Including treasure hunt as part of the birthday party activities, results in an exceptional birthday party adventure that all the kids are bound to enjoy. This activity should be planned with care to ensure that it is a success. It should include silly riddles that lead to cleverly hidden areas and finally offer a major payoff. Ideally the treasure hunt should be set up in a way that all the kids win and discovered goodies are distributed equally to all participants. Treasure hunt adventures for kid’s birthday parties should be built and set up in reverse.

Setting up a treasure hunt includes the following: The planner gathers all the suppliers and records where all the areas that will have hidden treasures. The treasure is hidden after which the planner writes down the clues. Description of all the areas should be done while the planner is at each spot where the treasure is hidden to ensure accurate descriptions. Use of rhyming riddles that are not so hard will help the children enjoy coming up with solutions. Clues that are too hard for them will make the hunt difficult and the children will lose morale. Writing great clues involves making the hunt challenging though not impossible a factor greatly determined by the particular age group it is being set up for.

The hidden clues could be partly visible and those buried should not be too deep to need use of tools in digging them up. Children do not have an elevated eye level so the clues should be hidden in areas or places, where kids are likely to spot and reach. Younger children may require the paper clues to be partly exposed. Some of the ideal areas of hiding clues include mailbox, sandbox, under welcome mats or rocks. Some clues could be hidden indoors and others outdoors to make it more interesting.

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