Thrive month scavenger hunts

The Department of Sociology and Legal Studies is bringing back the Fall and Wellness Scavenger Hunts for Thrive Month. The purpose of these scavenger hunts are to promote wellbeing through time spent out in nature, exercise, relaxation, and self-care activities. Students, faculty, and staff are all welcome to participate. Feel free to share posts and pictures of yourself working on the scavenger hunt with hashtags #uwaterloosocls #uwaterloothrive. Have fun!

Fall scavenger hunt

• Leaf with 3 different colours
• Festive decoration (ex. Halloween, fall, Christmas)
• Puddle
• Insect (ex. spider, worm, ant)
• Berries on a bush/tree
• Leaf pile
• 2 squirrels of different colours (ex. red squirrel and grey squirrel)
• 2 different species of birds (ex. crow, cardinal, chickadee, woodpecker)

Wellness scavenger hunt

• Warm beverage (ex. coffee, tea, hot chocolate, hot apple cider)
• Exercise (ex. bike ride, yoga, walk, workout)
• Creative activity (ex. art, playing music, dancing, gardening)
• Connecting with 2 different family or friends (ex. call, email, socially distanced gathering)
• 2 different cleaning activities (ex. making one’s bed, washing dishes, doing laundry, vacuuming, emptying garbage, tidying work/study space)
• 3 different relaxing/self-care activities (ex. reading, meditation, breathing exercise, watching TV/movie, warm bath, listening to music, petting/playing with a pet, skincare, playing a game)