Scavenger Hunt Clue Ideas

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A treasure hunt can be great fun for any child’s birthday party, or even just an everyday surprise. There are many ideas for treasure hunts that you can use. You can find ideas online, in books, or through your own creativity. Here are three top ideas for a treasure hunt.

1.      Make a list of things that the children have to find in order to claim a bigger prize. This can keep children busy for hours, as things can be hidden literally anywhere. This is a great way to split children up into pairs or groups, rather than having a hunt as a whole group. This creates some competition to see who can complete the treasure hunt first.

2.      Make a treasure map for the children to follow. The map should be somewhat vague to make the hunt last quite some time. Remember, x marks the spot! And the spot should include some type of big prize or surprise. You could make a treasure map for a child to find their birthday presents, or you could make a map to get them through the neighborhood to their party.

3.      Leave clues throughout the house, yard or other location. Each clue should lead to the next. Eventually, the clues should all add up and lead to the main prize. If you want to, you could include smaller prizes at each clue stop so that the children have a great amount of toys by the time they are done.

There are many more ideas for a treasure hunt, or you could create variations on these three top ideas. Just remember to make it fun, and make it last. Whatever way you choose to do your treasure hunt, you are sure to create a great activity that your children will remember for years to come.

Treasure hunts are a great way to entertain kids at parties or on a boring cold day. Treasure hunts and scavenger hunts are different because unlike scavenger hunts, in treasure hunts when a clue is found another clue are needed to get closer to the treasure. With these steps, you are sure to host an unforgettable treasure hunt with booty galore.

Steps:

1.      Plan your treasure hunt accordingly. Decide what age group and gender will be appropriate for the treasure hunt. Also decide if the treasure hunt is for a birthday or just something to keep the kids entertained and active. This is also a great time to decide if this is for a birthday party, if you want the parents of the kids to provide help with the hunt but not to do the hunt for the kids.

2.      Decide your location. Choosing the right location(s) is everything in a treasure hunt. You can decide to start inside the home and let the kids work their way outside into the front or back yard. Another great location can be the neighborhood.

3.      Decide your trails and clues.  This is also important to the treasure hunt. Considering the age of the hunters, choose and plan clues and trails that will keep the attention of the hunters. You do not want your hunters to get bored or give up because it is too difficult to go on to the next clue. Make the clues fun and interactive such as having to use a highlight marker on invisible ink to reveal a riddle to the next clue.

4.      Choose and create the booty. Although you can buy candies, gift boxes, and treats to make the long waiting a rewarding treasure; but making it will give you the chance to personalize for each person, and really make the treasure one of a kind.

The weather is warming up nicely, the trees and flowers are in bloom, and soon the weather will be hot enough for a trip to the beach. While you are there, why not have some extra fun with some beach themed games? Treasure hunting at the beach can be very simple and easy, and loads of fun for the whole family.

Buried treasure is especially fun for kids to find, so why not have a buried treasure hunt? This is best done when one adult can go ahead of the kids and hide the treasure to be found. Alternatively, you could just use what is naturally buried in the sand, and make the treasure hunt a scavenger hunt also!

If you are burying the treasure to be found, make it relative to the beach. Differently shaped containers, buckets, inflatable float toys, and nets are all good ideas for buried treasure. Small, well-packaged snacks and drinks could be included as well. With the help of Riddle Me, you can create a treasure map with clues to help with the discovery! After the treasure has been unburied, use the found goods to build an interesting and unique sand castle!

To use what is found naturally buried at the beach and have a scavenger hunt instead, make a list of items for your family to search for. You can find some great ideas with the help of the software at www.riddleme.net. Sand dollars, different types of shells, dried starfish, and even living creatures such as hermit crabs are all fun options for a scavenger hunt. They will also make memorable keepsakes to take home after the trip is over, reminding you and your family of the fun at the beach for years to come.

Finding games to occupy children can be a challenge. Today there are many children who stay indoors to play T.V. games, and surf the Internet. However, the best memories these children have in their childhood are the times they played games like treasure hunts at home, had a birthday party or even went to camp. Giving children meaningful memories they can enjoy is a rewarding and satisfying accomplishment.

Riddle Treasure Hunts

A fun way to do treasure hunts is to use riddles from a Mother Goose Rhyme Book. Many parents used to and may still read books at bedtime that contain nursery rhymes. Because of this, using riddles for treasure hunts should be fun and easy. To do a riddle treasure hunt, try a piñata treasure hunt by color coding each child and hiding the colored clues in the piñata. You should have the adult in charge of the treasure hunt make up riddles and rhymes that provide clues to the location of the treasure or prize. Each child swings and hits the piñata until it breaks. Once the piñata breaks, each child then can scoop up their color coded clues, read the clues and then find their treasure prize in the second phase of the game.  Find a simple excerpt from the Mother Goose Book, write it down on a color coded piece of construction paper and hide these types of clues for each child underneath rocks, leaves and near trees if outside. If it is indoors, then hide them under chairs, couch cushions and in cookie jars. The piñata is the first part of the clues.  The other half is the second part to gain their final prize.