Christmas photo scavenger hunt: 87 ideas and printable cards
Every card holds a photo task for your Christmas party, with the QR code to your album on the back. Colleagues, family and friends scan, snap and upload, in the browser or in the EventPics app. You customize the texts, download the PDF and print double sided on A4.
Tip: Want a QR sign for the entrance or the buffet as well? Pick a Christmas design from our free QR code templates.
✓ 8 cards per A4 page ✓ Challenges fully editable ✓ Your own QR code
Your printable scavenger hunt cards in 3 steps
Customize the texts
Enter your team or party name, the date and the challenges, or simply keep our list. Your event link becomes the QR code.
Download the PDF
One click creates the finished PDF: always one page with 8 challenges, then one page with 8 QR back sides.
Print and hand out
Print double sided on A4, cut along the lines and hand the cards out at the door or put them on the tables. Your Christmas scavenger hunt is ready.
Your cards, your texts
Everything happens on this page, nothing gets uploaded: the cards are created right in your browser.
1. Your details
2. Texts on the cards
3. Design
4. Your challenges
One challenge per line. Edit, delete, add your own.
The PDF alternates between a page with 8 challenges and a page with 8 QR back sides. Print double sided, cut along the lines, done. The back sides are identical on every card, so flipping always lines up.
Preview
This is roughly how your cards will look. The PDF is authoritative.
87 Christmas photo scavenger hunt ideas
For the office Christmas party, your team, family and friends. Whether you call it a photo scavenger hunt, picture hunt or photo challenge: this list is already built into the generator. Keep it as it is or delete what does not fit your party.
Team and colleagues
- Take a selfie with your Secret Santa once the secret is out.
- Take a photo of the whole team in one picture.
- Take a selfie with your boss or team lead.
- Take a selfie with the colleague who joined most recently.
- Take a selfie with the colleague who has been with the company the longest.
- Take a selfie with someone from a department you rarely work with.
- Take a selfie with someone you have only met in video calls so far.
- Take a selfie with a colleague from another office or location.
- Take a selfie with the people who organized this party.
- Take a selfie with the colleague who always brings snacks.
- Build a human Christmas tree with your colleagues and photograph it.
- Strike a snowman pose with two colleagues.
- Stage a team photo that looks like a Christmas card.
- Recreate a famous Christmas movie scene with your team.
- Photograph an office in-joke that everyone in the team will get.
- Capture this year’s biggest team success in one staged photo.
- Spell your company or team name with objects from the table.
- Photograph your desk or workspace in Christmas mode.
- Give the coffee machine a festive touch and take its portrait.
- Take a photo of your team pretending to be a Christmas choir.
- Photograph someone telling the best story of the year.
- Write your team’s wish for next year on a napkin and photograph it.
- Photograph something that sums up this year at work.
- Capture the boss or the host during the Christmas speech.
- Take a group photo of the winning team of a game or quiz.
- Say thank you to the catering or kitchen team with a photo.
Secret Santa, sweaters and hats
- Photograph your Secret Santa gift before you open it.
- Capture the moment someone opens their Secret Santa gift.
- Photograph the funniest Secret Santa gift of the evening.
- Photograph the most creative gift wrapping.
- Capture someone trying out a gift right away.
- Photograph the most festive Christmas sweater in the room.
- Photograph the ugliest Christmas sweater, proudly presented by its owner.
- Take a photo of two people in matching Christmas sweaters.
- Photograph the best Santa hat or reindeer antlers of the night.
- Take a photo with as many Santa hats as possible in one picture.
- Take a group photo where everyone holds up a gift.
- Do your best elf impression with a colleague and take a selfie.
- Photograph someone playing Santa and handing out gifts.
- Take a photo where everyone wears something sparkly.
- Photograph the most festive shoes of the night.
Food, drinks and decorations
- Photograph the Christmas tree from its best angle.
- Capture a quiet moment by the Christmas tree.
- Photograph a reflection in a Christmas bauble.
- Take a photo through a ring of fairy lights.
- Photograph the fairy lights up close.
- Photograph something in the room that is red and green.
- Find a snowflake, real, paper or printed, and photograph it.
- Photograph a candle up close.
- Photograph the table decorations before everyone sits down.
- Take a photo of the menu or your place card.
- Photograph your favorite dish on the buffet.
- Photograph the dessert table before it gets raided.
- Photograph the best Christmas cookie on the table.
- Give a gingerbread figure a name and photograph it.
- Photograph a mug of hot chocolate with as many marshmallows as possible.
- Photograph your hands around a warm mug, whatever is in it.
- Capture a toast with at least five mugs or glasses, whatever is in them.
- Take a before and after photo of the buffet.
- Photograph the view out of the window on this winter evening.
- Photograph glitter, tinsel or confetti at the end of the night.
Party moments and creative shots
- Capture the brightest smile at the party.
- Capture someone laughing out loud.
- Capture a warm hug.
- Capture someone dancing to a Christmas song.
- Photograph someone singing along to a Christmas classic.
- Capture the dance floor at its fullest.
- Capture a game or quiz in full swing.
- Stage a snowball fight with paper snowballs.
- Take a jump photo with at least three people.
- Take a selfie with your best Christmas face.
- Take a photo of the party from a bird’s-eye view.
- Take a photo without looking at the screen.
- Photograph a festive silhouette against the lights.
- Take a selfie with someone whose first name starts with the same letter as yours.
- Take a photo with someone who loves the same Christmas movie as you.
- Photograph someone taking a photo.
Christmas with family and friends
- Take a photo with three generations in one picture.
- Photograph the kids waiting for the presents.
- Capture someone reading a Christmas story aloud.
- Photograph a Christmas tradition of your family or friends.
- Photograph the cook proudly presenting the Christmas dinner.
- Take a group photo on the sofa with everyone squeezed in.
- Photograph a pet in a festive mood.
- Photograph the oldest Christmas ornament in the house.
- Capture the moment someone unwraps the biggest present.
- Finally, take a selfie that shows how much fun you had tonight.
How to make your Christmas scavenger hunt a success
Hand them out at the door
Give every guest one or two cards on arrival or put a bowl of cards on each table. For an office party, let tables or departments play as teams: the team with the most solved cards wins.
Live on the big screen
Combine the scavenger hunt with the live photo slideshow: the results appear automatically on a projector or TV and get everyone to join in.
You stay in control
With the approval mode in EventPics you review uploads before they appear in the gallery. All photos stay in full quality and can be downloaded as a ZIP afterwards.
Frequently asked questions about the Christmas photo scavenger hunt
How much do the printable Christmas scavenger hunt cards cost?
Nothing. You create the cards for free right in your browser and download them as a PDF. Your EventPics event also starts free with 2 GB of storage.
Are the ideas suitable for adults at an office Christmas party?
Yes. Most of the 87 ideas are made for adults at an office or company Christmas party: team photos, Secret Santa, Christmas sweaters and festive details. No task requires drinking alcohol or embarrassing anyone. The last block of ideas fits Christmas with family and friends.
How do guests upload their photos?
Guests scan the QR code on the card and upload their photos without signing up, in the browser or in the EventPics app for iOS and Android. Every photo lands in your shared Christmas party album.
How do I print the cards correctly?
The PDF is built for double sided printing: pages alternate between 8 challenges and 8 QR back sides. Simply print double sided on A4 and cut along the lines. The back sides are identical on every card, so flipping always lines up.
Can I edit the challenge texts?
Yes. Every challenge can be edited, deleted or extended right on the page. You can also download the list as a CSV, edit it comfortably and import it again.
How do the photos reach us?
Through the QR code on the back of the card. Every scan leads into your EventPics album. All photos and videos collect there in full quality and can be downloaded as a ZIP afterwards.
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