Utilizing a Scavenger Hunt App for Hybrid Halloween Events

There’s no doubt that community events have changed since the beginning of the pandemic. And while we’re on our way to regaining some or our normalcy, hybrid options for in-person and at-home events are the perfect way to make sure you keep your community engaged and having fun!

Whether you’re looking to spruce up your usual Halloween activities, or for a way for people to participate in the Halloween spirit from the comfort of their homes, Eventzee is ready to make this Halloween the best one yet for your community!

Playing in Person

 

Trick or Treat on the Street

Many towns have trick or treat options that involve local businesses, shops, and vendors. If your downtown is hosting an in-person trick or treat this year, let participants engage with the event on another level by using Eventzee’s scavenger hunt app.

Owners of shops and businesses can make it even more enticing by offering discounts to those who are participating in the event. For every location the participants visit, they can scan a QR code or submit pictures to earn points towards a prize!

Last year, Downtown Jacksonville, FL, launched a Halloweek event with the goal of bringing people back to the downtown area to engage with the local businesses. The hunt involved scanning at least 10 QR codes from participating businesses, and anyone who completed that challenge was awarded a $20 #DTJax e-Gift Card from the downtown association. With the event being a hit, it’s soon to begin again in the next few weeks.

Outdoor Scavenger Hunt in Town

One classic use of the Eventzee scavenger hunt app is to host a scavenger hunt in your town or community. Give clues to certain town-based landmarks, have people pose at their favorite shops and restaurants, and more!

For Halloween, use this type of hunt for a maze of haunted houses! Eventzee’s map feature can guide participants through a maze of different haunted locations. The more locations they visit and submit, the more points they’ll receive!

 

Tricky riddles for treats!

For a more advanced scavenger hunt option, engage your participants in a hunt full of spooky, tricky riddles! While playing in teams or individually, participants will have to decode messages and figure out the meaning behind the clues you put in place. 

 

Playing from Home 

 

Submit a Spooky Story

How creative are your participants? Have them engage with the spooky season to create their own haunted story. You can make them write the story based off of a place in your downtown or community, or just let them use their imagination!

As a bonus, give extra points to those who submit their stories as a video. Have them either act it out, or tell it campfire-style!

Throwbacks! Submit Pics of Costumes from Years Past

Halloween costumes have certainly changed over the years! Have participants submit pictures of themselves from Halloween’s past. For an extra twist, award a lot of points to an individual or team who can recreate the costume from stuff they have around the house!

We love throwback pics so much that this was a clue on one of our previous Weekend Warrior hunts! If you’re looking for more creative clues, you can find out our other Halloween Weekend Warrior hunts on our website!

Pumpkin Carving Contests from Home

A classic October activity – ask participants to carve their most creative pumpkin and submit a photo to the app! 

Be sure to tell them ahead of time that they’ll need a pumpkin. Or, if you’d rather throw a silly twist to the traditional fun, tell participants to make a jack-o-lantern from a fruit or veggie that’s not a pumpkin!

Make it Sweet

Trick or treaters may be coming soon! Have participants gather all the candy they can find around the house and submit a photo of it! The participant with the most candy, or the most different types of candy, gets the most points! 

No matter what kind of fun you’re having this Halloween season, Eventzee’s scavenger hunt app is here to make it the best event yet, whether hybrid, in-person, or remote. For more information and to get in touch, contact Craig Holland, sales@eventzeeapp.com.

Jacksonville Celebrates Holiday Fun With Eventzee by Freeze Tag

Jacksonville Celebrates Holiday Fun With Eventzee by Freeze Tag

Jacksonville, Florida’s Downtown Business Improvement District, Downtown Vision, launched a virtual community engagement event using the Eventzee scavenger hunt app. Utilizing Eventzee technology, the “Halloweek” event encouraged residents and visitors to frequent a variety of businesses in Downtown Jacksonville.

“The Halloweek event by the Downtown Jacksonville team is a wonderful example of how creative organizations can be in motivating community members to visit local businesses who have been adversely affected during this pandemic,” said Craig Holland, CEO of Freeze Tag, “We believe similar programs using our Eventzee platform would be of benefit to many other downtown organizations across the country.”  

According to Downtown Vision, Halloweek was designed to bring people back Downtown and to help keep visitors and businesses safe by spreading out the visitation numbers throughout the week. In lieu of the one-day Trick-or-Treat on the Street this year, they invited residents to join the Halloween Hunt.

Using the built-in leaderboard and scoring mechanisms in the Eventzee app, players were challenged to seek out and scan at least 10 QR codes at participating businesses between Monday, October 26th and Friday, October 30th. All those players who achieved this goal received a $20 #DTJax e-Gift Card from Downtown Vision.

In addition, all hunters who scanned at least 10 QR Codes were entered into a drawing to receive prize baskets from Downtown businesses. Players were encouraged to participate in special photo challenges for extra entries into the contest. 

“This year, we were looking to transform our annual one-day Halloween festivity into a safe and socially distant scavenger hunt as part of Halloweek,” said Lexi Brantman, Downtown Vision’s Director of Communications. “Eventzee came highly recommended during the International Downtown Association’s annual conference and was the perfect fit for our needs and budget. Players really got into the QR Hunt around Downtown. In addition, Eventzee allowed us to add photo challenges to our game giving us more than 150 photos we can use to market all the happenings in Downtown.”  

Downtown Vision shared that the scavenger hunt was successful, with more than 35 Downtown businesses participating, all of who appreciated the increased traffic to their stores. In fact, Downtown Vision is planning on conducting additional events using the Eventzee virtual event platform in the coming months. 

If you’re interested in hosting an Eventzee scavenger hunt visit our website and contact our team to set up the best package for you. You can also email us at sales@eventzeeapp.com or call us at 714-210-3850 x15. Eventzee is ideal for trade shows, conferences and orientations. Businesses can use the app to drive traffic to specific locations, promote vendors or products and increase social interactions, while observing appropriate social distances. Some clients use Eventzee to hold contests and give away prizes to their most engaged customers. There are many ways Eventzee can help you achieve your business goals. For more information visit https://eventzeeapp.com/.

About Downtown Jacksonville
Downtown Vision, Inc. (DVI) is a not-for-profit organization with a mission to help revitalize DTJax through clean and safe initiatives, experience creation, marketing and information management. Created by commercial property owners through a self-assessment and governed by a board representing Downtown property owners, DVI administers a 90-block Business Improvement District. For more information, visit downtownjacksonville.com.

About Freeze Tag, Inc.
Freeze Tag, Inc. is a leading creator of mobile location-based games for consumers and businesses.  Our portfolio includes hits such as Munzee, a social platform with nearly 10 million locations worldwide and hundreds of thousands of players that blends gamification and geolocation into an experience that rewards players for going places in the physical world, Garfield Go, a Pokemon Go style augmented reality game based on the iconic cat Garfield, WallaBee, an addictive collecting game with over 2,200 beautifully drawn digital cards, as well as many social mobile games that provide endless hours of family-friendly fun. We also offer our technology and services to businesses that want to leverage mobile gaming in their marketing and branding programs. For example, our Eventzee solution allows businesses to create private scavenger hunts in physical places such as malls, tradeshows, company events or campuses to create immersive brand experiences.  For more information about Freeze Tag, go to: https://www.freezetag.com 

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Contact:

info@freezetag.com

714-210-3850 x26 

Weekend Warriors: Week 187 Public Hunt Clues

Weekend Warriors: Week 187 Public Hunt Clues

Another Weekend Warriors free photo scavenger hunt has started! 15 clues will be live until the hunt ends on Sunday at 3 PM CST. Your photo will be either approved or rejected by our admin staff. Be sure to check the cumulative leaderboard so you can see how well you’re doing and remember that tiebreakers are based on the amount of time it takes your to finish all the clues!

The more photos you submit, the more badges you’ll earn for a variety of achievements. To see the Eventzee Badge List CLICK HERE. To see if your photos have been added to the gallery visit www.eventzeeapp.com/gallery. Let the hunt begin!

To join the hunt just use the code “WW187” after you login.

  • Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter – Find a sign that says “NO TRESPASSING”.
  • Anyone Home? – Take a picture ringing a doorbell or using a door knocker.
  • Bark At The Moon – Get in touch with your animal side and howl at the moon.
  • Captures Challenge – Week 20 – I’m ready for my close up! Get real up close and personal with something and take a picture.
  • Double Double Toil and Trouble – Brew up a spell in your cauldron.
  • It Takes Two – Creatively represent a costume that takes two people.
  • It’s Alive! – Show us your best Frankenstein’s Monster impersonation.
  • Monster Mash – Creatively represent one or all of the classic movie monsters: Dracula, The Mummy, The Wolf Man, Frankenstein’s Monster, etc.
  • Talk Shows On Mute – Creatively represent being a talk show host on your own television show.
  • The Waltzing Dead – Rotting flesh? Fresh grave dirt all over your clothes? It’s not easy being a zombie, but show us your best attempt. Get creative!
  • Toys of Terror – Take a photo of a creepy doll or toy.
  • Treat – Show us your favorite candy. It’s alright, you deserve it.
  • Trick – Play a trick or prank on someone.
  • Walking In The Spiderwebs – Creatively represent being caught in a spiderweb.
  • Witch’s Familiar – Take a picture of an animal with black fur.
Weekend Warriors: Week 184 Public Hunt Clues

Weekend Warriors: Week 184 Public Hunt Clues

Another Weekend Warriors free photo scavenger hunt has started! 15 clues will be live until the hunt ends on Sunday at 3 PM CST. Your photo will be either approved or rejected by our admin staff. Be sure to check the cumulative leaderboard so you can see how well you’re doing and remember that tiebreakers are based on the amount of time it takes your to finish all the clues!

The more photos you submit, the more badges you’ll earn for a variety of achievements. To see the Eventzee Badge List CLICK HERE. To see if your photos have been added to the gallery visit www.eventzeeapp.com/gallery. Let the hunt begin!

To join the hunt just use the code “WW184” after you login.

  • #ThrowbackThursday – Upload a picture of the first scary movie you watched.
  • Bold Bavarian – Take a picture of something with the Bavarian flag pattern.
  • Captures Challenge – Week 17 – You shouldn’t judge someone until you walk a mile in their shoes. Take a picture of your favorite pair of shoes.
  • Dimly Lit – Take a picture using only candlelight.
  • Fright Night – Creatively represent jumping out and scaring someone.
  • Good vs. Evil – Creatively represent having an angel and a devil on your shoulders.
  • Hole In One – Take a picture at a golf course.
  • I Came! I Saw! I Conquered! – A unique Oktoberfest tradition is the log sawing competition. Creatively represent this wonderfully wooded contest.
  • Made In America – Take a photo of an item that states it is made in your home country. Must be able to see the “Made In ???” in the photo.
  • PROST! – Take a photo tapping another person’s glass/mug in cheers!
  • Patio Picasso – Take a picture of an outdoor piece of art.
  • Pumpkin Spice – Take a picture of something pumpkin flavored.
  • What’s the Hatter with You? – Creatively represent being the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland.
  • Would You Rather… – Stay the night at Dracula’s castle or have Dr. Frankenstein be your personal physician?
  • Yo Quiero Taco! – Take a picture of a place that sells Mexican food.
Weekend Warriors: Week 187 Public Hunt Clues

(Wicked) Weekend Warriors 33 Clues

Scan this code in the Eventzee app to join the hunt!

Scan this code in the Eventzee app to join the hunt!

A special Halloween themed Weekend Warriors free photo scavenger hunt has started! 15 clues will be live until the hunt ends on Sunday at 3 PM CST. Your photo will be either approved or rejected by our admin staff. Be sure to check the cumulative leaderboard so you can see how well you’re doing and remember that tiebreakers are based on the amount of time it takes your to finish all the clues!

Remember, we also released some new badges based on gallery submissions so be sure to get creative with your photos. To see if your photos have been added to the gallery visitwww.eventzeeapp.com/gallery. Let the hunt begin!

  • #ThrowBackThursday – Share a past pic of you in trick or treating in costume.
  • Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here – Find a sign that says “NO TRESPASSING.”
  • All Hallow’s Eve – Take a photo of a sign, poster or something in public that says “Halloween.” Must be outside of your home.
  • Alphabet Soup- X – Find something that starts with the letter X.
  • Freaky Flat Face – Print out the Flat Bob mask, color it and pose for a pic. You can find the mask PDF on the Eventzee blog.
  • Ghost Stories – Shine a light under your face and prepare to tell a spooky ghost story.
  • Howl At The Moon – Take a photo howling at the moon. Silver bullets need to not be present.
  • Le Chat Noir – Thursday is #NationalCatDay so take a photo of a furry feline. Bragging rights if it’s a superstitious black cat.
  • Monster Mash – Creatively represent one or all of the classic movie monsters: Dracula, The Mummy, The Wolf Man, Frankenstein’s Monster, etc.
  • RIP – Make a tombstone for yourself. Be sure to include a few nice words about yourself.
  • Ritualistic Residents – Take a photo of a home that is decorated for Halloween.
  • Treat – Show us your favorite candy. It’s alright, you deserve it.
  • Trick – Creatively represent a trick or prank.
  • Wack-O-Lantern – Carve a jack-o-lantern out of a fruit or vegetable that is NOT a pumpkin.
  • World Wide Web – Find some spooky spider web. Real or fake will suffice.

 

Click here to download the full page Flat Bob Mask PDF!

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