FrogQuest
Photo Scavenger Hunts
for Kids, Tweens, and Teens
in Merced, California
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Merced is a city that might just surprise your team with its raw potential as a FrogQuest playground. Forget the usual tourist traps; here, it's all about transforming the everyday into the extraordinary. Downtown Merced, with its blend of local shops, community spots, and unassuming street corners, becomes a goldmine for unexpected props. Your crew will be on the lookout for everything from a forgotten shopping cart to a brightly colored sign, ready to be repurposed for a hilarious photo challenge. The energy here is perfect for recruiting unsuspecting passersby into your team's silly staged moments, turning a quiet afternoon into a memorable adventure. Beyond the downtown buzz, areas like Lake Yosemite offer wide-open spaces for grand, ridiculous poses, while the quirky charm of Applegate Park Zoo presents unique backdrops for your team's creative antics. Merced encourages your team to see the city not as a collection of landmarks, but as a dynamic stage for unscripted fun, where every corner holds a new opportunity for laughter and unforgettable kid-friendly scavenger hunts moments.
Downtown Merced is where the action is, with a mix of local businesses and community spots. Your team will find plenty of passersby to recruit for silly photo ops and a surprising array of everyday objects to transform into hilarious props. It's a prime spot for turning the ordinary into the extraordinary.
Applegate Park Zoo offers a unique, contained environment for your FrogQuest crew. Imagine posing with a bewildered zookeeper or using a park bench as a prop for a gravity-defying challenge. It's a chance to get creative in a quirky, animal-filled setting.
Lake Yosemite provides a wide-open canvas for your team's antics. The expansive shoreline and picnic areas are perfect for staging epic group photos, and you might even convince a fellow park-goer to join in the fun. It's all about using the natural landscape for maximum ridiculousness.
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What is FrogQuest?
FrogQuest is a laughably fun photo scavenger hunt for kids, teens and tweens. Teams scour any city on foot completing daring, interactive photo-challenges with our mobile app. High Score wins!
Live Judging
We personally review every submitted photo, awarding bonus points when impressed, deducting when not. So bring that A-game!
Photo Slideshow
Afterwards, laugh together as you watch a curated slideshow of all the best photos.
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Customized
Every experience is a snowflake, created especially for your group, activity and location. Crazy or tame, it's up to you.
On Your Time
Most hunts take 2-3 hours by default but we adjust to your schedule.
Leaderboard
Track your team's activities against the others as you compete for first place.
Downloadable
Download all the photos and keep them evermore once the fun of the hunt is done.
As low as $25/pp Get Started
Who, What, Why?
Perfect for groups both large and small, but as always...the more the merrier!
Photo Hall of Fame
A few of our favorite submissions
Teams
24,490
Participants
126,620
Photos Judged
905,290
Points Awarded
23,156,970
What to Expect
Hunts are 2 hours by default, adjusted to your schedule as needed.
1. Set-up & Send-off!
~10 minutes
We'll meet you in the heart of your chosen play area, explain the rules, get you excited, then send you off on your photo adventure.
2. Ready, Set, Go!
~1-2 hours
Teams scatter in various directions, complete quests, and submit photos to our judges as they go. Impressing our judges may earn you bonus points. Teams track their progress in real time via the leaderboard!
3. Enjoy the Slideshow Together
~15 minutes
When the time is up, everyone returns to watch a curated photo slideshow of all the best submissions.
4. Announce Winning Team
~5 minutes
All good things must come to an end, but not until we've announced the winning team! If there are any prizes (optional), we'll pass those out too.
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