I hope you will agree with me that every self-respecting parent should organize a search for a gift, that is, a treasure (at least once) for their child. We were already looking for a secret chest and an explosive device during training in .

But what are treasures without pirates? It's time to tell you how we organized a treasure hunt for children at one of their birthdays. As you know, a pirate theme, a search for treasures and treasures is an almost win-win scenario for a birthday quest for children (and sometimes even for adults), you can watch one of them.

But since we didn't have any in stock pirate costumes , we decided to make do with a lighter option - not to initiate the children into pirates, but simply to look for treasure (that is, a gift for the birthday boy, hidden by pirates). The game took place at our house in the winter, indoors. But it would be even better in the warm season in nature: at the dacha or in the park fresh air if the weather permits.

Props and preparation for the quest

Purchased and prepared with our own hands props:

• balloons, flags, napkins with pirate symbols,

• pencils for face painting,
• compass,
• "archaeological sets" with skulls,
• a lot of plastic containers for chocolate eggs (they put a key in one, candies in the others), they were all hidden in a black bag,
• chocolate coins and bills,

• chest (found in household supplies), covered it with pirate pictures,
• as well as a lock and key,

• a set of pirate accessories (hook, earring, sword, eye patch).

Of course, we prepared it with our own hands map to(a sheet of whatman paper was soaked several times in tea leaves, then slightly torn and the edges were scorched over a candle), a pirate's dictionary and honorary pirate diplomas were printed out (more on this below).

Treasure Hunt Map

I cut it for the outfit headscarf made of black fabric and sketched a skeletal drawing with white paint.

We also prepared personalized souvenirs(they were put into bags, tied with a coarse cord, and seals were made of plasticine, the initials of the birthday girl and guests were written on them).

Ships were quickly built on the table from eggs, mayonnaise, sausage and cheese. Toothpicks were used as masts, and pirate flags were pre-printed in a photo studio on A4 sheet, cut out and glued to toothpicks.

Quest scenario

Of course, the treasure was hidden in advance according to the prepared map.
And so, while unsuspecting guests congratulate the unsuspecting birthday boy:

A treasure was found in our house,
You never dreamed of this:
_____ years ago
Our _____ was born!

At this moment, malicious voices are heard from the next room. pirate screams(SONG 1), everyone runs in there.

There are pirate traces (accessories) and a letter all around:

“You won’t see any gifts, you won’t see a holiday!
Your chest is in a safe place. You won't find it!
Ha ha ha! Thousand devils!
Pirates"

Next to it is another note:

“Or maybe we’ll give away your chest... Only you will get 13 gold coins for the treasure map!
So that!"

Pirate language

To deal with pirates, you need to understand their language. We read words from pirate slang to the children, and they had to remember or guess their meaning:

To get “gold coins” and clues, children had to complete the tasks of the game.

"Settled on a desert island"

Each was given one balloon and a felt-tip pen. For the set time, the children drew little people on them. The one with the most populous island won. He received a chocolate coin.

"Sea Knots"

Pirates must be able to tie sea knots. Or at least regular ones :). Since there were also very small treasure hunters, the task was simplified. They gave everyone a lanyard. A competition to see who can tie the most knots while the next pirate song is playing.

Puzzles

Solved puzzles, found on the Internet:

He is the most insidious villain.
They scare all the children
Carries a pistol and a knife.
He commits robbery.
He is either poor or rich.
And he's always looking for treasure.
Answer quickly
Who is this…..!

(Pirate)

A giant swims across the ocean
And he releases a fountain.

(Whale)

I grew up in the forest
in silent silence,
Now I'm carrying you
along the blue wave.

(Pine)

She lives in the water, has no beak, but pecks.

(Fish)

In calm weather we are nowhere to be found.
And the wind blows - we run on the water.

(Waves)

If it lies on the bottom, the ship will not run into the distance.

(Anchor)

The giant stands in the port, illuminating the darkness,
And he signals to the ships: come visit us!

(Lighthouse)

Both in the taiga and in the ocean
He will find any way,
fits in your pocket,
but leads us along.

(Compass)

If suddenly on the open sea
Or at the seaport
You will see this flag -
Expect pirates on board soon.
The name of the flag spreads horror,
Promising an attack.
Who dares to name him,
Promising an attack?
("Jolly Roger")

This is a valuable document
With him you will find a treasure in a moment,
But go to the treasure
And manage to find him.
(Treasure map)

In the vastness of the sea it exists,
And on the map it’s like it’s not there, -
Hidden from prying eyes
And one keeps a secret:
Among the palm trees, in the hot sands,
Many years ago
From real pirates
Someone buried a treasure there.
(Treasure Island)

Either an accessory or a trophy, -
Having seen him, you would have guessed -
His master in battle among the seas
He fought desperately for his life

And he was wounded, but did not lose heart,
Although I have to hide the injury
He's on his face. So let whoever found out
He will be able to name this thing for us.
(Black eye patch)

Hints

The clue I found said:

« Search on a desert island«.

From the last competition, the children guessed what uninhabited islands were. Another clue was hidden in one of the balloons.

It read:

“Would you like the key to the chest? We will give it to you only for 4 skulls of our old scoundrels who gave up their lives. Find them or go to Dave Jones yourself!”

I had to carry out archaeological excavations:

For 4 skulls we received a new task:

“Did you want a map? Do you know where the south, east, north, west are? Look for the compass, young bastards!

Searching the room. There were a lot of notes scattered, but most were teasing:

• All hands on deck! Half-hearted! Aboard!
• You have a sense of smell like an old dog! Search better!
• There's no key here!
• Fraternize with the sea devil!
• So you will all end up broke!
• Search, search! Otherwise you will be hanging around like ticks in the wind!
• You can fire with all your guns, but there is no treasure here!
• Weigh anchor, you won't find anything!
• Caramba! Throw out the white flag!
• Well, so be it! I'm like a cook today! Get your card!

The latter, of course, was hidden by the pirates in the farthest corner...

Well, finally bottle with card:

Map, compass and key found, the rest is a matter of technology. You need to turn the map along the compass and find the chest. On the map, they sketched out in advance the layout of the apartment and the route with arrows, in which direction how many steps to the chest.

The key to the lock on the chest fits:

And here is ours treasure:

Hooray! And, of course, they gave it to all participants certificates of honor:

The quest at home was a success, the guests liked it.

If you don’t have time to prepare a script and props, use our ready-made selection of pirate quests , which you just need to download and print. And yes, prepare the prizes yourself :)

And this is a photo from our class’s pirate quest at graduation:

Pirate songs:

1. Start — “Pirate’s Song” from the film “Blue Puppy” (“I hate good deeds...”)
2. Face painting (face painting) — “Grandmother and Granddaughter” (“Blue twilight poured into the sails of the frigate...”)
3. “Lentyaevo” - Song about pirates (“Yo-ho-ho, Tru-la-la, After all, we are pirates”)
4. Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack
5. “Pirates” - O. Yudakhina (“In boarding battles we go to the end...”)
6. Bebe Lilly “Les Pirates”
7. “Song of the Pirates” from the movie “The Little Mermaid” (“Hey, go for a walk, fill your mug fuller...”)
8. “Chance” from the film “Treasure Island” (“Chance is not a payday, not an advance…”)
9. “Duet of a cat and a pirate” from the film “Blue Puppy” (“You and I are so different...”)
10. “The Black Pearl” from the movie “Pirates of the Caribbean”
11. “Song of Rum” - from the film “Treasure Island” (“Fifteen people on a dead man’s chest...”)
12. “Dry your oars, sir” from the film “Treasure Island”
13. Duet “Dance Teacher” - “Islands”
14. Volker Rosin “Sea Pirates”
15. "Little Jenny"
16. Awards — “Pirates” Roman Gutsalyuk. (“On boarding, pirates, corsairs, filibusters...”)

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Quest tasks are a very interesting and popular entertainment. Players are given various riddles and clues, with the help of which they move from one point of a given route to the next, receiving pleasant surprises for this.

Questions asked to participants are often united by one topic that the quest is dedicated to. The main requirement for their composition is diversity and unusualness. The degree of fun of the game depends on how difficult they are. But when coming up with clues, it is also important not to go too far and not make them overly complex.

Main classification

The simplest tasks for quests in terms of level of preparation are questions in notes. They are encrypted on pieces of paper that participants need to find or earn at each stage of the competition. There are many varieties of them.

1. The name of the next point of movement is cut into separate letters, which, when put together correctly, participants will know where to go next.
2. Use of puzzles and charades. They can combine pictures, numbers, letters, which, if interpreted correctly, give clues about the further route of movement.
3. Riddles in logical series. For example: “Heat comes from the oven, but where does the cold come from?”
4. An option in the best spy traditions is tips written on paper using melted wax. To find out the answer, you need to color the leaf with colored pencils.
5. Placement of signs along the entire route. But these do not necessarily have to be ordinary arrows. You can use flowers of a certain type or traces of an animal. Tasks are often done in this form for For example, you can tell them: “Follow in the footsteps of the lion cub and you will find a pleasant surprise.”
6. The phrase that makes up the clue may contain mixed words. Players need to place them in the correct order. This is the only way they will know what to do next.
7. The assignment is written backwards and must be read correctly.
8. The hint is applied to paper using lemon juice or milk. Along with the leaf, participants are given a candle and a lighter, thanks to the heat from the fire of which the words should appear and direct the players to the next point.
9. Digital encryption of words is used. For example, instead of each letter its serial number in the alphabet is written. The key to the puzzle must be guessed or won at one of the previous stages.
10. As a task for an indoor quest, you can use an object located in the room in several copies, one of which contains hidden instructions regarding further actions. This could be a book, a box, a nightstand and the like.
11. Another interesting option- using hints written in the form. Deciphering them is not an easy task, but it is very exciting and interesting.
12. Riddles can be encrypted using pictures, each of which symbolizes part of the name of the next destination.
13. Messages are also placed with magnets on the refrigerator door.
14. Notes are hidden inside cookies, candies and other products.

In order for participants to successfully complete all stages of the competition and get the maximum amount of pleasure from it, the tips must be interesting and original. For victory in each individual stage and the game as a whole, you need to prepare prizes.

Since the tasks for quests directly depend on the chosen topic of the competition, we will consider the most popular options for conducting it.

You can get confused even within four walls

You don't have to go outside to play this game. The indoor quest tasks are no less exciting than the outdoor ones. There are several varieties of this type of game.

1. Escape from the room. Just by the name itself it is clear where this competition is held. Its essence is that participants are locked in an entire apartment or a separate room, and with the help of clues they must find the key to get out of it. This is a very unusual and interesting way to entertain guests who come, for example, to celebrate a birthday.
2. Tasks for quests in the office Great for surprising your boss. If the company is small, each employee can come up with one puzzle for the boss and thoroughly enjoy watching him rush around the building in search of a solution and his gift. The office is an ideal place to hide a lot of clues, solving which will be an unforgettable entertainment.
3. Interesting examples of tasks for quests in mall . And if it is also large, you can organize a truly unforgettable game in it. After all, in large shopping complexes you can often get lost, even just while shopping, and what can we say about looking for clues and solving puzzles! For example, you could give participants a photo of a dress and they would have to find out its price. But first you need to find a boutique that sells this particular model of clothing item. Also, as an option, hide the piece of paper with the next task in some jacket, which you will also need to find from the photo. But in the case of this task, you will need to warn the store staff in advance so that no one accidentally sells this item to anyone.

We turn on our brains to the fullest

Who said that intellectuals can only be measured by their knowledge? They can be no less nimble and active than others. If you have a few of these bookworms among your friends, get them out of their textbook-strewn rooms and into the fresh air.

Arrange for them a quest in the style of the TV shows “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”, “The Smartest” and “What? Where? When?" Prepare encrypted messages-hints on knowledge of various facts from history, geography, physics, biology and any other sciences. Make sure that the answer to each question serves as a clue to your next destination.

You can also organize a similar test for your significant other on the anniversary of your relationship or on any other occasion. Only in this case, questions must be tied to dates, places and events from life together.

If your “victim” loves the TV series “Theory big bang”, involve its main character Sheldon Cooper in the case. The confusing notes, written in an abstruse style in the style of this eccentric physicist, will greatly amuse any connoisseur of intellectual humor and will make him rack his brains thoroughly over the clues.

For the little ones

Children's tasks for a quest game can be no less exciting and interesting than adults. To organize such a competition for your child and his friends, use your favorite cartoon or computer game characters. Write your questions on pieces of paper with a picture of a particular character. You can use images from one cartoon, organizing the entire quest in its style, or from several at once.

A great source of inspiration can be computer game"Klondike". Quests and tasks invented on its basis consist of searching for various artifacts related to the theme of the Wild West. For greater realism, children can be dressed up or fully dressed up in the best traditions of Westerns.

Participants can go in search of treasure, following the directions of the map. On it you will depict several streets closest to the house, designing it in the style of the Klondike game. Quests and tasks of this type involve searching for treasure, opening hiding places, asking friends for help, etc. This adventure will bring kids a lot of joy and pleasant gifts. Any holiday with such a game will become an unforgettable event in the life of every child.

“Klondike,” the quests and tasks in which are very exciting and varied, is far from the only option for an interesting game. A moving quiz in the style of the movie “Pirates of the Caribbean” would also be great. At the final destination of the journey, a man dressed up as Jack Sparrow will be waiting for them, who will present the treasure to the winner.

Hiding the answers away

You can come up with a wide variety of interesting tasks for the quest. For example, use your old suitcase and hide the grand prize in it. And let the participants collect the code that will help open it, one by one, throughout the game.

To come up with tasks for quests in the apartment, use a deck of cards. Scratch directions for the next step on the end of it and give it a good shuffle. To make out the message, players will have to put the cards in the right order. Give them a hint that says something like “Hearts, clubs, spades and diamonds will reveal to you the secrets of the future.” This will let players know what cards they should be looking for and what order they should put them in.

We present gifts in an original way

To give an unusual gift to the birthday boy, you can also use a quest. Birthday tasks can be very different. For example, you can arrange a whole trip around the city in search of a present. The end point will be a dressing room with a bunch of boxes, in one of which the treasured souvenir will be hidden, and to find it, you will have to open them all.

You can also arrange an exciting quest around the city, the tasks of which will lead the birthday boy to a place where a surprise congratulatory party awaits him. Here's how you can start your journey. Leave a piece of cake in your friend’s room the night before with a note containing something like this: “Well, your birthday has come. Today everything will be for you, but to get the treats prepared, you will have to work hard. After all, nothing in this life comes easy. And even your holiday is no exception. To start, dress comfortably, eat some cake, and recharge your energy with some coffee. You’ll soon find out what to do next.”

If you are going to give the birthday boy some clothes or jewelry, you can leave the following message in the coffee can: “I hope you liked the cake and you finally woke up completely. If yes - well done! Now take something stylish with you and go in search of your happiness.” Even if there is no surprise among the things, you can simply hide a note in the closet with further instructions.

If you want to give a mobile phone as a birthday present in an unusual way, let the participant receive one number at each stage of the game. They will consist of a phone number, by calling which, in the end the birthday person will find his gift.

We fight the insidious numbers

Interesting quest tasks can be created using the most different ways numbers. These can be either the most basic tasks like counting the number of steps in a house, or sophisticated puzzles. You can encrypt the code in a magazine or book. Participants will first have to guess the name of the required publication, and then use the given page, line and word numbers to find a clue to the next action.

Quest tasks also often consist of unraveling the phone number of the person who received the key to the next step by email. To guess the treasured numbers, you need to find information on the Internet as quickly as possible about the height, age of stars or dates of famous and not so famous events. Such a puzzle might look like this.

A good example

“Are you finally here? I can’t even believe that I finally made it! I am sure that you will not go further, because this task is clearly not up to you. The fact is that the necessary code was sent to one person, whose name I will not say. You can only contact him by phone, but you won’t get his number either. Whether you like it or not, you will have to guess it. So the first number is Arnold Schwarzenegger's weight in grams, you need the second number. Next is the fourth number from the year of birth of Leonardo DiCaprio. Then - the second growth figure of his Wolf of Wall Street co-star. Renee Zellweger's birthday month. Then - the second half of Penelope Cruz's foot size. And the last number is the date when Jason Statham's girlfriend was born. May the great star expert Google help you!

Examples of tasks for a quest of this type can be encrypted as your heart desires, and use any wording that comes to your mind. Since completing this task requires the help of an Internet search engine, you can ask questions of any complexity. It is also not forbidden to mention stars in whose biographies your friend-player is not very strong. But to make it even more interesting for him to look for answers, you can ask for information about his idols.

Hollywood to the rescue!

Tasks for quests in the office and on the street can be organized in the style of any films and TV series of the group of people for whom the game is being played. You can come up with a myriad of riddle options.

For example, you can use the “Men in Black” theme in a very interesting way by starting the competition with the following note: “Greetings, Earthling! We, Agent K and Agent J, need your help. We have detected it coming but have not yet identified the planet from which it was sent. This could be a warning to people about an alien invasion of Earth, so they need to act very quickly. The message is encrypted. The best of our agents are struggling to decipher it, but they can’t do it without you. We have parts of the message, but without help we cannot reconstruct all its contents. Start searching the entire text immediately! You will be Agent M and will receive all the necessary data from Agent B. Don’t forget that the fate of the planet is in your hands! See you later!

A sea of ​​topics

An interesting hunt for monsters can be organized during a quest in the style of the TV series “Supernatural”. For lovers of royal intrigue, the ideal option is the Game of Thrones competition. And for fans of The Walking Dead, an unforgettable surprise will be meeting the zombie apocalypse on the city streets.

“The Lord of the Rings”, “Harry Potter”, “Transformers”, “Fast and the Furious”, “Batman”... This list can be continued indefinitely, because any popular film is simply a storehouse of facts that can be used to write riddles. The same can be said about online entertainment. For example, the game “Klondike” is perfect for this purpose; its quests and tasks will make the holiday unforgettable.

I decided to do a little quest around the apartment so that she would be charged with positivity in the morning. It helped me that I stayed overnight with her on the eve of the holiday and prepared everything myself, although, of course, not without the help of her parents and our friends.

So, first I developed a route. The starting point was the wall opposite her bed, on which I decided to place a small poster and a cloud of balloons. By the way, the balloons were a dangerous idea, because I needed to distract my friend while her parents in the next room inflated them and inserted notes. The poster had an inscription with congratulations and a hint: to receive a gift, you need to find the first clue.

Since this was a holiday quest, there could be no losing options. The task was to find a clue that was inside one of the balls. In all the rest, there were about 20 of them, there were handwritten notes from friends and relatives with wishes. I had to seriously run around with these notes, while I walked around everyone, while I helped everyone come up with a couple of lines... Oh, and it turned out to be a hassle, but for such a thing I don’t mind either the time or the effort. The birthday girl almost shed tears when she read the lines written from the heart, and not printed soulless poems downloaded from the Internet.

One of the notes contained the address for posting a video on YouTube, which we had previously recorded with friends. The video was edited from several short videos, the plot was the following clue. It was children's poem about the refrigerator, every line of which was read by every single person who filmed themselves on a webcam or on a phone. It turned out very funny, everyone worked so hard that the final video looked very cool.

The poem hinted that you need to go to the refrigerator and look for a gift there. On the shelf there was a saucer with a lid, and next to it there was a note saying, that’s it, congratulations, here is your gift. There was a note in small print that this was actually a hoax and the gift was in the microwave. On the saucer under the lid was a cake, which my friend happily gobbled up for dessert.

At this stage, the birthday girl had already begun to guess that she was probably waiting for a gift that she had long dreamed of, because a large bear or a branded handbag would hardly fit in the microwave.

But there was no gift in the microwave either, there was a hot breakfast and another note, on which there was something like a treasure hunt map - three steps north, turn right at the compass rose...

This was the path from the kitchen to the guest room, where there was a large bouquet of flowers and a cake on the floor. When my friend didn’t find her phone in the microwave and saw flowers with a cake, I noticed in her eyes that she was just a little upset, but didn’t show it. Of course, after all, her parents and I had already started congratulating and hugging the birthday girl, and she had already lost hope of receiving a phone, because she thought that the cake and bouquet were her gift.

In the bouquet itself there was a tiny card, which said something like: “while you are doing nonsense here, your gift has long been frozen on the balcony.” And on the balcony hung a box with a long-awaited gift tied to helium balloons. This is what the surprise turned out to be.

To be honest, without the help of the birthday girl’s parents nothing would have worked out. According to my instructions, they inflated the balloons, put the cake in the refrigerator, and hid the gift. They, like special agents, acted clearly, quickly and without mistakes. My task was to distract my friend so that she wouldn’t suspect anything. Thanks to the united actions of all participants, the operation was successful!

This is an exciting game that you can organize on your own in your country house or at your summer cottage for one child or a group of children. The essence of the game is that players receive the first puzzle, solve it, and find out the place where the next one is hidden. Thus, they consistently find all the hidden tasks and eventually come to the finale, where a gift or surprise awaits them. Carrying out such a quest on outdoors will make any day and holiday unforgettable!

Items and places

Some tasks are presented in several versions with different answers so that you can choose the ones that suit you best. In the list of involved objects and places, answers related to one task are indicated through the “/” sign. We also indicate whether a template is provided for this task:

Porch/picture/template, key, bathhouse, barn/stairs/slab/template, stone, bush, window/template, barbecue/template, mug/hammer/glove, chair, greenhouse/stairs, log/firewood, shovel/curtain, door, clock, watering can, hose/template, bucket.

Description of tasks

Below is short description each task. Files prepared for printing with images of cards and instructions for organizing the quest are provided in a downloadable archive.

1. Task "Rainbow"

To decipher a word, you need to remember the order in which the colors in the rainbow are located.

The first riddle can be put in a postcard and given to the child. In the instructions we talk in detail about how to do this in the most interesting way. The instructions also include text for the introductory card.

2. Task " Graphic dictation"

To get a hint, you need to “write” a graphic dictation.

3. Task "Filward"

In the fillword you need to find a few words and understand what they indicate.

4. Task "Rearrange the letters"

You need to form a word from randomly scattered letters.

5. Task "Labyrinth"

To get the next key, you need to get out of the maze.

6. Task "Collect a square"

From several fragments similar to blocks from the game "Tetris", you need to put together a square. By folding the square, you can read the clue word.

7. Task "Graphical problems"

To get the next clue, you need to answer 4 questions, the answers to which are presented in the form of pictures.

8. Task "Color the squares"

The card shows several squares, some of which must be colored in a certain way. Color it in correctly and you will get the correct answer.

9. Math problem

To get a hint, you need to solve a math problem about animals.

10. Riddles

Two children's riddles.

11. Task "Crossword"

The crossword puzzle consists of several questions, answering which will reveal the key word.

12. Rebus

We offer two puzzles for your choice. You can use one or both during the quest.

14. Task "Find the extra object"

In a variety of objects you need to find the one that doesn’t belong among them...

15. Task "Follow the Footsteps"

Interesting task on attention and concentration. These are the qualities that will help you read the key phrase.

16. Task "Drawing by numbers"

The task on the card is to connect the numbered dots with lines. The resulting drawing will indicate where to go next.

17. Task "Logical sequence"

It is necessary to continue several numerical logical chains, and then decipher the word.

18. Task "Metagrams"

An interesting task for creating metagrams.

Card templates

For the tasks “Math problem about animals”, “Logical sequence”, “Color in the squares”, “Rainbow”, “Rearrange the letters” and “Graphic problems” there are templates that you can fill out yourself, coming up with your own answer and, accordingly, the place searching for the next task.

In addition, the kit includes blank card templates into which you can write your own tasks.

Quest for a boy - the name is quite conventional. This is my response to numerous requests from site visitors who complain about the rare boys’ collections of ideas. A mixed team of children aged 10-12 years old or even just girls can play.

I give!

1. I give this script to all active parents, older siblings, teachers and aspiring animators. By the way, it is also great for a family holiday in which adults and children participate.
2. I tried to save your time and prepared all the materials for the game. These are pictures, texts, QR codes, videos, etc. . (7 pictures, video, text file, folder with files).
3. If you would like to tell me kind words for the 20 hours of work on this script, please leave a comment on any article on this site. I really need this for inspiration...

Home quest for a 10-year-old boy’s birthday: script and comments

Any quest requires a lot of preparation. I hope you are ready for this. I tried to come up with tasks that use the simplest props. Without the participation of an adult leader, nothing will work out, so parents need to think carefully about all stages of the quest.

It’s hard to imagine 10-year-old children running around the apartment, so all movement around the apartment will be leisurely and thoughtful.

For tasks we will need two rooms - a room and a kitchen, for example. While the children are in one room, you are preparing the task in another.

The essence of the quest

As expected in a quest, you need to solve a whole chain of riddles and find the treasure. These could be tickets to a movie, a circus, or attractions for guests hidden in a book. If the gifts are different, come up with a box or briefcase with a combination lock. I give all the tasks as an example; you can easily change the text of the riddle and the place in which the next letter is hidden.

It's good if you use various options delivering information: sms, email, QR codes, links to videos. If this is not possible, just write notes on paper and come up with places in the apartment where you can hide the next message or hint (refrigerator, washing machine, microwave oven, photo frames, vases, shelves with books, upholstered furniture, etc.).

The quest leader sends an SMS from an unfamiliar number, hiding in another room.

For the presenter, I came up with a role that does not require a special costume. This is just a “keeper of an underground bunker”, and he can look like anything - even in jeans and a T-shirt. The presenter's remarks will always be in quotation marks after the blue word "The keeper".

Quest scenario

The keeper meets the children at the entrance to the closed room. The first two tasks will take place here. You can use stools or a small table.

The keeper:“I welcome you to the underground bunker, which is located at a depth of 150 meters and was built more than 50 years ago. Who and why needed to build housing underground is unknown! The bunker was opened by a librarian who found a strange book hidden under the library shelves. From him we all learned about the existence of a strange underground apartment, where an important envelope was kept among the things.

I am the keeper of the bunker. There were already a lot of curious people here. They came one by one and in groups. Everyone wanted to find the envelope, but in the bunker it is not so easy... The secret of the envelope is guarded by a strange ghost... It does not allow you to rummage through things, shake everything off the shelves and open cabinets in a row. Only the one who can pass all the tests and solve all the riddles will be able to find the hidden envelope!

I don't know all the secrets of this mysterious place! Only the Ghost can give you some hints! I advise you to carefully study his messages. Here’s your phone, the Ghost can send you SMS.”

Exercise 1

The keeper:“Before you get into the bunker, your wits need to be tested! Consider this your entrance ticket to the mystery room.

Here is an example made from matches. As you can see, the answer is incorrect. You need to rearrange one match so that you get the correct answer.”

If the children find it difficult, tell them that they need to move one match from the first number and put it on the last (turn 8 into 9, and turn zero into 8).

Task 2

The keeper:“Now let's test your memory! This is the international distress signal system. These figures are laid out on the ground from available materials so that the sign is visible from the air. Divide the icons among each other and try to remember their meaning in 2 minutes.

Why is this necessary? You already know about the ghost. One of these signs will be placed on the floor in the room. You will understand what needs to be done next..."

Children remember (it is better to divide 2-3 badges between players), the Guardian lets them into the room, having first taken the table. The letter F is laid out from clothes or some other items (food and water are needed). The host makes it clear that the Ghost invites them to the table. I deliberately take a short gastronomic break at the very beginning of the quest, since it is better for children to have a snack before the quest. It lasts an hour and a half, children may want to eat. Let it be a small buffet before the hot dishes. Salads, small canapés, fruits, juices.

Task 3

The children are still at the table, but have already eaten and are waiting for more.

The keeper:“The ghost sat you at this table for a reason. Look for the clue right here."

A QR code needs to be glued to one of the plates with adhesive tape, through which the children will receive the next task.

Task 4

For the text to appear, you need to open a special program on your smartphone (there are many of them) and point it at the black and white square. In a second, the following text will appear on the phone screen (I have already created it in the form of a code, print out “Task 4”): “Go to the next room. There are 5 glasses with numbers and a bottle with odorous liquid. Add 1 teaspoon to each glass. The hissing will give the desired clue number.”

The odorous liquid is vinegar. In the fourth glass there is soda, there will be a reaction, in all the rest there is flour, nothing will change.

If you can't use this code, just stick a note to the bottom of the plate.

Task 5

The keeper:“Go back to the bunker. Look for this number on the shelves!”

Answer: We put any multi-volume publication in a prominent place; children should see VOLUME 4. There they will find a new task.

The children open and leaf through the book, but find only a blank sheet of paper. The fact is that the letter is written with milk. It must be ironed with a hot iron for the message to appear. The iron and board can be placed in the hallway, make sure everything is safe.

The children receive a hint. This is SMS: “Iron”.

To make such a letter, simply draw with milk using a brush this large graphic image of a washing machine (A4 format), dry it, fold it and hide it in a book.

Task 6

Children go to washing machine, they find paper with strange icons there. You need to carefully examine the picture and insert the missing icons.

Answer: These are simply the numbers from 1 to 7, written normally and in mirror image along the vertical axis. You just need to add the numbers 2, 3 and 5, 6.

The task is very difficult, the Ghost can help and send an SMS: “Count out loud from one to seven.”

Task 7

As soon as the children complete the task, a new message arrives on the phone: “Look for paints.” Somewhere you should already have jars of paints (red, blue and yellow gouache) and a spare piece of paper, which will be a palette, prepared.

On the coloring page the task: “Color the balls orange, brown, purple and green"(print out "Task 7")

Children must mix the colors correctly. Green is blue and yellow. Orange - red and yellow. Purple - red and blue. Brown is all three colors together.

The finished drawing is given to the Guardian.

Task 8

The keeper:“Yes, you completed the task, I will leave the drawing on the cabinet so that the ghost can see the correct answer. While you were drawing, the Ghost left a video message for you!”

Bring your children to the computer or open the link on your tablet. The video can be viewed at the link: https://youtu.be/FMGQJbF680A. If there is no Internet, use the entry from the assignment folder, it is there too.

There the Ghost says the following text: “You have already come a long way... But I’m so sad... I love tongue twisters. I love it very much! Take turns climbing onto a chair and reading the tongue twisters for me. Expressive. And dress up so I can really have fun. Only then will I allow you to continue your search for the important envelope.”

Children read tongue twisters. You can give out all sorts of funny ears, noses, and wigs. I recommend filming it, you’ll laugh again later.

The tongue twisters themselves are in the same folder (task 7).

You can make the video yourself. I hung a garland with light bulbs on my 16-year-old daughter and covered her with a tablecloth. They filmed it in complete darkness and voiced it in a special program. My daughter hissed, and I read the text.

Task 9

The keeper pours out a lot of balls from a bag (you can use a 120-liter trash bag) : “This is for fun! But the Ghost gives these balls for a reason! One of them contains a hint!”

You need to prepare the balls in advance; don’t forget to put a piece of paper with the task in one. Children pop the balloons and find a task (it’s in the folder, print it out).

The names of famous composers will be written on a piece of paper made from a balloon. And only one of them is not a composer: Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, Albinoni, Boccherini, Brahms, Vivaldi, Shishkin, Glinka, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Strauss.

The keeper:"You have found? Artist Shishkin? Great! Find his painting in the room."

I had a small framed reproduction of Shishkin’s painting “Rye” in my house. You can print any picture from the Internet and temporarily insert it into a photo frame. The frame needs to be disassembled; children are happy to bend the metal holders. Under the cardboard is a new task!

Task 10

This is the last task. When preparing for the quest, print out the square “Task 10” with a fragment of Pushkin’s poems from “The Tale of Tsar Soltan”, cut the square into polygons along the lines and hide it in a frame. Children must find and collect the text.

Use leading questions to help you draw a conclusion - you need to look for a book with poems and fairy tales by Pushkin. There is such a book in every home; we put an envelope with tickets to the cinema, circus or attractions in it.

After the quest there is a big feast!

Ideas from site readers

Most of the tips, additions and ideas are in the comments. Over the past couple of years, I have received many letters, the authors of which amaze me with their creativity. I decided to quote one of these letters here, there are too many useful things. Photos were also sent by Victoria Smirnova, many thanks to her!

Letter:
“In fact, competitions are probably not new to you, and most likely I took them from your website :), I looked everywhere, but only here everything turned out to be very accessible and interesting. It’s just that we are all so impressed by the quest, that’s why the review comes from the heart.

We had a “pirate island” theme, a 2-room apartment, children 9-10 years old.

She added the tasks Fishing, Without Hands, Rainbow (drawing on milk), the children themselves used the map to determine where to go next + gave them a description of the task (print it on striped notes, the numbers are not in order on purpose).

The task with matches “=8”, accordingly, further on the map they found the number 8 and determined the path “latrine” (they barely remembered what it was, since we have a combined bathroom, there is also a bathtub full of water with a floating bottle (Morse code - the word piranha), we catch all the fish (made with the help of paper clips, spatulas and disposable plates) on which the numbers are indicated, adding them up we get the number 13. We find this number on the map and see the task “Quicksand”. Instead of sand, there were 2 kg of seeds, you need to find exactly 13 coins and save them until the end of the quest, so that you can later buy back the torn “piece of the map” from the leading pirate.

The “International Distress Signal System” was shortened because There were only three children, so that each could remember three.
We remembered that the kitchen on a pirate ship is called the Galley, and from the map we determined what the next task was.

“No hands” - to get a QR code you need to empty plates filled with mm&s using straws, without helping with your hands. 10-12 pieces are enough for each person, I went too far and not all children have enough breath.

“Note with milk” - didn’t work with an iron! and above the candle it easily appeared, so the clue “Bonfire” on the map.

“Rainbow” - replaced painting with gouache, with painting on milk with food coloring and cotton swabs with a secret ingredient 🙂 (fairies) - and the main task is to figure out how to preserve unusual paintings for a long time (you guessed it yourself - take a photograph). On the map there is the task “Boom” - a note in balloons, I put notes in all the balloons, but only one is correct.