Ominous Challenge List (PDF)

Ominous Challenge List
- write an "I can do" statement
- Support a local small business
- Comic Con
- Show off your cosplay
- Share a story you wrote
- Share your blog
- Share your personal business
- Share an idea that you've always wanted to make into a business
- Submit your idea to an incubator (Lassonde, Sustainable Startups)
- Give something up for 1 month
- visit DarthJarJar.com and voice your opinion on the matter
- Photobomb in makeup
- Help build at another haunt
- Be a vampire for a day
- Go to your local library
- Spend a night in a Haunt
- Expand the SCARE section to have a lot more locations
- Expand Cosplay market
- Vampire Swimsuit Thing
- Create something with a 3D printer
- Go to Vampire Ball
- Like House of Bathory
- Go to Castle Escape Rooms
- Like Mythic Realms
- Like Rocky Point Haunted House
- Like Tiburon
- Like Hoof and Vine
- Take a picture of Sunset/Sunrise
- Go to a concert
- Ride the Cannibal at Lagoon
- Write about a cause that you’re passionate about
- Help about a neighbor with yardwork
- Cover your neighbor in fake blood
- Cover a song and post the video
- Perform a song at a karaoke thing

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Haunted House (9)
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Volunteer to help build at a haunt
Rep a haunt at an event
Take a picture in front your haunt
Take a picture inside a room at the haunt
Get a Haunt owner to tell you a story from their childhood
Jump in a body of water with haunt costume apparel on
Take a selfie with a Haunted House owner
Take a selfie with a zombie
Take a selfie with a vampire

Horror Arts (13)
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Do a beauty make-up
Make a costume for a local haunt
Do an FX Makeup while blindfolded
Do a beauty make-up while blindfolded
Draw a picture of something horror related
Do a horror themed photo-shoot
Record yourself acting out a character in a Haunted House
Create a story involving a horror related character
Go out in public with FX makeup on
Build a horror themed snowman
Have a horror themed date night
Host a horror themed party

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Recreational (12)
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Go to a museum
Attend a sporting event
Visit a historical monument
Go to Comic Con
Draw a picture of something
Read a book series
Start a “Stream of Consciousness” notebook. Record any thoughts
that stand out throughout an entire day
Take a self-defense class
Take an acting class
Create one project from Instructables.com
Take an online class (You don’t have to pay for it)
Play SuperBetter every day for 30 days. Must show proof of playing
for entire 30 days to be awarded points.
https://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_the_game_that_can_give_you_10_extra_years_of_life?language=en

Outdoors (11)
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Go camping
Go on a hike
Swim in a natural lake
Go skiing or snowboarding
Go ice skating
Get a video of you scaring someone in a tent
Camp under the stars without a tent
Build a fire
Paint war paint on yourself with charcoal
Spend 48 Hours without electricity
Learn one “off-the-grid” skill: make a fire without a lighter, cook over
a fire, learn how to hunt, etc.

Health & Exercise (7)
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Run a mile (Track with an app and post a screenshot)
Run a 5K
Run a 10K
Run a half marathon
Run a marathon
Run the Haunted Half
Do yoga at the park

Community (5)
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Attend an event at a local university
Shake hands with a community leader (mayor, city council, etc)
Ask someone how you could be a better friend

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Ride a train line from start to finish
Give a stranger a flower

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Charitable & Environmental (13)
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Donate to the animal shelter
Donate to a charity of your choice
Donate blood to the Red Cross
Donate at least $1 to a local charity (Double points if it’s to Ominous
Academy)
Donate to the DI
Volunteer at a charity
Volunteer at a local animal shelter
Volunteer at a homeless shelter
Volunteer at a soup kitchen
Make a garden
Spend an hour helping at a community garden
Plant something from a seed (Collage photos of it growing)
Mail a postcard to a veteran

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Cook a meal from scratch
Cook a healthy meal
Cook a surprise meal for a friend or family
Buy a meal for someone in need
Make some horror themed food
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Eccentric (13)
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Compliment a stranger
Take a selfie with a stranger
Get a video of you scaring somebody
Create a scavenger hunt
Ride a unicycle or any vehicle powered by three-wheels only.
Run through splash pads with your clothes on
Shave someone’s head
Tie someone to a tree
Say something in a different language

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Take a picture or video with someone from a different country
Sing a song in a different language
Go sledding and act like you’re on a pirate ship
Wear a horse head mask out in public

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Adventurous (7)
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Try something new
Take a solo adventure for an entire day
Go sledding
Schedule a week-long trip to somewhere you’ve always wanted to
go. You don’t actually have to go or pay for anything, but plan your
flights, hotel, transportation, food, sites, etc.
#Adventurous Rearrange your living space (Before and after picture collage)
#Adventurous Visit another state
#Adventurous Start doing something brand new that you’ve never done before

Social Media (17)

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Share Ominous Academy on Facebook
Share the COMMinUS event on Facebook
Share the COMMinUS Infographic on Facebook
Make a post about COMMinUS on Facebook
Make a post about COMMInUS on Instagram
Make a post about something new you’d like to try this year
Make a post about a New Year’s Resolution
Like Ominous Academy (Post a screenshot)
Like Castle of Chaos (Post a screenshot)
Like Fear Factory (Post a screenshot)
Like Asylum 49 (Post a screenshot)
Like Undead Legion on Facebook (Post a screenshot)
Like Tyler Lamph Art page on Facebook (Post a screenshot)
Like Red Exposure on Facebook (Post a screenshot)
Get 25+ likes on one of your posts from this competition (Post a
screenshot)
#SocialMedia Get 50+ likes on one of your posts from this competition (Post a
screenshot)
#SocialMedia Get 100+ like on one of your posts from this competition (Post a
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Buy (5)
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Buy an Ominous Academy shirt at www.ominousacademy.com
(Post a screenshot)
Buy an Ominous Challenge ticket for a friend or family
Buy a membership to Undead Legion (Post a screenshot)
Buy something from Cotopaxi.com (Post a screenshot)
Buy some Fangs
Message: House of Bathory for appointment

Teamwork (4)
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Get a team together and perform a service project
Play Capture the Flag with an opposing team
*Only playing members get points
*Double points if it’s played while camping
*Triple points if the teams are above 10
In a team come up with a song or phrase that represents a Haunted
House
Get a team together and ask a Haunted House owner how you could
help