Office Scavenger Hunt (Free Printable Team Score Sheet)
Print a free office scavenger hunt with 36 team-building finds: desk oddities, kitchen mysteries, coworkers to meet and a few group photos. It fits a lunch hour and needs nothing but the sheet and a phone.
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The hunt list
All 36 items are loaded above with points after the bar: quick finds are worth one, conversations and group photos are worth three. Trim anything your building does not have and add your own office legends.
- A stapler that actually has staples (1 pts)
- A mug with a saying on it (1 pts)
- A desk plant that is still alive (2 pts)
- A pen from a hotel or conference (2 pts)
- A sticky note with a drawing on it (2 pts)
- A calendar still showing last month (2 pts)
- The fire extinguisher nearest your desk (1 pts)
- The first aid kit (2 pts)
- A spare phone charger (1 pts)
- A keyboard with one worn-out key (2 pts)
- The oldest piece of equipment still in use (3 pts)
- A photo of a pet on a desk (2 pts)
- A kitchen snack with nobody's name on it (1 pts)
- A fridge item with a name on it (leave it where it is) (1 pts)
- Three mugs that do not match (2 pts)
- A tea flavor nobody admits to buying (2 pts)
- A printer paper tray your team refilled (2 pts)
- A coworker who has worked here more than ten years (3 pts)
- A coworker who started this year (2 pts)
- A coworker who speaks three or more languages (3 pts)
- A coworker who bikes or walks to work (2 pts)
- A coworker born in another state or country (2 pts)
- A coworker whose first job was in food service (2 pts)
- Team photo: everyone pointing at a clock (3 pts)
- Team photo: the whole team in one doorway (3 pts)
- Team photo: a stack of hands, no climbing (3 pts)
- Team photo: everyone holding something blue (2 pts)
- Team photo in front of the company sign (2 pts)
- A building rule posted on a wall (1 pts)
- The emergency exit map for your floor (2 pts)
- A lost and found item at reception (2 pts)
- A whiteboard with a doodle on it (not real work) (2 pts)
- A rubber band ball or paperclip chain (3 pts)
- Something in the supply closet nobody knows how to use (3 pts)
- A window with a view of a tree (1 pts)
- A handwritten thank-you note on a desk (3 pts)
How to run an office scavenger hunt
An office hunt gets people away from their desks and talking to colleagues they usually only email. It works best as the activity between the food and the dessert at a team lunch, or as the opening hour of an off-site day.
- Walk the list with a colleague the day before and strike anything your building does not have.
- Split people into teams of three to five, mixing departments and seniority so nobody hunts with their usual lunch group.
- Hand each team a printed sheet, set a time limit of 30 to 45 minutes and name a meeting point for the finish.
- Teams tick finds, take a photo for the photo tasks and write a name next to every coworker line.
- Score together at the meeting point, award a tiny prize and show the best photos on a screen.
Variations for different workplaces
- Floor map edition. Add a line for each department: visit it, learn one thing they are working on and write it down. Good for a company that has grown fast.
- Remote teams. Swap the office finds for home office ones: a mug, a plant, the view from a window, a pet. Teams share photos in the group chat within the hour.
- Kindness points. Give three points for every item a team completes for someone else, such as refilling the printer or watering a thirsty plant.
- Two-week slow hunt. Hang one sheet per team in the kitchen and let people tick items whenever they pass.
Tips for organizers
Points are deliberately uneven. A stapler is worth one and a colleague with ten years of tenure is worth three, so teams have to choose between quick wins and real conversations.
Ask managers to play on teams rather than judge. The game flattens the hierarchy for an hour, which is most of its value.
Tell reception or the facilities team beforehand so they know thirty people will be wandering around with phones out.
Etiquette and what to leave alone
Walk past anyone wearing headphones or on a call. People who are not playing still have a working day, and a point is not worth the interruption. Give meeting rooms with a closed door a wide berth and keep voices down near quiet areas.
Nothing confidential appears in a photo: no screens, no whiteboards with real work on them, no documents and no customer names. Everyone in a picture has agreed to be in it. The fridge and other people's desks are for looking, not opening, and anything you move goes back where it was.
Printing for a team event
The team score sheet layout prints one page per team with a points column and a total box, so six copies covers a group of around 25 people. Print on plain paper and hand out with a pen; clipboards help if the hunt heads outside. For a company-wide event, print one extra sheet for the judges' table so scoring goes quickly.
FAQ
How long does an office scavenger hunt take?
Plan 30 to 45 minutes of hunting plus 15 minutes of scoring and photo sharing. For a short lunch, cut the list to 20 items.
Does it work for a small team of six?
Yes. Play in pairs or as individuals, switch to the checklist layout and drop the photo tasks that need a crowd.
Can we use it with people in different offices?
Each location runs its own hunt with the same list at the same time and shares photos in one chat. Compare scores on a video call at the end.