hands.  Everything was pretty much 'hidden' in the one living room area, rather than in multiple rooms.

Boy, they really got into it!.   The "hunt" was held between the meal and dessert,  just for a change of scenery.  My family likes to play games, especially some of them.  I thought it might take 15 minutes, and after 15 minutes I started offering to give clues.   Several of them who were really into the game did not want me to give clues.  Others were begging for them.   Often the 'hidden object' would be right in front of their face and they still would not see it!

 Whoever won would be crowned "the most observant".   After more than half an hour, that honor went to my oldest daughter who finally found all the objects.   It was a fun game!

After that, we enjoyed Emma's birthday party and ice cream cake!  Great time!