You can also make the clues more complex-for example, "Take the zip code of the city hall in the capital city of the 26th state admitted to the United States. You can just increase the challenge by giving them more to look up and more challenging math to do. Just make sure that any facts you have them look up and any websites you have them visit are safe and age-appropriate.įor Adults: This type of clue works equally well for adults without much modification. For example, if you wanted to hide a clue in a plant, you might provide a link to this National Geographic Kids article on Apatosaurus along with the clue " Sentence 4, word 12." Using a web page as your hunting ground adds variety to your scavenger or treasure hunt.įor Kids: Online clues are great for kids, and you can even take the opportunity to teach them a little about conducting research online. Just find a web page that has the name of an item where you plan to hide a clue, then write down the web address, paragraph or sentence number, and word number on the clue. Online clues are also useful if you want the participants to find a certain missing word. The participants will need to figure out what it is once they've gathered all the photos. Instead of using a cut-up picture, you could include a series of close-up photos of the final hiding spot-so close up that each photo only reveals a texture or color, for example.
If you use a cut-up picture, cut it up into many more pieces-ideally uniform pieces, like squares-to make it harder to reassemble. She thoroughly enjoyed her first treasure hunt, particularly her present at the end.įor Adults: To make a picture clue interesting for adults, you'll need to add some extra layers of challenge to it. So, we put little Blue's Clues stamps on one side of each piece of paper, and on the other side we drew the location of the clue-easy stuff, like a bathtub, TV, bed, etc.
When I first created a hunt for my daughter, she was only three and very into Blue's Clues. At the end of the hunt, the clue-solvers can reassemble the picture and go find their final prize near the microwave!įor Kids: Simple, engaging picture clues are great for little kids. Each piece will be hidden alongside a clue. This is an image of a microwave that has been cut into six pieces.
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