As I mentioned in my previous post I'll be doing a post about utilizing QR Codes and a website. You can use any medium you like, for me, I chose Weebly despite the fact that I could have done it in blogspot or wordpress.
The idea is simple. First you need to think of what the theme would be. Because my friend is a fan of Cassandra Clare's books, namely the Mortal Instruments (televised also as Shadowhunters) I decided to create a website with that as the main theme.
Materials:
- A computer (or electronic device with access to the internet)
- An email or a blog account in Weebly, blogspot or wordpress (these are all free sites with the option to upgrade for more features)
- A QR Scanner app on your phone
- Some knowledge in website building and an idea of what you want for your site.
For the QR Scanner, you would need to create your QR Codes via a QR code creator, there are a bunch of QR Code creators online for free.
Step 1: Create your blog site (or weebly site)
Step 2: brain storm your ideas.
Step 3: Note down your scavenger hunt ideas (or you could search online for themed scavenger hunts [but where is the fun in that?]
Step 4: In your blog site, have a question or scavenger hunt.
Step 5: In the QR Code generator write down the answer in the "text". The cool thing about QR Codes is that it can convey secret messages and you don't need internet to access or convert them, you're QR Code scanner would do the work.
Step 6: Test your QR Code to see if its working by scanning the code with your phone.
Step 7: Download the QR Code as an image in your computer
Step 8: Upload to your blog
And you're done!
If you're using blogger (blogspot): You could simply create a blog post with the questions and insert the images via the "insert image" icon.
For weebly it would be a little trickier.
Follow steps 1 to 3 above.
Step 4: Once you created your weebly page, you'll be directed to your site. Depending on whatever theme you choose for your site (weebly has a selection of themes) you can start by dragging the icons from the editor (in the left)
Step 5: Choose the title icon and drag it to the white space that says drag here. Edit the text to whatever title you want.
Step 6: Drag the Image icon from the editor to insert your image, and select your image (the QR Code) from your computer.
You can move everything around and add as you go along. Be creative, and have fun! Weebly offers a tour on how to use the features, or you could always consult YouTube for more help.
Step 7: Don't forge to save by hitting Publish at the top right corner.
And Presto, you have your personalized online scavenger hunt and web dedication. A perfect gift for millennials and tech savvy people who love a new way to play scavenger hunts.
To take the hunt a little further...
I had the idea of choosing something memorable and making it like a puzzle piece. Below is a the painting I previously blogged about. I choose this because it was quite memorable, my friend whom I am giving the gift to, helped me create this piece.
The image below is the finish product of my photo card, despite it being plain, you'll soon know the reason why.
Though I didn't do it, you can create puzzle pieces with your master piece, I chose to create only one puzzle piece (photo card) because I didn't want to risk wasting materials and replicating the whole painting. There was also a reason why I made one you can see it below:
Well, did y'all like it?
Cheers!
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