Garden Treasure Hunt

A follow-the-clues adventure that turns your garden into a real-life treasure map.

🧒 Age 5-9 👥 3-10 kids ⏱ 30-45 minutes 📍 Outdoor ⚡ Active

Children searching for clues in a garden treasure hunt

How to play Garden Treasure Hunt

Garden Treasure Hunt is perfect for kids who love mysteries and movement. They work together to follow clues, solve simple challenges and finally discover a hidden treasure. You can keep it super simple for younger kids or add riddles and codes for older ones.

What you need

5-8 clue cards or printed pictures
Simple tasks or riddles for each station
A small box, basket or chest as the treasure
Goodies or party favors to put inside the treasure
Tape or string to fix clues in place (if needed)

Step-by-step instructions

Decide where you want the treasure to be hidden and place the filled treasure box there.
Choose 5-8 spots in your garden, yard or nearby park that are safe and easy to reach for kids.
Write or print one clue for each spot. Each clue should lead to the next location on the route.
Hide the clues in the right order, starting with clue 2 at the first location, clue 3 at the second, and so on. Keep clue 1 with you.
Gather the kids, explain that they are a treasure team and show them the first clue.
Let them work together to find each spot, pick up the next clue and move on.
When they finally reach the last location, let them discover and open the treasure box and share the goodies.

Pro Tip 💡

For younger kids, use picture clues like a flower, swing or slide instead of text. For older kids, add simple riddles, codes or mini challenges at each station to make it feel like a real adventure.

Fun variations

🎉 Pirate edition: use pirate language for the clues, add an X on the final spot and fill the treasure box with gold chocolate coins.
🎉 Color hunt: make each clue a color and let kids search for something in that color at each station before they can open the next clue.
🎉 Team challenge: split the group into two teams with slightly different clue routes that both end at the same treasure.

Safety tips

Keep the route inside a clearly defined and safe area where you can always see or reach the kids.
Avoid hiding clues near roads, water or anything sharp or unstable.
Tell kids to stay together as a group and not to run too far ahead on their own.

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