Northern Territory police say a toad mustering competition in two remote Arnhem Land communities has helped keep children out of trouble.

For the last month, 70 children have been toad hunting in a bid to fetch the highest number of toads and take out the top title.

In the final week, 444 toads were collected, bringing the entire tally up to 1,141.

Children could only enter the competition if they went to school every day.

The officer in charge at Bulman, Dominic Crea, says it has had a positive effect on the community, with elders and parents volunteering to supervise the groups.

"We tried to work with the school and there were two objectives at hand - one was to encourage their attendance at school so they'd be eligible for prizes," he said.

"[And] basically just from the kids approaching us and saying they were a little bored and didn't have anything to do in the community, [they] noticed there was an unusual amount of toads around."

Mr Crea says elders and parents also got on board, acting as supervisors and going out on toad patrols with the groups.