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I need help to devise a new treasure hunt for grandkids!

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Jaxjacky Sun 07-Jul-24 14:15:40

Small rhymes?
‘Out in the drive for a clue to your loot, the place to look is in the car xxxx’

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fancythat Sun 07-Jul-24 13:48:14

As children we used to do them for each other, from about the age of 10.

Piece of paper number one says go to chair in lunge. They then find the paper there which says go to piano. Clue there says go to a certain book. etc etc.
There were about 10 pieces of paper.

Whoever finished first was the winner.

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jools1 Sun 07-Jul-24 13:12:28

Thanks - that's a good idea Jaxjacky, but not so easy as all the books they read are not in English (despite my best efforts) so I don't know most of them!

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Salti Sun 07-Jul-24 13:12:16

58Jaxjacky, I like that idea.

OP, could you also encourage them, either separately or together, to set a treasure hunt for you. It may give you some idea of their thought processes.

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Jaxjacky Sun 07-Jul-24 10:58:22

My mum used to do one for Christmas presents using clues from well known books from their bookshelf, could you possibly do something similar if there are favoured books to hand?

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jools1 Sun 07-Jul-24 10:20:05

Can some lovely grans out there help me to work out a new treasure hunt? Every summer we go and stay with my son and family to help with the twin grandchildren who are now 10 years old. For the last few years I have devised a new treasure hunt, usually doing numbered clues with some 'treasure' (usually sweets) at the end. Some clues are straightforward, some are done in simple codes. These have been very successful and they always ask for a treasure hunt when we stay! But now I have run out of ideas and want to do something a bit more challenging or different. The grandchildren are twins and speak very good English despite being their second language. They also prefer to do the treasure hunt at different times (otherwise it ends up in tears as the girl always wins). I have scoured the internet for ideas but need some inspiration. Any advice or ideas welcome.

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