How to organize a treasure hunt?

For a child’s birthday, an end-of-year party, a pajama party or simply to have a fun time, the treasure hunt is an ideal activity. Children love to search for treasure by solving puzzles. It’s a great way to develop their sense of logic, and a fun time. They will enjoy participating as much as enjoying the treasure, which can be a toy, sweets, a book, etc. But how to organize a treasure hunt? We give you all our advice and ideas to have a great time with your children.

Choose the treasure theme

Before you start making clues and puzzles, choose a theme: pirates, the jungle, marine explorers… The possibilities are limitless ! Next, start by defining the framework of the treasure hunt. When it takes place at home, there are different possibilities depending on the age of the participants: with younger children, restrict the perimeter to one room. It will be easier and it will limit the duration of the game, because we know that children are easily distracted. From around 6 years old, you can hide clues all over the house. But be careful, if you don’t want the adventurers to enter certain rooms, don’t forget to specify this before the start of the game. You can also stick warnings on the doors concerned, if possible in accordance with the chosen theme. For example, if the hunt is supposed to take place in the jungle, you can write: “Watch out, crocs!”