Halloween Treasure Hunt at Home
Who loves treasure hunt? My daughter does!
I love it too... when I was young. I believe most kids love treasure hunting 🙂
It was the treasure hunting games that my cousin and i did many years ago that inspired me to pass down the fun to my daughter at present time. We have done about 10 treasure hunting games at home so far, since my daughter was 3 years old (or maybe 2.5).
We don't do it so often to keep the activity exciting every time.
I do it for reading test purposes, actually. The Treasure Hunting Game can be a fun way to encourage reading practice. My daughter and i would read the short phrases of clues and then, at end of the game, discovering the treasure makes her happy, proud, accomplished, and surprised.
THE TREASURE
The final clue will describe where the treasure is. When I am not in a hurry, I also make a simple map with a big X Mark on it, for my daughter to follow. I did not make a map this time though.
The treasure is often something that will make my daughter happy, like a chocolate or a little toy, or a new colored pencil box. It is always a surprise that she kind of worked hard to get. For halloween, each clue comes with a treat and the treasure is... a new book! 👻
THE HALLOWEEN TREASURE HUNT
So here's our treasure hunt... halloween edition.
- My daughter is wearing a black shirt, a witch hat, and has a trick or treat basket (for the treats)
- We played spooky music during the activity
- The paper where the initial clue can be found was inside her trick or treat bag
- There are seven clues, all prepared while my daughter was in school.
- All clues can be found in halloween themed spaces in the house
- Each clue comes with a sweet treat.
- The Treasure is Halloween Themed - a book titled "I Want to be a Witch", by Ian Cunliffe
- WE HAD FUN! 🎃
THE CLUES
These are usually short phrases that describes something obvious or easy to find. If maybe my daughter is a bit older, I might start putting in riddles and objects may be more difficult to find, but that's for next time.
Example of Clues:
"Clue number one: Find the Black Witch Hat" - my daughter would then go to her witch hat, and there she'll find another paper, and she might read something like,
"Clue number two: Look inside Daddy's Pocket" - my daughter would go search her dad's pockets and will find the next clue.
and so on.
However, this Halloween, I have made the clues a bit longer than usual but more fun. 😉
Great job mommy!
ReplyDeleteI specially like the youtube links!