I can hardly believe we have been having our October 31 Scavenger Hunt for 8 years now! Where has the time gone? We started in our old house, in fact. We kicked off the evening with dinner at CiCi's with our friends, the Pillsburys and the Rooks. That was a great time as usual.
When we got home, Carys thought we were getting the pumpkins. (She had seen them ready to go in my closet before I hid them.) She had trouble getting into the spirit of the hunt.
The first sign and clue are always on the door going into the house from the garage.
Chase did the majority of the searching on her own this year as the boys are getting too old and helped me think of places to hide the clues anyway. I use the business card sheets that go in my printer for the clues.
Every clue prompts you to read a Bible verse which gives you a place to search.
This Bible verse said something about sand and the clue said to "Find the only place Mom lets this in the house." There is a bottle with sand in it that was a co-worker's clever way to send a wedding invitation. We keep it in our pool bath, which has the beach/fish theme. You can just see it on top of the cabinets.
This clue was Proverbs 3:3 which is our family verse: Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart." The clue said to find where we store the modern-day version of this item (meaning the tablet). Chase found the wrong tablets - the dishwashing tablets! (I meant the spiral notebooks in the school room.)
Gerren ended up giving a few hints.
Carys collected the clues along the way, even though she didn't understand the delay!
She was thrilled to finally get to the chocolate. I'm not sure how much she ate before we got it away from her. The girls in this family get their sweet tooth from their mom!
Greg tries to steal Gerren's candy. I had a bag set aside for him in the closet. I used to set aside one bag for the two of us to share. However, he would eat all the candy before I got a piece. Now, I set aside separate bags with our names on them. He KNOWS not to touch my chocolate!
The sweet ending to a fun evening!
7 comments:
What a fun idea. I might have to try that next year. We don't do the trick or treat thing, but this might be a great alternative.
What a great alternative to going to 'fall festivals' on Halloween!!!
Linda - this is an awesome idea! Our boys participate in our AWANA Fall Fest (which ever Thursday it falls on before Halloween) but I LOVE this idea. My boys love treasure hunts. Do you just buy a bunch of their favorite candy & fill up the pumpkins with them? I'd have to get hubby his own chocolate too.... ;-)
What a fantastic family tradition!
Yep, Lisa. I buy their faves and fill the pumpkins. I don't buy whatever's cheap as they won't eat it. I'd rather have a little of something they like. They're really disciplined in this and will ask for a couple pieces as "dessert" after lunch or dinner. (We take it out of the pumpkins, put the pumpkins away, and put everyone's candy in a ziploc bag labeled with his/her name either in the refrigerator or pantry.) This year I had to work around two in braces and skip the stuff with nuts or a ton of caramel.
This looks like a great family night. Wonderful idea.
That sounds like an awesome family tradition.
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