How many of these 2024 New Year’s Eve scavenger hunt ideas can your team conquer before the ball drops? They’re not particularly tricky, but they will get everyone talking—and this list is good for groups of all ages. So, whether you’re playing IRL or over Zoom, divide everyone into teams, set a 30-minute time limit, and see how many items you can cross off this list.

As usual with our scavenger hunts, you should name one person the judge, and that person gets final say in awarding one point for every item included, and three points for the most creative/best answer for each category. The team (or person) with the most points in the end wins bragging rights for life. Or whatever prize you deem fitting.

2024 New Year’s Eve Scavenger Hunt Ideas:

1. A noisemaker
2. Something as sparkly as the Times Square ball
3. Something that reminds you of Times Square
4. One of your New Year’s resolutions for 2024
5. One of your failed resolutions from the past
6. The most bizarre resolution someone’s ever told you
7. Something that reminds you of fireworks
8. A top hat
9. The numbers 2 and 0
10. Something to cheers with
11. A holiday decoration you haven’t yet put away
12. The item that reminds you most of 2023
13. The energy you want to bring into 2024
14. An appetizer
15. A toothpick
16. Something sweet
17. Something that brings good luck
18. A clock (or something that reminds you of time)
19. Something you saw that made time stand still for you
20. The anthem of 2024
21. Your 2024 theme song
22. A planner
23. Something featuring the 2023 color of the year
24. A trend you hope stays in 2024
25. A trend you want to carry into 2023
26. Something that’s not a trend…but you’re hoping to make it happen in 2024
27. Pajamas
28. A photo/screenshot of the best thing you binge-watched over the past year
29. Your dancing shoes (or slippers)
30. The photo on your phone that best sums up the past year of your life

Lead photo by Yiran Yang on Unsplash