Scavenger hunt a HUGE success

Was a HUGE success...leaving for vacation today will reply with details upon return...

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Karen Rappaport, California, USA

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Treasure hunt game is exactly what is wanted

Nikki,

I am honestly amazed at your follow-up emails. You're too good to be true. After reading your email, you hit the nail right on the head. What you described is exactly the kind of activity that I've been trying to plan!! I was so excited that I went back and googled the Treasure Hunt Party Game and purchased the booklets.

I think you're fabulous and as a working mother who has little time to plan party events - my heartfelt thanks goes out to you.

Mercedes Stobbie, USA

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Soccer theme for treasure hunt

Thank you for all of the correspondence! I wanted something different for my daughter's 9th birthday. We will have a big crowd - 24 + adults for the treasure hunt. She is involved in soccer, school, church, neighborhood, etc. so I wanted to include everyone we could. Many thanks for all of your support thus far.

We will be having it at our local community center. So we have access to a large soccer field, playground, basketball and tennis courts. I thought of having the following stations (1) a mummy wrap - wrapping the tallest person in your group; (2) cheerleader stance and hold for 30 seconds, and then I haven't thought much more than that. I want the games to be fun and your suggestions help a lot! There will be a little age different, from 6 - 11 and we drew names for the different groups, so there is a variety in each group. We chose 5 groups - (1) strikers, (2) forwards, (3) mid-fielders, (4) defenders, and (5) goalies. Can you guess what our theme is?

Because of the large crowd we can't make the treasure too extravagant - we're still on a budget.

Many thanks again. Take care,

Mary Ellen Santerre, Texas USA

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Excited pirates waiting for their treasure hunt

Nikki,

The party is happening this Sunday coming. At the moment we have 18 very excited 10 & 11 year old boys looking forward to the upcoming treasure hunt.

The invitations were a huge hit. I hand delivered in the darkness of night, washed wine bottles. The outers were wrapped in a printed map with a poem that I had made up -

"This bottle comes to you on shore,

Floating 11 years from days of yore

.......................

It went on to say that the recipient of the bottle had to work through a series of clues to work out where and when the party was and who it was for. Inside the bottle I had tightly rolled another larger

map which had all of the clues. I had also wrapped some scull and crossbones fabric around the neck of the bottle (all of the kids have been asked to bring this to the party on the day and they can wear this twisted with some coloured fabric that I will hand out as soon as we have selected the teams as per your instructions eg Black brigands will get black fabric and twist with the scull and cross bone, Blue, Yellow, Orange etc)

Also tied to the neck of the bottle was some fairly roughly hacked paper, which had the child's name and his pirate name for the day eg Mr. Peter Piper, Pirate name - One eyed Scurvy dog

The feedback that I have had from children and parents has been sensational. Now just hoping that I can pull the party together so that all goes smoothly and the kids have fun.

Best regards

Anita Sawrey, Victoria, Australia

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Scavenger hunt in Manhattan

Hi Nikki,

The scavenger hunt is taking place in NYC on May 6; it is a night time activity for a corporate event during that week. Age range is 22-50's and there are about 25-35 people participating.

The part I am still trying to figure out is if groups should just use their phone cameras to take pictures or something else. Any thoughts?

The theme is really just sight around the city - this is the list of places and the clues that I have so far. I got a few ideas from the planner and most of them are just from research. I am trying to keep it to midtown and lower manhattan and will provide subway cards for each person but I tried to keep some of the sights within walking distance of each other.

Whitney Chernoff, New York, USA

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Planning for a big treasure hunt

Our treasure hunt is scheduled for December 15th and is going to be a big one. This is for my son's 9th birthday party and is the 4th year that we have done a treasure hunt. The kids in our church, family, and neighborhood look forward to it every year so I am excited about this year's to see how it compares to the past years. I am an early planner because there are so many kids participating and I will be finalizing the details for the hunt this week. You may be hearing from me needing some advice. I will be sure to let you know the turn out.

Excitedly Awaiting,

Melissa Vance, Arkansas, USA

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Easer treasure hunt made easy!

I made a game for Easter. I do it every year, but your website helped me tremendously!! It has become a tradition in our house that the Easter Bunny leaves clues throughout the house for the children to find

their Easter baskets. I used to spend so much time making the clues, but your website cut down on the time tremendously.

Katie Ohlmann, Indiana, USA

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Treasure Hunt for Retirement party

Hi Nikki

- Yes, I used your treasure hunt ideas for my friend's retirement pirate party. We live on the Chesapeake Bay and had the party at a beach club on the water. It was absolutely the best fun ever and the highlight of the party. People haven't stopped talking about it for weeks now. I designed the challenges to be like the ones on "Survivor," one of our favorite TV shows.

There was a "Walk the Plank" challenge, (a board on sawhorses over a kid's swimming pool); a "Shooting Gallery" challenge, (shooting cans with a slingshot); a "Toss the Anchor" challenge, ( who can throw it the farthest); a "Peg Leg Pickup" challenge, (2 people blindfolded with legs tied together have to be directed by the 3rd team member to pick up scattered items), a "Pirate Word Scramble" challenge, (unscramble pirate terminology); and a "Pirate Memory" challenge, (30 seconds to study 25 items, then remember as many as you can). I made the clues for the map location rather cryptic--some of the players were teachers and scientists.

They all ended up in a little secluded patch of pine trees on the beach where the treasure was buried (in an actual chest). Three teams actually reached the right spot around the same time --I wish we had thought to have a video camera to document it all! The treasure chest was filled with fake gold coins, a gold plate, silver candlesticks and tons of mardi gras necklaces.

I spent A LOT of time (all enjoyable) designing the hunt based on your ideas and it couldn't have been more successful and memorable. People have already asked me to do another one for next year--sounds like our pirate party will become an annual event! Again, thanks for your great ideas.

Jan Werner, Maryland, USA

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Treasure hunt for end of year kindergarten

Hi Nikki,

I had my treasure hunt as an End of Year party for my son's kindergarten class a few weeks ago. The kids had a blast! Since the kids are only starting to read and we had an hour for the hunt, I kept the games simple and made the puzzle clue from words they could read by themselves. My map was a hit and had all of the boys fighting over who got to keep it. (Their teacher made copies for everyone to color themselves and take home) All in all it was a great time.

Thanks!

Bernadette Leiby, New Jersey, USA

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Awesome treasure hunt in Las Vegas

just wanted to let you know that we had our treasure hunt. it was AWESOME! i did it for my son's 22nd birthday. we live in las vegas so i planned it to go up the Strip from the MGM Grand and end at, of course, Treasure Island with 14 clues in between. There were 6 people so we just kept it as one group. It took a lot of planning, but it pretty much went off without a hitch. The "treasure" at the end was in a suite at the Treasure Island. I had found a big unfinished treasure chest at a craft store, stained it, and, in the room, filled it with cheap gold and silver bead necklaces i bought at a party store. I then put in the chest 6 glass beer mugs that i had engraved with "Josh's Treasure Hunt '08".

So much fun! Now, my daughter wants to do a scavenger hunt on the Strip. So, I'm now looking for ideas for that!

Thanks for your help!

Nancy Schein, Nevada, USA

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Girl scout groups have a great treasure hunt

Hi Nikki,

I have a Girl Scout troop consisting of Daisy, Brownie, Juniors, and Cadettes. For the Juniors & Cadettes (10-14 years old) we did a pirate treasure hunt. We meet in a cafeteria at the school so at Pirate Beach I put the treasure under a bunch of fake leaves and had pirate skeletons sitting on and around the treasure box so they couldn't see it. They just thought it was one of the props. I hid the bandannas and pirate eye patches in smaller treasure boxes around the island. I had a lot of compliments that they enjoyed themselves and would like to do it again.

For the Daisy which are kindergarteners I made a Princess theme treasure hunt. Snow White had to find the poison apple, In Cinderella's ballroom we played hot potato with Cinderella's shoe, Under the Sea Adventure we had to find a crown, wand, ring, necklace, and bracelet. At Jasmine's Royal Palace we sifted through the sand to find gems, And in Sleeping Beauty's palace we did a diamond drop: from the start line to a finish line about 10 feet away. Each player lined up at the start line. The first person in each group is given two toothpicks. Each player has one bowl filled with 5 ice cubes (royal diamonds) which they had to carry across the finish line. And finaly at Belle's Magic Kingdom they colored a picture of Cinderella. I used a Princess box with all the above characters on it and had a big princess doll sitting on top of it. This age group also enjoyed playing.

I would now like to organize a big treasure hunt for all the Girl Scout troups and have them bring a friend. Hopefully this will get more girls to register.

Thanks,

Donna Huffman, Pennsylvania, USA

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Digital photo scavenger hunt

Hi,

The event will be at a farm with 30 high school students attending. I am thinking of combing the outside hunt with some of the digital photo ideas. I've enjoyed getting many ideas from this creative source.

Thanks,

Elizabeth Meyer, Montana, USA

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Treasure hunt planned in one day

Dear Nikki,

I had one day to plan my treasure hunt for my 12 year old son. We did the hunt in the back yard with a sports theme. The six boys played against each other, we had a basketball court challenge, a golfing challenge, throwing a football or baseballs into a garbage can, some mental math, a 3D puzzle challenge and a name the object in a box challenge. The treasure map included the use of a gps to locate the buried treasure. They found the treasure map in a buffalo head skeleton. They had a lot of fun digging up the treasure and playing all of the games. I could not have done it without your book and online program for printing out the forms. We look forward to planning another hunt.

Thanks Karie

Karie Brown, Washington, USA

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Our treasure hunt was a success! Thank you! The kids had a great time. It got a little crazy once the red team told the helper they had all 6 pieces of the clue because another team was very

close. They all ran to the area where the treasure was buried and there was some heated debating about who actually won the right to dig! It was a very competitive frenzy at one point, but we got

through it! The red team dug up the treasure only to find that it was a 'fake' treasure full of fake money and candy! The map was in the treasure box and on the other side of their clue pieces was the code to decipher the map to find the real treasure...which was a pinata hidden in the house. Of course, all the kids received the candy from the pinata!

If I were to do anything differently, I would have made sure every kid was very clear about the rules of the game and I would have bought better toliet paper for the mummy game! The cheap rolls broke really easily and wouldn't stay on the kids! Thank you so much for your ideas! I thought it was a great fun and different thing to do with the kids.

Kathy Fowler, New Jersey, USA

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School scavenger hunt

Hi Nikki!

Yes, my scavenger hunt is planned. I live in Kamloops, BC and am a principal at an Elementary School called Stuart Wood. Our school is 101 years old and is a beautiful red brick (three stories)

schoolhouse. The attic has been recreated to be a one room schoolhouse from around 1930. I have 12 Leadership students who help with school events throughout the year. As a special celebration for

all they have done, we are having the first, extraordinary sleepover in the building this Friday night. The scavenger hunt is actually questions that they will answer by exploring the building. While they

find the answers to the 20 questions, there are also puzzle pieces hidden that they will collect and put together to find clues as to where the famous, hidden "Stuart Wood" treasure is. I think they will

have a blast!

Beverly Ruberg, British Columbia, Canada

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13th birthday treasure hunt in East Texas

The treasure hunt party is for my daughters' 13th birthday. It will be the night of October 8th. We are in the East Texas area, Chester to be exact. I plan on starting the party around 5:30 pm; I am hoping for cool weather; with E. Texas you never know. The party will be around our pool, and we have about 15 acres of lawn to use. Because it is her 13th, we are planning to bar-b-q, and of course the kids will swim (weather permitting). I am unsure of guest totals, the minimum will be about 30 kids, and 20 parents.

I would love to include some of the parents on the teams. Safely I figure there will be 42 players, and had considered making 7 teams.

Krista Jernigan, Texas USA

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Custom treasure hunt for sweet sixteen

Nikki,

Thanks for your suggestions I'm well on my way to piecing together a custom treasure hunt for my stepdaughter's sweet sixteen.

Thanks for all your help.

Best Regards

Adrienne Loder, California, USA

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Treasure hunt party was really fun

The treasure hunt party was really fun. All the girls loved it and we can't wait to do it again!!

Leslie Leopard, Alabama USA

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Easter treasure hunt challenge

I used some of the Treasure Hunt ideas to do an Easter treasure hunt at my home for my nieces. Some of the clues were difficult for them, but I think they liked the challenge!

Thanks again.

Cecilia Duenas, California, USA

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Treasure hunt on horseback

The Kids enjoyed The treasure hunt and has a big hit. The venue was changed the day before from a woodland to a farm . I had 12 teams of 4 ranging in age from 6 - 15 with a total of 48 all on horse

back. The oldest kids were the leaders and had to wait for the younger kids. It taught the kids leadership, teamwork and took the fear away from the nervous kids and made them competent riders, They had cross country fences to jump. I had 8 paid instructors who I used as helpers and safety officers.

I set the game out as in the book but added a challenge per station and each instructor had to judge the challenge and give then a piece of the puzzle and added the Guard and the gate keeper.

The challenges were

1.- The mummy game

2 -the tight rope

3. -4 x Hula hoops hanging from the trees and they passed a baton through from one end to the other using all members of the team. They remained on horse back

4 - 12 plastic ducks on a fence post and they had 4 water pistols and had to knock 4 down ,

5- I tied an inflatable boat in a flowing river and put 25 plastic balls in the boat and gave them 4 fishing nets . they had to remove all the balls and place them in bucket on the bank

6 - Answer the backward questions and fishing for 4 jelly snakes from a plate of sugar using only their mouth

2 teams found the treasure chest in under 2.5 hours while the rest did not complete until 4 .

We hide the chest again and all teams got a bag of candy.

They want to have again next year

Thanks again

Gordon Clarke, Ireland

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Treasure hunt is repeated with great success

Yes, it went great. Actually I've done several for my children and parties. It doesn't even have to be an occasion for my kids to love it. They had a great time. It saved me so much time too. It was great fun.

Thanks

Melissa Collins, indiana, USA

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National Treasure hunt great success

Thank you for your interest. Our National Treasure Hunt was a success.

We had an awards ceremony and the winning team received medals. We also had a balloon toss, horseshoe games, a coloring contest and a chili cook-off, all those contestants receiving awards. A magic show capped the evening. 60-70 people were in attendance, ages 2-80 years old.

Our event was a success. Thanks.

Sandra Stegen, USA

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Mall scavenger hunt is very popular

Hi,

We actually had our scavenger hunt this past Friday. I combined several of your ideas and planned a mall scavenger hunt for my daughters birthday (she turned 11). We had pictures and items that had to be found (that you couldn't buy) and some that you had to buy. She and all of her friends had a great time!

The assurance of that came when several of her friends told their mothers they wanted them to plan a scavenger hunt for their birthdays.

Your e-book was amazing. I was worried when my daughter asked me to plan a scavenger hunt as I had never done it before and my mother (who used to plan them for my sister and I) passed away.

So, add me to your testimonials because I am a very satisfied customer and will use your planning book for years to come!

Thanks,

Lisa Elwess, Arizona USA

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Having fun planning the treasure hunt

Nikki,

Hi I am doing great, having lots of fun planning anticipating the hunt.

I would love to send you a report of how it goes, if it goes as well as the scavenger hunt we had it will be a blast and I'm sure it will. And I'll send a couple photos too.

Our hunt is the 14th so I need to get back to work on some of the props I am using. Thank you so much for all your help and wonderful games

Brenda Morgan, West Virginia

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Great logistics for the treasure hunt

Nikki,

I downloaded your doc to get ideas for an outdoor scavenger hunt for approx 35 Cub Scouts ranging in age from 7-13. We had the hunt this past weekend and it came out fantastic. Your planner was very helpful for getting a concept put together, especially the logistics aspects of the hunt. Thank you!

Charles Bavier, South Dakota, USA

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Thanks for prompt response regarding treasure hunt download

Ian, thanks for the prompt response we managed to download the stuff and the bunch of 6 year olds loved running round our garden looking for the clues, thanks a lot

Debbie Faint, Cheshire England

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Planning bigger treasure hunt next year

Hi Nikki,

We had the party last weekend. I had a hunt in our neighborhood park for some 10 year olds. They had a really good time. I decided to have it at the last minute so your list was a big help in planning a hunt in one day. Next year with more time I'll make it much bigger.

Diana Reed, USA

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Grandson's party is a success

I want to tell you about the party we gave for our grandsons. The whole evening turned out wonderful for both the kids and adults. Everyone tells us they can't wait until we have our next party.

Winnie Jones, California, USA

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Instant treasure hunt is fantastic

Hi Nikki, After your email I took some time to check out the Instant Treasure Hunt. It is fantastic! I'm really excited to get started becaue you gave me new ideas. Sorry about the previous email. I just didn't take the time I should have. I will let you know how the hunt turns out after Easter. Thanks again, Mavis

Mavis Mercier, Wisconsin, USA

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Combination code stops shortcutting of treasure hunt game

I appreciate your service.

I had a New Year's Eve treasure hunt with about 50 young adults from church. Good times! It was a success! I tweaked the hunt so that it was 'global', so the teams were traveling to different world countries, and the challenges ranged from a basketball free-throw challenge (Lithuania) to a suduko challenge (Japan) to creating an encouraging note for our missionary friend in Africa (Tanzania).

An interesting thing happened at the end...one of the more enterprising guys figured out where the treasure map was hidden without having all the clue pieces (i.e., his team hadn't completed the last task, but he still figured out the clue). Thank goodness for the combination code...it saved me from having to make up rules on the spot. He couldn't take the map without having the combination code. As it turned out, another team won instead!

We had a good time...thank you for sharing your organizational skills with all of us!

PS: If I get some photos, I'll email them to you

Christine Brackett, California USA

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