treasure hunt for 7yrolds

[twinklytoes]

wher do i start? dd1 wants one as part of her birthday party on saturday. anyone done one and willing to share their plan?

we tend to do a quick hunt on the way to food using 2 matching packets of cards (so peppa pig snap cards for my 3yo, star wars top trumps for 7 yo). give each kid a card and hide the matching card somewhere in the downstairs of the house. they have to find matching pair (and then help others). one year we made the pairs and laminated them, ben 10 aliens!

i stole this idea from a good friend and now no party's complete without wee hunt

realise you may be after something more elaborate...

ten clues .
first one something like " where Jess the cat's dad delivers " Postman pat - that takes you to the letter box, where the next clue waits
"what does tigger like to do? " - takes you to the trampoline etc...where you get the next clue ... all stuff specific to your house and garden. The final clue number ten leads to a Pinata that you hoist up for the kids to bash...
Never fails to amuse my 3 aged 7 - 11

both fab ideas thank you.

not looking for elaborate just starting points that I can work with whilst I'm at work this week

was struggling to think what the treasure would be - a pinata would be good.

with 15 kids am thinking teams...

Have a look at lello and monkey website. I have just bought their pirate treasure hunt for my DS's BD. Only £7 ish and is really good quality.

you can buy great kits from www.lelloandmonkey.co.uk
we've used them and they post first class, so you could get one sent by sunday! The princess one is fab for little girls.