Friday 30 November 2007

Treasure hunt as a summer reading project

Vermont, USA - at a small public library in Vernon. The party is to support our Summer Reading program. The theme is - Realms of Reading - and while most of our program will use a medieval theme, I?ve chosen the pirate theme pack as appropriate. All ages will take part - the summer reading is for kids from birth through high school. The hunt will include parents. We want to use a medieval theme

The treasure hunt planner book seems very thorough, which is a huge help to us. We?re a small library with a small staff and don?t have the time to put all the work into that you have done for us! Thanks!!!

Adrienne Boudreau, Vermont USA

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Thursday 29 November 2007

I am now Mr. Treasure Hunt

Hey Nikki,

I organized the treasure hunt last weekend and it was a great success.

My planning was based out of your Treasure Hunt download and made some little changes here and there to suit our theme. I had 24 people from ages 8-60 and this was played at a large park area.

Great fun...

I owe the success of the game to you. It was very well planned out and in good detail. I am planning to organize another treasure in the near future and I am excited.

I am now addressed as Mr. Treasure Hunt...:) Thanks,

Raidu Rayasam, Massachusetts USA

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Wednesday 28 November 2007

Hilarious mummy wrap at the treasure hunt

Had the party! Ran the treasure hunt - and our guests had a GREAT time! Still getting comments about it! Sorry I don't have any photos... the 'mummy' wrap was hilarious!

Happy Holidays

Gary Locke, California USA

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Tuesday 27 November 2007

Pirates of the Caribbean at company picnic treasure hunt

Thanks for inquiring. Our company picnic will have a 'Pirates of the Caribbean' theme. A treasure hunt seemed a natural choice. We will have about 100 people, children and adults. One decision is whether to have two different hunts or to put children and adults together on a team. We also have many choices for locations. There is a nature trail through the woods, a ball field, a pond, front yard, and inside the buildings. My guess is we shouldn't spread out too much.

I'll contact you with other questions as I get further along in the planning. Your follow-up is very unexpected and welcome.

Jill Haer, Maine USA

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Monday 26 November 2007

A little chaotic and they all had fun

Hi Nikki, We had the hunt last night with about 25 10 and 12 year old girls, It was a little chaotic but they had fun. Thanks,

Jennifer Honeycutt, North Carolina USA

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Sunday 25 November 2007

Instant treasure hunt one of most successful activities ever done

Nikki -- I adapted the instant treasure hunt for a church building and grounds setting. I had a family night with a dinner, and the after dinner entertainment was the treasure hunt. The parents and kids loved it! It was a BIG hit! After the treasure hunt, I gave my lesson which is that the Bible is full of 'clues' that lead us to the greatest treasure of all -- Jesus. Wish I had some pictures to send, but forgot to bring my camera. I was not sure this would go over well, but the treasure hunt was one of the most successful activities I have ever done with the kids.

Joana Jones, Indiana USA

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Saturday 24 November 2007

Treasure hunt website shared with other parents

Hi Nikki, thank you very much for all the follow-up emails and also for making that customization website available. It's been REALLY EASY to plan this treasure hunt with all your materials and the website.

My son's 7th birthday party was this past Saturday and ran the pirate-themed treasure hunt. The kids ranged in age from 3-8. It was great fun! The kids really enjoyed themselves and the parents seemed to enjoy watching the activities, too.

I followed your basic design, signs, and most of the games. We did the whole treasure hunt on our backyard lawn in a space of about 15 ft x 25 ft.

I really enjoyed planning this and running it, too. Your instructions were great and really easy to follow. I'm looking forward to planning another treasure hunt soon. As I mentioned earlier, all the kids had a great time and the parents really enjoyed watching the treasure hunt. I've already shared your Web site address with several parents. Thanks again,

Mary Anne Arcilla, California USA

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Friday 23 November 2007

Treasure hunt in hotel suite

Hi Nikki,

I am buying your email book on Treasure Hunts. I did read your FAQ section and noticed that you said that your Hunt is for ages 8 and up. I am planning a birthday party for my son who will be turning 9 in December. We are planning on having the party at the Embassy Suites so the kids can swim etc.-- we will do your Treasure Hunt in the hotel

Carolyn Trumbo, Arizona USA

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Thursday 22 November 2007

Thanks for prompt response regarding treasure hunt download

Ian, thanks for the prompt response we managed to download the stuff and the bunch of 6 year olds loved running round our garden looking for the clues, thanks a lot

Debbie Faint, Cheshire England

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Wednesday 21 November 2007

Now we have been asked to plan a city wide treasure hunt

The treasure hunt was great. Now we have been requested to do a city wide treasure hunt to raise money for a scholarship fund. My children had a ball and so did I (I may have had more fun than them). This will absolutely be an annual event for us.

The original reason for it was because we don't celebrate Halloween and I wanted my children to get some candy and have an opportunity to dress up in a controlled situation. They love the idea. I found a great pirate mask and scared a few of the younger children but my older kids thought it was hilarious.

Thanks for everything and keep the updates coming

Donna Benn, Florida USA

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Tuesday 20 November 2007

Exceptional treasure hunt product saves time and stress

Nikki,

The treasure hunt party this past weekend was a huge success. We had an away sleep-over at our family mountain house and had the treasure hunt on day 2. It went extremely smoothly and the ten girls had a blast! Last week was an insane week and I had little time to prepare, and now that I've done the hunt I feel like I could do it perfectly next time. Your product is exceptional and you truly saved me valuable time and stress!!! I look forward to having another hunt sometime very soon.

Thanks so much

Kirsten Salas, Georgia USA

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Monday 19 November 2007

Scavenger hunt for employee awards day

Ms. Wilson,

I plan the Scavenger Hunt for our Employee Awards day at our college. We have a theme for the event and I try to also incorporate a theme for the hunt. This year we are having a western theme, so I went with the same theme in relation to our campus and Texas. Attached you will find my list so far.

Thank you

Beverly Clark, Texas USA

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Sunday 18 November 2007

Treasure hunt of a lifetime

I am always in need of clues for that last minute get together. I used you at Easter and had the 'treasure hunt of a lifetime'....according to my kids! Thank you.

Jenny Nash, Florida USA

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Saturday 17 November 2007

Treasure hunting in the snow

Hey Nikki

I did receive the treasure hunt game immediately. Thank you. I have done a quick overview, and have come up with many ideas to adapt it to our needs. Our party is in January. It is our company Christmas Party that we hold up north of Toronto/ Canada @ a Ski Resort. Employees bring their spouses for the weekend. I will have around 38 adults this year. The last couple of years we have had a theme for the weekend. Last year it was a 70's party.

This year the theme is Pirates and Bar Wenches. I thought that a Treasure Hunt on the Friday night would be perfect. Everyone must dress in costume....I was putting the pressure on around Halloween to get them shopping! My husband and I own the Market Research Tabulation firm and have many long term employees. I enjoy making the effort to ensure a great party! I haven't decided yet how much of the resort I will use for the hunt. Our 'Party Suite' is about 600 sq ft 2 levels. But as I am writing I guess there is no reason I can't spread it out more around the resort which is actually 2 buildings (50 rooms)

I would like to bury the treasure in the snow...but other than that it will be too cold to play outside at night! I plan to have 6 crews of 6 pirates each with my husband and I as officers.

The crews will be led by their Pirate Captain...I have already ordered their flags! I have also found pirate trivia/crosswords etc. I was also hoping to have some sort of plank to walk...people will be drinking..should be a challenge! I guess the only thing that jumped out at me that I need to adapt is the idea of the train station schedule...I need something related to the SEA!

Thanks for your email

I will be in touch...Half of the fun is the planning for me!

Patti Allen, Ontario Canada

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Friday 16 November 2007

Review of the treasure hunt party last Saturday

Dear Nikki,

I wanted to give you a review of our party last Saturday. It was a real hit, all the boys had a great time. We had 8 boys ages 11 and 12 over for our twin?s 11th birthday party. We gave instruction to bring their bikes to the party as they were to search within our housing development for clues, the map, and treasure. The invitations were hand delivered on brown paper sacks to look like treasure maps.

We included many of your games; Pea and straw, toilet paper wrap, word puzzle, rope walk, we added a name the landmark game with pictures of US national landmarks as an educational station.

Our map was hidden by our community pool under a bench in a poster tube. It led them to an undeveloped lot that had 3 piles of dirt. There was an actual X taped onto one of the piles of dirt. We spray painted a Styrofoam cooler black and glued a latch for the combination lock to hold.

The boy?s party favors were in the treasure chest which included a flashlight, movie gift card and some candy!

My wife and I did the whole thing with each of us taking one team (4 boys).

I?ve attached a link where you can view the photos we took.

Thanks again for the great kit as it made the process very easy. We had a fun time in planning the whole event. The combination twist is a very clever thing!

Best regards,

Mark Miserak, Texas USA

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Thursday 15 November 2007

Annual scavenger hunt for insurance association

HI Nikki,

The Scavenger Hunt is in London, Ontario, Canada on September 22.

This is for our local insurance association. We have a scavenger hunt every year. Age range is from 20 to 65. I have not yet had a chance to read it but I have skimmed through it a little. It looks very interesting.

Pam McNichol Smith, Ontario Canada

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Wednesday 14 November 2007

St Patrick's day treasure hunt

Nikki,

We are having a St. Patrick's day theme. March 17th, they will be searching for ?the pot of gold?. I have purchased a black pot from Hobby Lobby and filled with candy with hopes of the children sharing (age 9).

I wrapped the candy in the top with gold wrapping paper to resemble gold. We have all the stations taken care of. The teams and stations all fit around St Patrick?s day. I now need to get the clue and the treasure map done. We have a huge back yard fenced and that is where we are planning to have the entire treasure hunt. I was just going to set stations up around the back yard.

My husband has said that he was going to put the treasure map around some bricks in the back yard. Also the pot of gold will be in the shed in the back yard. (my husband has built a shelf over the door and that is where the pot of gold will be! This is the first treasure hunt, and I will be planning another one (Easter) three weeks later for my 11 year old

Jennifer Hatcher, Alabama USA

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Tuesday 13 November 2007

Treasure hunt material is a fantastic help

Nikki,

What a fantastic help your material has been. I got so motivated by it yesterday that I did most of my decision making and planning in one morning!

Thanks a million for offering to send the spreadsheet in a form that works for me. You're the best!

Kim Bickel, Indiana USA

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Monday 12 November 2007

Family reunion treasure hunt

Hi Nikki,

Thanks for offering with ideas, etc. I will keep your offer in mind. I will probably try to work everything out myself first and then maybe run it by you for any feedback. I am sure it will be a fun time: family reunion, ~30 people, mix of adults and families, at sister's home in rural Wisconsin, plenty of woods and indoor space.

regards,

Eric Carl Fromm, Wisconsin USA

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Sunday 11 November 2007

Amazing and well thought out treasure hunt

Hi Nikki

The kids had a blast at this pirate party! I needed plenty of adult helpers as it was for my sons 6 yr old bday party but all the work paid off. This was an amazing, well thought out and organized treasure hunt. When I get a chance I will try to send out some pictures.

Thanks for all your online assistance throughout the planning stages! All the best

Nomi Gilbert, New Jersey USA

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Saturday 10 November 2007

Pirate treasure hunt for sailors

Nikki,

I appreciate your follow up.

I am thinking of using the treasure hunt in a weekend of events during our Island Packet Sailboat Rendezvous. We are the Island Packet dealer for Florida and the Caribbean and every year we host a rendezvous for all the owners in the area. The weekend includes cocktail party, awards banquet, dinner and dancing, seminars. Etc. This is my first year to be in charge of this event and I am a bit overwhelmed with everything I have to get done.

I am thinking of using the treasure hunt on Saturday when we have a sailboat race, however, not everyone wants to participate in the race. I am using the game to fill some of the time for those who choose not to be in the race. To make things easier for me I am considering doing away with the combination portion of the game. I thought I could make it part of the rules that they cannot put the pieces of the puzzle together to determine the clue until they have collected all six pieces.

I liked the ideas for the tasks/challenges you sent with the game. Since we are a sailboat group, I am trying to come up with ideas centered around pirates or nautical things.

Debbie Whitteaker, Florida USA

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Friday 9 November 2007

Scavenger hunt for trustees

Hi Nikki

Thanks for your interest in our scavenger hunt.

We are a small group of trustees for a small Green that was saved from building land. It is now a small haven for wild life in the village of Soulbury in Buckinghamshire England.

We are always looking for fun events on the Green to make people aware that it is there and also to raise some funds for the upkeep of the place.

We love the idea of a scavenger hunt, using nature as our theme. I am reading through all the info you sent and ideas are forming.

I will let you know when we hold the event and how successful it is.

Many thanks

Nan Chadwick, Buckinghamshire UK

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Thursday 8 November 2007

Instant treasure hunt is used time and time again

Hi! Nikki!

I will be using the treasure hunt for a neighborhood party and also the magic trick and party games at our camping reunion at the beach in August. You have saved my brain a lot of study and thinking. Thanks again for your help.

I have used your treasure hunt game twice for children 8 and under. They loved it. The clues made them think and the adults assisting them enjoyed the hunt as well. I'm sorry I don't have pictures but I will use the game again and send you some. It's a wonderful way to surprise a young guest coming to visit. A great icebreaker. Your games always make me look so clever.

Ida Peterson, Washington USA

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Wednesday 7 November 2007

Haunted Luau theme for treasure hunt

I used your treasure hunt game for my son's 12th birthday party. We were doing a haunted Luau theme and I used the Hawaiian Islands as the places that they had to visit. It was great. The program to customize the hunt worked great and was very easy to use. I had about 15 kids that were doing the hunt. They had a really good time. I was having a little trouble trying to come up with a treasure but a friend suggested lottery tickets. The kids went nuts over them. I had three sets of three lottery tickets tied together for the team that figured out the location and dug it up. But I also had single tickets in the box so that everyone got one. It was a great party game for that age group. I was really pleased with the product. I am planning on using the Halloween games bonus that I got for my son's Halloween party at school. Thanks.

Kathy Stover, West Virginia USA

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Tuesday 6 November 2007

Treasure hunt was terrific

The treasure hunt was terrific-the kids and adults had lots of fun. Hoping to 'run' another at our annual summer get together in August. Thanks again,

Maggie Pakulski, Maine USA

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Monday 5 November 2007

Scavenger hunt is BEST birthday party ever!

I struggled for weeks on what to do for my daughter's 13th birthday party. It's a tough age. They don't want to be treated like kids and they don't want to do anything that might be considered 'lame'. Thinking back to my college sorority days, I started thinking that a scavenger hunt might be the answer. So, after a thorough Goggle search, I ordered your 'Treasure Hunt Party Game Planner'. To make a long story short, several kids told me afterwards that it was the BEST birthday party they had ever attended...even before their parents told them to say it??!!

With just a few minor modifications, I implemented your Scavenger Photo Challenge. I thought it would be safer and easier than a bunch of 13 year-olds 'borrowing' items. Also, I liked the idea of having a permanent record of the party in the photos.

Clearly, your planner was an excellent resource in preparing for this event.

Stephanie Sissler, Virginia USA

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Sunday 4 November 2007

15 teams in the treasure hunt

Hi Nikki

Yes indeed , we have just completed the treasure hunt on Saturday. I have modify the game to suit the venue and the crowd as we had 15 teams participating in the hunt. Contestants had a fun time . I will be fine tuning the game mechanics to cater for a team building crowd for January

2007.

Will update you later

Vivien Hoe, Singapore

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Saturday 3 November 2007

Motivating treasure hunt for 17 yr old footballers

Nikki,

It was a huge success!!! Never thought a bunch of 17 year old soccer players could love something so much- We are at our Regional Championships and playing in the final tomorrow so something must have worked! Will send a picture when I get home

Patty Seitz, New Jersey USA

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Friday 2 November 2007

I'm running your cool treasure hunt game

We are in San Antonio Texas and will be running your cool game outside in our backyard. I received it immediately as an electronic download and that was the way I was hoping to get it rather than waiting for it in the mail. I read it the next day cover to cover like you suggested and already got some ideas for our version.

I was picturing parents up on a step ladder placing a water balloon onto a piece of plastic pipe held upright by their child and the child has to walk slowly keeping the pipe upright until they can tip it and dump the balloon into a bucket and go back for another.

The other task I had pictured was placing a key in a container with a hole only large enough for a child's hand so the parents can't do everything and can later say to the kid 'they couldn't have do it without the child' I've got a week...we'll see

Stephen Brown, Texas USA

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Thursday 1 November 2007

Scavenger hunt hen party

Our scavenger hunt was great. Most enjoyable item was definitely best freebies from Selfridges make-up dept - they came back with bag loads! All opportunities for extra points were definitely taken up and therefore having a digital camera was great as we had the hen with groom and best men of another wedding party, the hen sitting in some ambassador's car, the team doing maypole dancing etc etc.

I was incredibly nervous about the whole thing, but it was a roaring success and turned out to be a thoroughly enjoyable day. The only thing I regret is that I couldn't really take part!

With kind regards,

Sophie Piquemal, London United Kingdom

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