Laughs at Easter treasure hunt

Hi Nikki,

I did the treasure hunt for Easter. We had a blast. We laughed and laugh some more reliving the game once it finshed. Thank you!

Toni Elkins, Oklahoma, USA

More details on a great Treasure Hunt Party Game here

4th July Treasure Hunt

Hi Nikki,

Our treasure hunt on the 4th of July was a lot of fun. We had 35 kids(and adults) running all over the yard in the rain.!! After they solved their riddles the hunt then took them into the woods with compasses and shovels and they had to find the "buried" treasure. It certainly was a memorable day--thanks for the help in getting me organized.

Sharon Kloter, Connecticut, USA

More details on a great Treasure Hunt Party Game here

Helpful scavenger hunt lists

Found what I needed and the list were very helpful. Thank you for this

product.

Susan Thorington, Alabama, USA

More details on a great Scavenger Hunt Party Game here

Sweet sixteen scavenger hunt

Hi Nikki,

Thanks for the great book! I have downloaded (I believe) all the products. I am very excited to plan this party. It is my daughter's 16th birthday and she and her sister came up with this idea of a scavenger hunt party. I googled 'scavenger hunt' and found your site. I thought this is a good idea to get some help. We love to have parties and have had many years of fun themes and such! My daughter's birthday will be Easter Sunday, so we will celebrate with family that day. We will have her Scavenger Hunt birthday with friends before Easter so I need to get cracking on it. They want to be in teams and be driven around town to find things (drivers will be adults) There are about 20 children so we'll have 5 teams of 4 (I think). I love the idea of taking pictures of the scavenger hunt items and with digital cameras it works great.

Also we will celebrate on Easter with family which involves about 40 people (adults & children) so I used your Instant Hunt games and have already created two hunts for around my house and yard. One hunt for older children and one hunt for the younger crowd. That instant hunt was Awesome to use and so easy!!!!

Those are my details so far. Thanks so much for your terrific website!

Karen Diamond, Massachusetts, USA

More details on a great Teen Treasure Hunt here

Superbowl treasure hunt hit

Thanks so much Nikki - did a quick treasure/scavenger hunt for the kids at our Superbowl party and as always it was a super duper hit!

Leslie Suhy, California, USA

More details on a great Scavenger Hunt Party Game here

Right choice to purchase treasure hunt product

Hi Nikki,

Thanks for your fun Treasure Hunt game. We had a great time and our college and beyond group tremendously enjoyed themselves! Your obvious work and intricate planning was a breeze to use and we made the right choice to purchase your product. Thank you again for such a great event!

Sincerely,

Vanessa Ekno, Hawaii, USA

More details on a great Treasure Hunt Party Game here

Sweet 16 pirate party

Hi, Nikki.

It's nice of you to take an interest!! I think I have the basics figured out.

The party is for my daughter's sweet 16 to be held Aug 11. We are having it in our backyard. We have a pool so we are decorating "piratey" and kind of luau too, but the enphasis is definitely on the pirate. I'm not quite sure about how many will be here, but most likely 50-60, with maybe 35-40 participating in the team challenges and treasure hunt. The hunt will take place primarily in the wooded area behind our house (it is perfect...there are many beautiful trails that my husband has put in and there is a great creek that runs the whole length of the woods) as well as throughout the neighborhood...there are a couple of cul-de-sacs with little "islands" in the middle that are perfect for some of the challenges, and the layout is safe for the kids to go off througout the development.

I am going to buy fabric in 6 different colors and cut it into strips, giving each team member a piece to tie on their heads or waists. I have ordered 6 "Pirate captain" hats so that each team can choose a captain.

I like the names that you have in your game plan, but I am trying to incorporate some "Hawaian" themed team names and "ports". For example, I think I will change "Pirate Beach" to "Pineapple Beach". I am using the 15 beach item challenge, the coconut roll, the stepping stones, the walk the plank, the four coins, and one of my own...They have to join hands around this particular tree out in the woods and sing the chorus of "It's a Small World" 3 times in their best Pirate Voice...and one of the team members must record it either on a camcorder provided or on a cell phone

That will be the main hunt...ending with the clue leading to a wishing well located in an old garden behind the kids clubhouse. In the wishing well will be 4 treasure maps and 4 shovels. The clue is...Enter the garden of old to find the last clue. Make a wish, take a map and a tool to help you. (Not too original, but thanks for the help...!!) The map will lead directly to an area that will have 4 treasure trunks buried. In the trunks will be plastic gold coins for the team members to divide up.

The party will also have music and dancing...there is a DJ throughout the day and night. And lots of food. And swimming. Some of the kids (girls and cousins) will be staying over, sleeping out in the clubhouse and in tents. We will also be having an outdoor movie late at night. (Pirates of the Carribean of course.) And that's pretty much it.

SO....thanks...I LOVE your input. And thank you for your game pack. It really was a Godsend to get me started.

Candy Wheeler, New York, USA

More details on a great Pirate Treasure Hunt here

Treasure hunt book is worth every penny!

I ordered your Treasure Hunt for Halloween about an hour ago and I am so impressed!!! I have a big Halloween party every year and I'm always looking for something new to entertain the kids – I can't wait to play this Treasure Hunt!! Thank you for saving me so much time and effort – this is worth every penny for that reason alone. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!

Lorraine Turkel, Florida, USA

More details on a great Halloween Treasure Hunt here

American Halloween party scavenger hunt

Dear Nikki,

We had a wonderful "Americal Halloween Party" in the midst of Austria (Europe). I teach english for kids with a program called "Show Me The World" and like to do some extracurriculum activities with the kids. I tought them about the jack-o-lantern and where the name halloween comes from. we made stuffed apples, i brought pumpkin pie and after the scavenger hund we broke the jack-o-lantern piniata and had a great time.

The scavenger party planner I found to be very useful, would you have anything on treasure hunts as well?

best wishes,

Genia Lackey, Austria

More details on a great Halloween Treasure Hunt here

Treasure Hunt at camp

Hey Nikki....we will be doing the treasure hunt at camp in July...and I will be glad to send a picture and let you know how it went...I am excited because we do this camp every year...so this makes it easier on me...thanks

Jackie Wakefield, Texas, USA

More details on a great Family Treasure Hunt here

Campground treasure hunt

Hi Nikki, I did get the Treasure Hunt Planner, Thanks. I'm very excited. I am planning this for at a campground I have a trailer at. Should be great. It won't be until July sometime but I will let you know what happens. Thanks Again

Vicky Biersteker, Wisconsin USA

More details on a great Treasure Hunt Party Game here

Best birthday EVER - treasure hunt

Thank you - "It was the best birthday - -EVER" - my 15 year old had a total of 6 girls and they went around the neighborhood to 6 different house to complete the tasks. We had the party last week and the girls at school are still talking about it. Thank you sooooo much.

Siobhan Fox, Florida, USA

More details on a great Treasure Hunt Party Game here

Family treasure hunt for July 4th Weekend

Dear Nikki,

I received the treasure hunt planner without a problem. I am planning a treasure hunt for the July 4th weekend. My family along with 7 other families with kids are going camping in upstate NY. We have been doing this for a few years now. The kids range in age from 3-15. Last year I planned treasure hunt for them where one clue led to the next clue and so on until the last clue directed the kids to the treasure. The kids loved it so much that they asked for another treasure hunt this year. This year I wanted to make it a little different. I wanted to have the kids do an activity at each station where they would get a clue so your ideas have really helped.

I have changed a few ideas. I want all the kids to work together and not make teams because I don't want it to become a competition. I know 14 kids is a lot to work together but I thought I would give it a try. For example, instead of mummy wrapping one team member I am having each kid mummy wrap another kids arm so everyone will have to be wrapped to move one to another station. I will let you know how it all works out.

Debra Meyers, New York USA

More details on a great Treasure Hunt Party Game here

Easy to create Instant Treasure Hunt

Nikki,

We had out Pirate party on Saturday the 4th. The treasure hunt was a big hit.

I had my 14 year old daughter work on the instant treasure hunt game for me since I was running out of time getting the party ready.

We had 9 families with 1-5 kids per family. Lots of bodies. The parents had to participate with their

kids. Everyone said it was a nice way to involve them in the theme of the party. They all ended up with wooden treasure chests full of toys, candy & mini rum bottle (for mom and dad).

This was so easy, even for my daughter to handle. It was a great hit. And everyone was so

impressed with my daughter for putting together such a big project.

We will definitely use the game again.

Ann Kruger, Oregon, USA

More details on a great Instant Treasure Hunt using Riddles here

Church harvest festival treasure hunt

Thank you Nikki,

We just got back from our Church Harvest Festival, and everyone had a great time. They were running around enjoying themselves, and I got a lot of compliments on the Treasure Hunt. I modified the game for our needs, but we generally followed your guidelines. Thank you for your help and inspiration in making our outing a great time.

Blessings,

Rebecca Walsh, USA

More details on a great Church Treasure Hunt here

Friends talking about the treasure hunt at school

Hi Nikki

Thanks for being so prompt in replying to the problem I had downloading the e book. I used some ideas from the e book and it gave me a good idea on how to plan the party. I then modified it to suit our party, which we held around our local area.

My son loved the party and I think his friends will be talking about it at school today!

Yvette Atkinson, Auckland, New Zealand

More details on a great Treasure Hunt Party Game here

Corporate team building scavenger hunt

Nikki - you are a life saver! I really love it and as a result of your packaged managed to switch gears and really make my hunt something special, it happens on Tuesday, now I have full confidence it will be a winner!!

In Victoria, BC - Tues Apr 10 (I'd already done a lot of pre-planning) for Company Team Building, all adults/

Cheers!

Chris Hill, British Columbia Canada

More details on a great Corporate Treasure Hunt here

You can't have a pirate party without a Treasure Hunt!

Hi Nikki,

We celebrated our son's eleventh birthday with a pirate themed party. Well, you can't have a pirate party without a treasure hunt and we procrastinated a little too long. Your website helped us out tremendously.

We put together a 26 riddle treasure hunt that kept the children engaged and they had a great time searching for the treasure. And your step by step process made it very simple.

Thanks,

Peter Kleinhenz, Ohio USA

More details on a great Instant Treasure Hunt using Riddles here

Planned it all in 35 minutes!

Nikki,

Thanks for such great ideas. I found your site via Halloween.com and ordered the supplies Halloween morning for a party starting 5:30 that evening.

After setting up the haunted house, cleaning, and preparing the food we had about 35 minutes to plan. Even with such little time to plan the kids went home smiling and telling their parents they had a good time. We didn't get a chance the bury treasure but plan to for our daughter's birthday in the spring. Thanks for a great product and can I email you for ideas for our spring birthday party?

Thanks again.

Sidney Ricks, California USA

More details on a great Halloween Treasure Hunt here

Video scavenger hunt for teenagers

The video scavenger hunt was such a success with the kids (17-18 yrs of age). They thought it was going to be stupid but they haven't stop talking about it. Their videos were hilarious! Some of the things I made them do:

Order an ice tea from Starbucks with two straws stuck in the nose (I provided money)

Sit on a whoopee cushion next to someone in a bookstore without showing the whoopee cushion

One person must wear a dog collar and leash and carry a bone in the mouth while crawling through a major pet store (other person holding leash and petting the head) - I provided the items from the dollar store

There is a long list of things they had to do. The best part was seeing just how funny these kids were. I got to see a different side of them. I never knew my son was so funny or that he could actually dance!

Thanks,

Julianne Lewis, California, USA

More details on a great Teen Treasure Hunt here

Treasure hunt product is exceptional

The party this past weekend was a huge success. We had an away sleep-over at our family mountain house and had the treasure hunt on day 2. It went extremely smoothly and the ten girls had a blast! Last week was an insane week and I had little time to prepare, and now that I've done the hunt I feel like I could do it perfectly next time. Your product is exceptional and you truly saved me valuable time and stress!!! I look forward to having another hunt sometime very soon. Thanks so much,

Kirsten Salas, Georgia USA

More details on a great Treasure Hunt Party Game here

Treasure hunt sets new standard for harvest festival

Nikki

Here are some details of our successful treasure hunt.

It was for our church, at a farm, during our Fall Harvest Festival. We wanted a harvest theme, but not so much a Halloween theme. We also wanted large motor activities so small children would participate in the whole thing. And, we wanted a few team building activities since families were encouraged to sign up as a team. So, our 6 stations were:

1. Ship's Cove: each member of the team had to walk the plank looking backwards through a pair of binoculars.

2. Walleye River: each member was given a "stepping stone", and they had to get to a certain point only using the stones.

3. Spider's Web: We created a 4' x 4' spider web out of twine and attached bells. Each team picked 2 people to pass through the web without ringing the bells.

4. Hide Away Cove: We hid 15 stamps, and they had to find 10 of them and stamp a piece of paper

5. Mummy Cave: We wrapped one person in the group with Toilet Paper

6. Apple Lake: One apple per team mate needed to be bobbed. Not everyone had to bob, someone else could bob for you.

I gave everyone an envelope with their starting spots. As they completed the stations, the station judges would give them a stamp on their envelope (we had 6 station judges) and they had to be completed in the correct order.

We had 9 groups of 4-8 people

We buried 1st, 2nd and 3rd place treasures, and gave them each a map when they completed the journey. Everyone else got a glow stick when they completed.

It was great watching the families really enjoy themselves! They were running from point to point (kids dragging laughing parents) and working together to complete the tasks. They had to think and

challenge themselves a little, and we had a 100% smile-success rate. What a fantastic idea, and thank you for all your work. We'll be using it again. I think I just set a new standard at our yearly Fall

Harvest Festival. I'm already planning the next one!

Blessings,

Rebecca Walsh, USA

More details on a great Church Treasure Hunt here

Teen birthday party scavenger hunt

Hey Nikki

I did another one for a 13 year old birthday party that was pretty cool

I took a bunch of magazines, poster board, scissors and glue,

And I made a list of things to find in the magazine.

Something you would need for college

A boy

A girl

Something red

Something bright

…..

And then they made a collage on the poster board….

So then I took this one step further, and I am sure you have heard of the movie and the book "the secret"

Well we did one to talk about the law of attraction, for a group of adults. It was awesome !

Thank You

JoAnn Seckus, Illinois, USA

More details on a great Scavenger Hunt Party Game here

Nikki,

Hi, this Laresa Depew. Tonight, Wednesday, I went on the site and planned the treasure hunt stuff for Thursday afternoon. It was so easy, and so much better than racking my tired brain to put one together. I can not wait to use it on Thursday. I also looked at the games and loved them. Over the weekend I will work on the magic show, for next week also. Thank you so much for all the hard work that you did. I will let you know how it went.

Laresa Depew, Missouri, USA

More details on a great Instant Treasure Hunt using Riddles here

Treasure hunt will be used again

The treasure hunt was great. I will be using the hunt for many occasions. Thank you for a great party.

Mary Millar, Michigan, USA

More details on a great Treasure Hunt Party Game here

Teen Easter treasure hunt

Hi Nikki!

Thanks for a great product and an even better time with friends and family enjoying our treasure hunt! We did this just yesterday for Easter and the youngest person in the group was 12. Everyone else was 15 and older, so I used a mix of adult/teenage clues. It was great. I stumped my kids....made others look like geniuses and the adults had just as good of a time watching the kids go crazy!

Overall, this was a huge success. I especially like that I was able to alter some of the clues to make them more personal to my family. I am certain that a lot more huge parties with many more great hunts are in our future.....

Thanks for everything!

Yvonne Kessel, Germany

More details on a great Easter Treasure Hunt here

Great treasure hunt

We had the party, it was great fun. Thanks again.

Crystal Mokry, Alberta, Canada

More details on a great Treasure Hunt Party Game here

School scavenger hunt unearths interesting facts

Hi Nikki!

It went very well. Because we are a heritage building, I was able to find lots of unusual and interesting questions. For example there are pictures of the classes on the three floors dating back to 1907. One question was how many colours had the double front doors been (class pictures were always taken on the front steps). There are many facts/stories lining the walls up to the attic so I was able to pick out a few interesting questions from there. Anyway the students had a blast. I had also created a treasure map puzzle and as they searched for answers to the scavenger hunt they were also looking for puzzle pieces. At the end they put all of the pieces together and there was a riddle about where to find "treasure". They loved it!

Beverly Ruberg, British Columbia, Canada

More details on a great Scavenger Hunt Party Game here

Impressive treasure hunt guidelines spark more ideas

Hi Nikki,

I am one of the organizers for my company's treasure hunt this coming May so yes I am truly excited. I have read through some of the files you have sent and I will say I am quite impressed as everytime i read your ideas and guidelines I have come up ideas in my head.

Thank you so much for your help..

Maryana Tahir, Malaysia

More details on a great Corporate Treasure Hunt here

Treasure hunt on the beach

Hi Nikki

We had a fantastic time! The treasure hunt went very well, in an idyllic setting on the beach here in Phuket, Thailand and kids loved it - when they found the treasure they were going crazy. Here is a link to the pics ....

The whole concept was very easy to follow - because the kids were only around 4 years old, I added pictures to each port, so they could follow the pictures to the next place, and modified some of the challenges. All of the parents said how great it was and a fabulous time was had by all. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this to anyone who wants to do something a bit different for their next party. Thanks very much for a great product!

Kind regards

Krista Hunter, Phuket, Thailand

More details on a great Childrens Treasure Hunt here

Going to tell friends about the Treasure Hunt site

Nikki,

You can bet I?m going to tell all my friends about your sites. Your service and response is outstanding and I?m sure your products will be as well. If you have any more sites (I?ve seen scavenger, treasure and instant treasure hunts) could you please send me all the links to all your sites? I will be sure to pass them along to my friends.

I?ll let you know how the party goes it?s in February.

THANKS again.

Dorothy Green, Wisconsin USA

More details on a great Instant Treasure Hunt using Riddles here