Stop for a minute there are so many places to get inspiration. Why not try some different scavenger hunt clues types?

First take a look for crossword clues for the right age group. There are a lot of riddle and puzzle ideas available online. In fact there are also crossword creating software a lot of which are free. Create a complete crossword and take the best and most usable clues. Visit edhelper.com for some great resources.

Riddles are the star performing clues in a scavenger hunts. The excitement of solving one is amazing. Creating riddles need not be difficult. Write out all the main things you might use to describe the object or location of your clue. Then think about words that might be able to swapped for some of these descriptions.  Do any of the words rhyme or nearly rhyme? Do any of the words go together in a funny way? For example river beds and sleeping.

Alternatively start with a long description and remove and obscure facts in the description.

To make it even easier there are fairly cheap software programmes that you can buy which contain 1000’s of riddle ideas for objects ago the house.

Other scavenger hunt clue types include substituting pictures for words or the more detailed word clues like Rebus Puzzles.

Cryptograms are a great clue type using numbers instead of letters. You need to either mention that a=1 b=2 or for older kids give then an example bed= 3,6,5.

Close up photos can be easy, alternatively you can zoom in to make it harder.  Another twist is to cut up the picture into pieces to make a puzzle.

How about a musical or sound effects clue?

Part two of this article will have even more ideas for scavenger hunt clues.

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