Make some memories! In need of a Holiday Treasure Hunt with a bit more challenge than a simple riddle? Check out our Mind-bending Holiday Treasure Hunt with riddles, secret codes, word searching, and more! These clues and riddles will definitely give your kiddos some added fun while searching for the big prize! Read on to check out the fun!
NOT YOUR ORDINARY TREASURE HUNT
This treasure hunt consists of 8 clues with riddles & an additional activity. They’re meant to be a bit more involved and challenging for kids who get through riddles WAAAAY to quickly 🙂 If you’d like to make it entirely challenging, you can just use most of the activities without the riddles; however, the riddles help give some hints & direction. Each clue challenges the ‘treasure hunt seeker’ to solve a puzzle, complete a word activity, determine the pattern, or decode a hidden message. You could also use just the activity portion for some indoor, worksheet fun if you’d like to!
THE HIDING SPOTS
Many of these items are either standard items you may already have at home or typical holiday items that you might have as part of your decorations already; however, if you don’t have some of them – don’t worry! Our printable set comes with a large image that you can use in a pinch!
The items where the clues are hidden are:
- Window
- Sled
- Star
- Elf on the Shelf
- Reindeer
- Present Wrapped in red
- Refrigerator (or Snowman with a carrot nose)
- Reindeer
- Hot Cocoa
Other than the first and final clues, the rest of the clues are not in any specific order, so you can mix and reassemble – just be sure to hide the next set of clues in the proper spot!
THE INTRO CARDS
The first set are introductory. Many are already familiar with treasure hunts, so not much intro is needed but if so, add these cards to the front of the first clue 🙂
THE CLUES & PUZZLES
Each step comes with a riddle and a puzzle to solve. You can optionally remove the riddle in the scroll image to make the treasure hunt more challenging and escape-room-esque.
- Easy riddle
- Paper puzzle
- Visual image puzzle
- Word Scramble
- Counting riddle
- Pattern puzzle
- Word search
- Ornament cipher message
THE PRINTABLES
The full adventure is included in your printable download — no extra materials required! To grab it, head over to: A Printable Puzzle Quest for Families, Classrooms & Holiday Parties! Get read to spark some holiday magic! Download your puzzle hunt now and start the adventure today!
THANK YOU
Thank you so much for checking out our holiday treasure hunt. Hopefully this has helped or maybe even inspired more ideas! If so, we’d love to hear it! Let us know in the comments below or follow us on Pinterest.
Also, check out our other Christmas Treasure Hunts or our other posts here for more Holiday Ideas!
Happy Creating & Happy Holidays!
