Run around town in a panda costume, asking otherwise scary-looking people if you can take a picture with them—man, you can get away with anything so long as you say it’s for a scavenger hunt. And it’s loads more fun than getting your butt kicked in softball, so hunts have become quite a popular team-building exercise. All you need is a list of stuff, some basic rules, and (usually) a camera.

Scavenger hunts are a great way to discover your city, to see and appreciate the parts you never would have noticed before, all the while gathering strange objects and photos (the stranger the better) and having a blast. You can tailor a hunt however you want: for kids or adults, clean or dirty, costumes or no, and make it citywide or confined to one ’hood.

Mark your interest in Scavenger Hunts and let the scheming begin!