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Challenges

Challenges are available now.

Your job is to coordinate with your team and decide who is doing what challenges. (You MUST make sure not to double up! If a team sends in 2 submissions for any challenge BOTH submissions will be disqualified) Each challenge will have a points value attached to it. If the judges deem the challenge complete they will award your team that many points. If they think YOU ROCKED the challenge they will award you a bonus. You can and are encouraged to submit as many completed challenges as you can. But if a submission DOES NOT follow the rules it will be deemed disqualified.

READ THE RULES on the Submission Secrets Tab. YOU MUST NOTE THE CHALLENGE NUMBER WITH YOUR SUBMISSION

Our judges DON'T Have all day, Videos MUST be LESS than 5 minutes long.

You can upload videos to our Clive Baptist Youth you tube and then send me the link.

***PLEASE NOTE THAT ANY INAPPROPRIATE LANGUAGE/ACTIONS IN PHOTO/VIDEO WILL CAUSE YOUR TEAM TO BE DISQUALIFIED***

Physical Challanges

Mental challenges

Acts of Kindness Challenges

Artsy Challenges

When submitting please note P the number IE: P#1

Build a go cart and take it for a ride. 500 pts
Lava Challenge! The floor is lava. Get from your couch to the refrigerator without getting burned. Submit your video of this daring feat of agility. 500 pts
It’s spring! There is something you love to do outdoors in the winter where you live. Do that activity now. Submit video to picture. 500 pts
Sing a children’s song with a mouth guard from the game “Speak Out 200 pts
You ever heard of pond dipping? River bugging? Neither have we – but let’s not let that stop us. Invent and show off your own SAFE spring/summer wet and wild and messy activity and caption it with a clever name. 500 pts
Have too much of a good thing, by which we mean a cream-filled balloon the size of a volley ball. Volley, volley, spike! Play a game of volleyball with all the members of your household. (If Grandma and Grandpa live with you and are over 60, they don’t have to play.) 750 pts
Sometimes things are just too comfy to leave, but you’re prepared for this! Let’s see your “Hammock Self-Containment Unit.” This, of course, would be you in a hammock with everything you need to live for a weekend, including all emergency supplies, hygiene supplies, food, and entertainment. Make sure it’s clean, well-organized, and designed for easy access to everything. Submit a photo 200 pts
Plant something in your garden (or a pot on your patio) that is bee friendly. Take a picture of yourself wearing some sort of bee-attire doing your part to pollinate your plant. 500 pts
Two images side-by-side. The first image is a photo of an illustrated page from a Children’s Bible. The second image is your re-enactment of that illustration in 3-D. 300 pts
Three words 10 Doll-pin Bowling 200 pts
Apply lipstick while jumping on a trampoline. Submit video of you ending with a close-up of your lovely face. 250 pts
It’s nice to see a serious sport finally get the recognition it deserves. Now let’s see video documentation of HUMAN NASCAR complete with the speeding, lane changes, a pit stop, crashes, etc. You and at least 4 others must be drivers of “vehicles” of your own design, complete with corporate sponsorship logos. All vehicles must be motor-free and foot-propelled (aka Flintstones) and all engine sounds must be vocalized by you and your other drivers. Just to be clear this is Human NASCAR, not roller derby – all vehicles propelled by foot. Please ensure you are maintaining social distancing if other participants are not from your household. Keep the video under 30 seconds long.1000 pts
Camouflage yourself inside or outside of a public accessible building. No hunting clothes allowed if using an outside setting. Take a picture of your success. Be prepared to submit a copy of you highlighted or circled in the photo if the judges can’t find you in the originally submitted photo. 500 pts
Kung-Fu nuns (dare we say Nunja’s?) are biking through the Himalayas to stop human trafficking. (No, really.) In their honor, let’s see some tricks on a BMX bike. 300 pts
Couch Surfing! Let’s see it. Use a BOUYANT (e.g. inflatable) couch. You may not use a real couch as it’s too dangerous and bad for the eco-system. Have fun but be safe. 300 pts
Ever see goat yoga? Without hurting, upsetting, or endangering ANY animal, show us the next trend in animal-infused excersie. 300 pts
It’s time to get outside! Dust off your bicycle, grab a friend or two and go out and for a 25km ride. This can be done over the entire period of the Hunt and may be done as one long trip or in different leg trips to and from your house. You must track your progress on a GPS drawing app. (you can download one for free if you don’t have one now.) Submit your map – or a picture of it, and at least two tourist shots of you wearing something yellow or orange. 1500 pts
Feed a friend an entire bowl of jello or chocolate pudding using a plastic spoon while they are sitting in a chair wearing a white t-shirt. Oh, and you must be obeying social distancing of keeping six feet away from them. 400 pts
I can’t believe you balanced that many rocks in one pillar in your yard! 400 pts
There are some places it’s practically impossible to have a tea party, but you pulled it off! 400 pts
The 80’s are making a comeback, so let’s get Physical! Work out in full 1980s attire: the leotard, legwarmers, teased hair… Bonus points if you can get someone who was at least 10 years old in 1980 to lead you in an aerobic work-out in full 80’s style too! 500 pts
preform the actions to “Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes” while singing in the line up at Costco or Walmart. Maintain social distancing & wear masks if the stores require it. 500 pts
The form that acting took at the beginning of the 20th century was called Delsarte style, a flamboyant exaggerated acting style. Take a scene from a contemporary film or tv show and re-enact it in the Delsartian style. 500 pts
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!250 pts
Get at least a group of two friends together to do a water ballet to a Christian Heavy Metal song. 500 pts
Slow motion ( up to 30 seconds) Glitter. Confetti. Lotion. Trampoline. Go! 300 pts
Serenade a total stranger with “You are My Sunshine” while keeping social distance.-video 700 pts
A literal take on your favorite (super)hero. For example, a man ironing clother captioned “Iron Man.” Sorry you can’t use that one now.) 300 pts
How do you do it? Everyone on your team has such beautiful mustaches! Do you have some sort of hair growth cream you slather on or pills you take? Let’s see a grid photo of everyone on your team that features your mustaches prominently. 300 pts
Stop hiding your true talent. The world deserves to see it. Without using special effects or trick editing make a person disappear. 300 pts
It’s time to get some fresh air. Take your 3 pet robots out for a walk. You, of course, should be wearing your homemade Robot leader Helmet. 600 pts
Your Mom (or Dad) loves cake, so being a good friend, you offer to take them to a nice restaurant. Alas, you discover when you arrive at the restaurant, that your parent recently undergone medical treatments that prevents them from moving their arms, so you will have to feed them. Unfortunately light is harmful to your eyes, so you must be blindfolded. While blindfolded, stand behind your seated friend (in a simulated fancy restaurant) and put your arms under their armpits and feed them cake with your hands. Trust us, this is going to work.-video 750 pts
Bummer. We’ve just got a report that the world is going to end. You’ve got time to do one thing. What is it? Caption an image with what you are doing if it’s not clear. 200 pts
You know the saying “No man is an island.” Prove it wrong. 200 pts
Create a float, decorate your car, or bicycle, or your favorite farm animal to ride and have a one-vehicle parade through the streets of Clive, Alix, Ponoka, or Lacombe. Don’t forget the loud music! 600 pts
Become a glow stick man and show us your best dance moves outside after dark! 300 pts
Do your best 1950’s June Cleaver impression and vacuum the lawn. Submit a photo. 200 pts
Build a raft entirely out of empty plastic water bottles. Float in a lake – or dug out – on your raft. 700 pts
At least 3 people doing a harmonized round of tongue-twisters. 500 pts
Writer Elizabeth Meriwether describes a game called “Frolic” she and her friends played while driving through Scotland. Anyone could yell out “Frolic!” at any time and they’d pull over the car and run up and down the hills. Inspired by her, film a video of you and at least one other person pulling over at any time you see cattle, jumping out of the car, yelling “COWS!” running down into the ditch and back up 3 times and once around your car. We must see hear you yelling, see the cattle and your frolic out of your car and back in it again. Do this at least three times in one trip, but only submit your best frolic video! 1000 pts
Let’s see a fully dressed Mary and Joseph shopping for baby clothes of items. Submit a phot of you both in the store in the baby section. 750 pts
Nothing caps off a good, hot summer day like a footlong s’more. (No hands may be used in the creation of or eating of the s’mores) 400 pts
Ugly holiday sweaters are great, but with summer on its way, we’ve got to branch out. Model your best ugly Holiday bathing suit made of repurposed ugly holiday sweaters. 400 pts
Why have chain letters, when you can have chain mail? Create an intricate medival knight’s suit of armor entirely out of junk mail, with chain mail compromised of chain letters. Must include a junk mail shield, sword, and a codpiece (to protect your junk) 300 pts
Garfield phones keep washing up on the beaches in France. As you know, that’s because mermaids love cats, so there’s a mermaid call center operation down there selling these phones on QVSea. Show us the tele-commercial for these phones, as pitched by a mer-spokesman. 400 pts
Conspiracy theorists need to get with the times! Update the tinfoil hat to reflect technological innovations. 200 pts
Danish artist Thomas Dambo creates massive wooden giants from recycled materials and installs them in Copenhagen forests. Build your own giant and install in some trees on the property of a local farmer (with their permission of course) where it can be spotted by someone driving by. Post a picture of it from the side of the road. 300 pts
Write your resume as a haiku. 200 pts
Tonight’s date is so special, you wore your water ball(oon) gown! All water balloons must be filled with water. Bonus points if you show us a picture of you after you’ve popped your gown off (No Nude or Underwear photos ). 300 pts
I said no more ponies in the living room, and I mean it! But unicorns are totally okay. 200 pts
The Most artistic activity in the Summer Olympics is as always the Synchronized Slip n’ Slide. Tandem sliders executing at least 3 beautiful, perfectly synchronized poses will win the gold. You must have judges and large score cards present. Please keep social distances unless all participants are from the same household. 300 pts
As tournaments go, Wimbeldon’s got nothing on Piladex. Show off your prowess at this 19th century analog game of Pong, which is played by keeping inflated bag or balloon aloft by blowing on it. (You may not use your hands.) You may play one-on-one or a doubles match. Game, Set, GO! 300 pts
Tar and feathering is so 1800’s. It’s time for an old-fashioned, Canadian Maple Syrup and Sprinkling. Have a sibling or a parent administer your punishment! (Be prepared to shower quickly – syrup can get stuck real fast!) 500pts
Crack the piñata zipline-style! Play piñata with your friends – or family – but you must use a zip-line to get your shot at hitting it. At least 2 people must play in your video – one cracking the piñata, the other below to gather the goodies. 500 pts

When submitting please note M the number IE: M#1

Pull and record a prank on a member of your household. Only one rule: Matthew 7:12 300 pts
Create a short video acting out a favorite Bible passage. You may enlist others in your household to assist you. 500 pts
Serenade someone older than your parents from the church congregation with your favorite action song. You can enlist a household member to record your song and the person’s reaction. 500 pts
Psalms 91:2 - Submit photo. 300 pts

5. (Up to 30 seconds – you may speed up or slow down the video if you need to.) Using only air moving devices or machines, successfully navigate a balloon through a strange series of obstacles. It must be suspended in the air, without anyone or any other thing touching it. It must travel at least 10 yards and culminate with a friend popping it with a needle sticking out from a hat they are wearing. (If your friend is not living in your household, remember to abide by social distancing.) 1000 pts

6.Why get up from the couch? Build a complex machine to fill your empty glass, catapult you a snack, or to serve some other couch potato need. 400 pts

7.Freeze frame on a picture (like they do at the end of movies) and roll a credit sequence for your own life. Include a “here’s what happens to you in the future” sentence and a listing of people that have helped you get where you are now or where you are going and what their “titles” are. (maximum 30 seconds) 250 pts

8. Perform the chorus to your favorite song or your personal anthem in sign language. Please subtitle the song so that those who don’t know sign language can follow along. (Sub titling can be done with a helper holding up cards) 500 pts

9.What does it look like in your mind? Take us through a tour of your mind palace (You may submit this in any form you like – it’s your mind after all) 250 pts

10. Let’s see you in a situation that we have seen in a cartoon. Freeze frame the cartoon image next to your photo. 300 pts

11.Find the answer to a question you’ve always wondered about since you were a little child. If it’s not clear, caption your submission with the mystery you’ve been able to solve after all these years. PS. No Googling it or any other search engine or technology allowed. Find out some other way. 500 pts

12.Recite a poem backwards (so it can be heard correctly if played in reverse). The first part of your video must be you saying it in reverse and then the second part, the same recording played backward so we can hear it the right way. You must not use technology to play the poem in reverse – you must recite it backwards yourself. Bonus points if your poem comes out of the book of Psalms – you know a verse in reverse 750 pts

13. Build a working vehicle propelled only by Mentos and Diet Coke. 500 pts

14. Congratulations! You’ve won a one-way trip to colonize Mars! Unfortunately, you can’t bring a checked bag and your carry on must not exceed 10kg. Lay out everything you would pack on your bed in an orderly manner. You will live off of Martian dust mite dung: so don’t worry about snacks unless it’s a comfort food you can’t live without. 250 pts

15. Depending on which self-proclaimed expert you speak to, the universe is likely heading towards a Big Freeze, Bip Rip, Big Crunch or Big Bounce. Act out what looks like your own interpretation using whatever props or moves you need. 300 pts

16. Matthew 14:22 and so did the best of you. Send us a video of you completing this. (Maximum 20 seconds)300 pts

17. They say stepping on a LEGO is the greatest pain one can experience. We laugh in the face of pain. Make shoes entirely from LEGOs – no fluffly socks or insoles allowed – and demonstrate them in use. 250 pts

18. Talk to an older person (at least 50 years old) and learn all about the best day of their life so far. Then create a diorama of their best day in a small empty tin or box and give it to them. Your video should show you presenting the diorama and explaining how it reflects their best day – and of course, their reaction too! 500 pts

19. Make a pizza fly. Not the box, the pizza. You can’t throw it, drop it, or fling it. It must attain flight through some mechanical means. The pizza must fly from near the ground to at least 5 feet up and travel at least 20 feet horizontally by any means. It must be edible and consumed after it lands. 750 pts

20. You know how they make movies out of games like Pikachu? Or Battleship: The Movie? Why don’t they ever go after the real money and make poems out of these properties? Write a Battleship: The Poem or Pikachu: The Poem. Must be at least 10 lines long. 250 pts

21. You know that feeling, when there’s a word on the tip of your tongue but you just can’t seem to say it? Show us that word – on the tip of your tongue. 200 pts

When submitting please note ARK the number IE: ARK#1

Deliver a flower to 5 people not living in your household. Be creative on how to maintain social distancing as required. 300 pts
Invent a new hug that is compliant with social distancing to greet your friends and church family with.-video 200 pts
You love your grandparents, or your great grandparents, but you’ve never heard their stories. Get one of them to tell you about the two most transformative experiences of their early life, before they turned 30. These must be experiences that shaped them into the people they are today. They may be difficult situations or lucky ones but they must be transformative. Subject(s) must be more than 65 years old. (maximum up to 2 minutes) 500 pts
Side by Side photo. A child’s drawing of their idea of happiness. Then make it happen. (The child must be under 10 years old. 300 pts
Make 3 thank-you cards – dress up in your most outrageous “Covid 19” personal protection gear and deliver your cards to a grocery store worker or another essential worker at the place of their employment. Don’t forget to maintain social distancing! Submit photo or video of each delivery. 400 pts
Write something in frosting on a cake that you’ve always wanted to say to someone, and deliver it to them Covid19 style – set it down, and knock (or ring) and back off. Record their reaction. (remember this is random acts of KINDNESS!) 500 pts
Loaves and Fishes! Raisin Bread and fish sticks. Bake at least 4 loaves of raisin bread wrap it up with a note that reads “Jesus Loves You”. Deliver it to your 4 closest neighbors. Submit a photo of how you incorporated the fishes into this challenge. 500 pts
Visit a local laundromat. Place decorated envelopes with enough money (in coins or bills depending on the machines) for one load of washing and load of drying on at least one machine with a note: “We swim together, we tumble together, Love Clive Baptist Youth.” 750 pts
Make a reverse a one week Advent Calendar – one where you give away an item instead of getting one. On the first Sunday after you created your Advent Calendar begin to give away the item pictured on your calendar. Each day take a picture of you fulfilling your calendar item. Create a grid (or slide show) showing what you’ve done for submission. 500 pts
“X” marks the spot…in your heart! Your mission: Devise a treasure map and deliver it to someone you care about. The treasure is a letter telling them how they have changed your life for the better. Document their hunt & discovery. 750 pts
Tom Cruise is getting up there in years – and at advanced ages, sliding on a slippery floor in your socks gives a whole new meaning to the term “Risky |Business.” But luckily, CBY are here to help! Your mission possible: Use puffy paint to add tread to the bottoms of socks so seniors don’t slide their way into an injury. Deliver them to a senior in our community . Post a photo of the senior with his/her new socks. 500 pts
Welcome to Mister Rogers’ Short-Attention-Span Neighborhood. In this busy world, we truncate and abbreviate all our media for quicker consumption. So we have more time to improve our communities. Your assignment: Dress up like Mister Rogers and, at high speed, move through your neighborhood or community helping people & sprucing up the neighborhood (picking up trash, doing yard work, etc.) 1000 pts
As appreciation for their selfless community contribution, gift an essential worker with a stunning, intricate twig and floral crown. Snap a picture while they wear it. Let us know what essential job/service they have. 350 pts
As a child, a parent or adult fostered a skill in you that you still cherish to this day. Teach it to another young person (make sure you get permission of the young person’s parent) and make a video of the lesson explaining why it stuck with you & was important to you to share. Keep the video short. 300 pts
Remember those lemonade stands you made as a kid? Make and operate a stand today – only with all these social restrictions due to Covid 19, let’s not offer any food or drink – offer up Compliments, and Encouragement – all complimentary (as in free of charge). 750 pts
In Rwandan culture, there exists a principle called Umuganda (meaning “coming together in common purpose to achieve an outcome.) The last Saturday of every month, all the citizen of Rwanda must come together to participate in Umuganda for 3 hours to complete a difficult task to help the community. We think the world could use more of this, so at the risk of cultural appropriation – identify something in your community that needs to be fixed and then, organize you’re your team to accomplish it. Keep in mind, you need to maintain social distancing at all time. Projects could be ditch trash pick-up or a yard clean up. You decide how much area to cover or how much time to spend doing this – but it must be a minimum 30 minutes. Submit before and after picture to prove your dedication to the challenge. 1500 pts
Create a Free Library or Free Pantry in your community. One catch: include a bookmark in every book explaining why you included it & something spoiler-free you love about the book, and each shelf-stable food item you stock in the pantry must include a note with a recipe and words of encouragement. The stand must be up at least a week. Let us know the location with a picture of your stand. 700 pts
Remember your favorite childhood book? Get a copy, write a note on the inside cover explaining why you oved the book so much and gift it to another child. 500 pts
Work with a child under 10 years old to write notes of love and encouragement for motorists. Place them in official-looking envelopes marked CBY Dept. of Parking Salutations and put them on the windshields of cars together. Show us you little parking fairies at work or with one of their notes. (Make at least 5 notes) 500 pts
Interview the oldest person you can find (must be at least 75) and get them to tell you a fond memory of a food related to their early childhood. 400 pts
Get an elder from the church to recount a memory of when one of their prayers was answered in a big way. Post their story by transcript, video or voice recording. (Get their permission to post it.) 400 pts
Write a thank-you letter to a teacher or mentor from your past that you never sufficiently thanked. Mail it. You may submit an image of the letter or if you wish to remain private, submit a picture of you mailing it. But you must mail it. 500 pts
Find out what one of your parents (or an older relative) wanted to be when they were kids. Make it happen! 500 pts
Due to the social distancing imposed on Albertans to lessen the spread of Covid19, Clive Community Garden will not be renting plots to citizens this year. Instead the Clive Communities in Bloom committee has decided to plant all the plots – but one – and allow any community members that would like a little fresh produce to enjoy it as it becomes ready to harvest. The one plot that will not be planted by the CCB committee has been set aside for the CBY Scavanger Hunt team members to plant. Your mission: Plant a plant (or a row) in the CBY plot at the Clive Community Garden. If we can’t see the plant yet, make sure you mark where you planted so another team does not did up your plant. 300 pts
Bee Drinking poles are all the rage, but your neighborhood bees deserve to really unwind. Create a bee café, a bee hang-out pole using recycled bottle caps, and install it. NOTE: For the safety of the bees, our resident apiarists ask that you please use sanitized lids with no chemicals or beverage residue on them, and plain water. 300 pts
Part one, write a phrase on a piece of wood of something negative you say about yourself to silence yourself or hold yourself back. Burn the wood and phrase in a fire pit. Use the ashes to write something affirming about or for yourself on a sheet of white paper. Submit a side-by-side picture of you putting the wood into the fire and you holding your affirmation. (You do not have to share what you put on the wood.) 750 pts
Reach out to a senior in your family or community and ask them about a favorite snack or food from their childhood that brings fond memories – something that doesn’t exist anymore (or is hard rarely made by anyone these days). Try to replicate the snack based on their description and present it to them. Record their assessment of it. 500 pts

When submitting please note ART the number IE: ART#1

Submit a photo of a cake you made that looks like Pastor Jamie or Pastor Ricky. 750 pts
Become your favorite youth leader and share a Biblical truth. Costumes and props are encouraged. 750 pts
There was a hobby or a talent you used to do when you were younger that you stopped doing for whatever reason. Do it again. Now. Submit video. 500 pts
Side-by-side image. A photo of your pet and a photo of the portrait of your pet that you have made from their own food and treats. 300 pts
Pancake art has come a long way, and the art form doesn’t get the respect it deserves. Let’s see pancake art of a famous artwork. (NO abstract art pieces) Submit a side by side picture of yours and the original. 300 pts
The internet has brought us all closer together, so this should be really easy: find someone from another country. Have them send you a forced perspective photo of their church or a famous landmark in their country in someone’s hand(s). Caption the photo, “God’s got the whole world in His Hands”. 500 pts
As most people know, roosters enjoy a good sunrise. But other animals enjoy sunrises and sunsets, too. Let’s see a photo of you, some friends or companions (such as your dog or cat) and a sheep, horse, cow or other non-rooster barnyard animal, watching the sun rise or set together. Bonus points if the spectacular skies are reflected in water in front of you. 500 pts
John 12:32 – Make it a kite. 500 pts
Sometimes you would like to be in more than one place at a time. Using the panoramic photo function on your phone, insert yourself at least three times in the same picture in different positions and/or wardrobe to show yourself as a perfect clone/time traveller. You will be disqualified if you use Photoshop or other similar app to alter the picture. (Hint: you need to run around the person taking the picture each time they pass you in the frame to get to your next position. 750 pts
Let’s see your interpretation of fireworks using vegetables and spaghetti as mixed media. 300 pts
create a Food Network -worthy video preparing one of the recipes as described in the cookbook. (Any cookbook you have on hand will do.) Make sure to sample the results on camera. Oh and you must look and behave as if you were a droid, of course! (Maximum 1 minute of video) 400 pts
For many years, military aircraft sported spectacular “nose art” – artistic homages to people, places, and ideas important to the aircraft crew. As aesthetically appealing as aircraft nose art may have been, we think they botched it on the choice of canvas. Show us your best nose art – but this time, get it right! All art must be on, around, or incorporate your nose. 300 pts
Misquotes are so embarrassing! Everybody thinks Darth said “You are part of the rebel alliance…” But what he really said was “… the rebel appliance.” Show us how your toaster or vacuum helped vanquish the Dark side. 250 pts
Love is in the air. Literally! 250 pts
You’ve heard of finger painting, but nose painting is the latest rage in the art world. Using non-toxic paints, “nose-paint” a lovely realistic (not abstract) painting on a large piece of paper or canvas. Submit a photo of the finished product next to your unwashed face. Bonus points if it’s a plein air painting you make in a public location 300 pts
Create a stunning wind chime using unique household items.250 pts
Sure, birdhouses are great, but modern urban birds need more diversity in housing. Create a bird high-rise apartment building, bird trailer park, or bird McMansion. 500 pts
It’s time for the TOOTHPICK STICK FIGURE OLYMPICS! Showcase toothpick stick figures engaging in Olympic sports as the judges look on. Photo with you in the background. Must include a MINIMUM of 4 stick people 500 pts
Make a portrait out of someone that inspires you most out of flower petals or other outdoor material. 250 pts
Using only skittles soaked in water for paint, create a portrait of one of your teammates. 250 pts
Put giant eyes (must be at least 18 inches in diameter) on a skid-steer or tractor or other piece of farm equipment. Let’s see a video of it in action! Bonus points if they are homemade googly eyes! 200 pts
Your personal Manifestoast. Post your mission statement or motto of at least three words clearly readable and charred into the surface of a piece of bread. 250 pts
Banana blacklight messages. Bananas emit fluorescence as they decompose. Score the skin of a banana so that when it starts to brown, the edges under a blacklight, reveal a secret message. 200 pts
They say people and their pets tend to start to look alike. Prove it. Cosplay your pet. The harder it is to tell who’s who, the greater the points. 300 pts
This year’s Grand Graduation Gala is all about celebrating your shine and sparkle – sustainably. Let’s see your most beautiful homemade gown or tuxedo made completely from things taken from your recycling bin. Foil, tin cans, plastics, etc. Go for sparkle and shine and send us a lovely photo. 300 pts
Recent public personalities have been known to fake a Time magazine cover, which is terribly vain… but admittedly makes for a great promotion. Jump on the bandwagon and award someone you admire a Person of the Year cover! Create a replica of Person of the Year Time cover shot of your friend or loved one, captioned with one thing that they have done that makes them remarkable or unique. It can be broadly significant like “She selflessly teaches dozen of children each year!” or it can be subtle “Best tooth flosser in America.” 400 pts
Those music lessons are finally paying off! Arrange to perform a concert for a neighbor’s child(ren) from the middle of the street or at least 15 feet away from their door or window. In case you’ve forgotten your specialty: you play the nose flute or the armpit, and you are a MASTER. Record a video of your concert and include a crowd shot of your audience! 500 pts
A string quartet or a band, playing horrendously in a public place with a sign next to them that reads “NEED LESSONS, PLEASE HELP.” If you collect any funds, remember to donated it to a local children’s charity. (Please note some communities might consider this busking and you will need a license to do it. Check with the municipality before you do the challenge to ensure if you can do this without a license or maybe obtain a special pass for the day – since it’s for charity.) 500 pts
You can Photoshop this one.. We’re all about unity and bridging the divides and making connections. In the spirit of this, create a creature out of two divergent things: species that don’t get along, political leaders, etc. 300 pts
The sun is setting, and it needs someone to help out it to sleep. Using perspective and props, make sure it’s all tucked in and ready for bed. Submit your photo. 250 pts
Paint yourself so that your torso appears to be transparent but your legs and head are normal as you stand in front of something large. Make it look like we can see right through you! 750 pts
Dress as a Garden Gnome and get a selfie with a real garden gnome. 250 pts
As humans explore the universe, we’re going to want to bring our pets with us. Design a spacesuit for your favorite furry animal and take it on a mini-adventure! 300 pts
Do a dramatic reading of your grade 3 report card.-video 300 pts
Paint a window to look like a stained glass window. Use materials that can be easily removed. 200 pts
The cats are coming! Prepare your dog for battle. Outfit him or her with armory, weaponry, cutting edge laser gear – whatever it takes to create a canine of mass destruction. 300 pts
You’ve just received an invitation to the annual Color Me Pretty Construction Paper Gala. Design and wear an elegant gown consisting of only construction paper. 500 pts
You’ve been hired to design the cover of National Geographic’s next issue. “Discovering the Padalecki” Do a drawing, painting or digitally created image (you may photoshop, existing images for this item) of the new tropical species that has been discovered, much by accident, by workers building an inland dam. 500 pts
Build a tower of Babel out of marshmallows and uncooked spaghetti. Then video the hand of God, destroying it and scattering all the people. 300 pts
Turn your living room into a giant snow globe with fun props and falling snow.- don’t forget to clean up after…. We at CBY don’t want parents hunting us down! 300 pts
Using food found in your refrigerator or pantry, recreate a national landmark. You may not use gummi bears. 400 pts
Make an action movie trailer. The main star: a pot roast. 200 pts
Let’s see an ice, or sand sculpture of a Veggie Tale character 250 pts
Present an artistic depiction of a famous Italian landmark – on pizza. 300 pts
“Your room looks like a pigsty!” Make this common parental figurative phrase a literal reality. (Please do NOT use real mud and manure.) then clean it up…remember what we said about parents… 400 pts
Show us something you find beautiful that most others would deem ugly. (Be nice – no pictures of other people. If one is submitted, your team will be disqualified.) 250 pts
A child (under age 8) reading a bedtime story to the monster under their bed. The monster should be charmed and cozy and cuddled up. 300 pts
A housecat happily flaunting a stylish mustache. Bonus points if it’s a mouse-tache! 200 pts
The tooth fairy is sick and tired of waiting around to collect the teeth under kids’ pillows, so she’s gone rogue and has started taking them right out of their mouths to meet her quota. Obviously, she needs to be stopped! Create an effective anti-tooth fairy nighttime mouth guard and show it in use, successfully stopping the thieving fairy. 200 pts
Turn your local parking lot, driveway, street or sidewalk into your favorite childhood board game using sidewalk chalk or removable tempera. 300 pts
Not all insects aspire just to be insects. Some have ambitions and hobbies! Without harming ir, get a live fly, beetle, or other insect to sit on a sheet of paper and doodle an environment around it showing its job or hobby. Submit a picture which includes the insect and your finished doodle. 250 pts
The insect world is under-appreciated, but they are tiny works of art. Create a realistic-looking, oversized detailed sculpture of an underappreciated arachnid or insect out of bread, ice or marble, the way Michaelangelo would have done if he’d had the time. You may not make a dragonfly, ladybug, butterfly or any other insect that has already been socially normalized as “cute” 300 pts
Little known fact, when an avocado is fully ripe, it hatches. Show us the tiny intricately carved creature sleeping inside (carve the pit, people!) 250 pts
A jello mold with a tiny scene scenic view inside. 500 pts
You have accepted a new position with the Mars Tourism Bureau. To attract potential visitors to the wonderful Mars climate, you plan to inform them of the daily environmental trends. Create a 15 second video weather report, complete with temperature and wind descriptions while dressed as an alien. 500 pts
Paint-by numbers kit: before and after it’s been painted. Don’t use an existing one. Make your own. No cheating - follow your numbers. Bonus points if you can convince a younger sibling to paint it following your numbers. 250 pts
Maybe hotels are onto something with door hangers. Create an ornately designed reversible neck tie you can wear that says “Do Not Disturb/ Please Tidy Up” or any other appropriate messaging for all those times you want to quickly and efficiently broadcast a message but really don’t feel like being social. 200 pts
From Spiderman’s web shooters to Batman’s ability to brood and spend money, if comic books have taught us anything, it’s that what makes us unique is what makes us super. Without being self-depreciating, identify one trait, offbeat skill, or feature about yourself that properly applied, could be the origin of your new super identity. Create a poster that showcases your super-person identity and what your flaw or feature-turned-superpower is. You may Photoshop this one. 350 pts
Create a movie trailer for the hit summer romantic-comedy “Sole Mates” featuring a pair of love-lorn sock puppets, or “Eternal Flame” about two matches looking for true love. (Maximum 1 minute.) 300 pts

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