Treasure Hunt Clues

These treasure hunt clues and ideas will help you create the clues you need to make your own treasure hunt game.

Something Somewhere in the World
You'll find your next clue in the little brick box
Answer: a brick mailbox

You'll find your next clue where the beer runs green on St. Patrick's Day
Answer: Nearest Irish Pub

Riddles
In the place where the riddle tells is where you'll find your next clue
If you take off my skin, I won't cry but you will cry. What am I?
Answer: onion; put the next clue wherever you find onions (grocery store, your pantry, etc)

Solve the riddle and then look high and low for your next clue in the place you find the riddle's answer
What is black and white and red all over?
Answer: newspaper; put the next clue wherever you find newspapers

Close Up Pictures
Take really close up pictures that lead people to their next clue.

Send people to a refrigerator with a close up of an egg

Your guests will be headed to a closet after they figure out that these are hangers

Rebus Puzzles (Pictogram Puzzles)
Rebus Puzzles are pictures that show a word or a well-known phrase in a very unique way that makes it a puzzle.

Send them to a movie theater with this place you'd go in the afternoon

Answer: Matinee

Send them to a water fountain with this puzzle

Answer: H20 (water)

Cryptograms
A cryptogram is simply a message in code. This one is great because you can create any kind of clue you want. And to make it even better, there are tons of great free online cryptogram creators that will do all of the work for you.

Rhyming Words
Use this one to take your friends just about anywhere!

Go to a place that rhymes with 'Awww, shucks' for your next clue.
Answer: Starbucks

Scrambles Words
Again, you can take your friends anywhere with scrambled words. This one is especially great for bar names!

Unscramble the underlined words to find your next clue
Head over to isurporbnisiehb for your next clue!
Answer: O'Briens Irish Pub

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