How to Set Up a Treasure Hunt Fast

Even if you only have 5 minutes left before the party starts, or your spouse gets home on Valentine's day you have time to set up a treasure hunt.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Sticky notes
• Gift or prize
• Pen or pencil

1. Hide the gift or prize.
   This is the end of the treasure hunt. Make sure it isn't obvious, and the prize doesn't stick out. Write congratulations or something similar on a sticky note and stick it on the gift.

2. Write a description of the place you hid the gift on the next sticky note. For a quick treasure hunt, just say where it is. For example, "behind the TV". For someone who likes puzzles you can give a less obvious clue like, "Where do you watch the news?", or "Anagram of Victor Thomas' monogram".

3. Hide the sticky note with the clue in another hiding place.

4. Write a clue to the previous sticky note's location on the next sticky note, then hide it someplace good.

5. Keep hiding a chain of sticky notes with clues to the previous note's location until you have a long enough treasure hunt, or the recipient walks in the door.

6. Present the last treasure hunt clue you wrote to the person the treasure hunt is for, either in a card or gift wrapped. Now you can follow them around and cheer them on. If they get stuck, give clues or say warmer, cooler.

[leduncan]

on 8/31/2009 This sound like fun for the little ones. As they get older you can take them geocaching or create treasure hunts that use a GPS receiver, compass and maps!