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We just hide notes with clues that lead to other clues and end with a prize. What is the objective?
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To show families that nutrition can be fun and that physical activty can be fun. Not just "needed" - It's part of a family activity event that takes place after a meal and is also being used to transition into separate child/adult classes.
Frankly, I can't even remember ever playing this sort of game as a child, so I am not able to visualize it clearly.
Will you tell me more about what you do? Thanks!
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Eating ants and crickets can be nutritous.... And even if it isn't, it can be loads of fun to see them kids faces. O_O Posts: 529 | Registered: Jul 2004
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We used to do an Oxford scavenger hunt that involved taking photographs of various things around Oxford - for example "your team in a red phone box" or "someone who works for the university" - we developed the photos and sent them back to the schools, and the schools then got the students to do a presentation with the photos. Perhaps you could do something similar - have a sheet with a list of things they need to find - perhaps some are "take photos of these things," some are "draw these things" and some are "bring back samples of these things."
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The clues are hidden ahead of time by the activity leader/parent. I guess where a veggie theme is being used, a different vegetable could be with each clue, though the clue will have to reference the location of the next clue and not the vegetable.
I guess it makes sense to design the hunt backwards. The diffuculty of clues depends on the age group. Our last one we drew pictures of where to go next and put it with a card with a scripture, which we read when we found it.
So setting up the hunt, I start at the breadbox. I put the scripture and the treat in the breadbox. Then I make my breadbox clue, which for me was a drawing, and I go to the medicine cabinet and hide that drawing along with another card. Then I draw the medicine cabinet and go to the lamp where I hide the medicine cabinet clue with a card... does that make sense?
I think 7-9 hiding places/clues is probably good. Instead of scriptures, you may want to have the veggies in a bag along with a fun fact or exciting tip about that vegetable/fruit. It is high in x nutrient, or it is commonly confused with this other veggie.
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