Scavenger Hunt Clue Ideas

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Birthday Baseball – (based on Abbott and Costello’s “Who’s on first”)
Who’s on First: The first clue leads to “first base” where they have to identify the person in a picture (a baby picture of the birthday child).
What’s on Second: The second clue leads to “second base”. Here they have to put their hands in a bag without looking and identify what they feel. (some of the birthday child’s favorite things)
I Don’t Know’s on Third: The third clue sends them to “third base” where they have to answer questions they “don’t know” about the birthday child, ie. How many toy cars do they have? What cereal did they eat that morning?
The final clue sends them to “home plate” where everyone enjoys a delicious treat.

Help the princess find her gown, jewels, shoes, crown so she can get ready for the Ball.
Select locations from the Riddle Me home inventory list. Hide one of the princess items in each place.
Give the children the clues so they will be able to find all that the princess needs to be ready for the Ball.

Make a treasure hunt out of the birthday child’s favorite things. Create a list from Riddle Me’s scavenger hunt list. For example, they may have to find a soccer ball, a sea shell, and a movie with a horse. Then give each child the list of the items and see how quickly everyone can find them.

Using the object list hunt feature on Riddle Me, print a list of US history related items, for example; cherry tree leaf, something with a star, candlestick, book on history, or you can put your own ideas on the list. Divide the children into red, white and blue teams. See how fast each team can find all the items.

Have a paper representing the Declaration of Independence. Select locations you want the children to go to from Riddle Me’s hunt inventory.
On the back of your declaration paper put the first clue and only half of the clue for each of the other locations. Then hide the other half of the clues with an item in each of the other locations. The items with the clues could be something like sunglasses, paper money, a piece of carved wood – items similar to the movie. Give the children the map and have them read the first clue. It will send them to the first location and the rest of the second clue.
The final clue would lead them to the “treasure”.  It could be a cake decorated like the flag or gold coin candies.