"Treasure Hunt": supplies needed: styrofoam cooler, black, gold and brown spray paint, goodie bags, treasure hunt poem. Spray paint the cooler to look like a treasure chest. Inside I placed the goodie bags. This was the treasure. Inside each goodie bag were beads (from the mardi gras section of our local party store), bubblegum coins (OT), bubbles from the dollar store that I attached labels to saying Thank ye fer comin to me pirate party!, bouncy balls in the shape of rocks (OT) and ring pops. We made a poem for our hunt, using things in our yard as the different clues. The idea was to have a new clue at each area, but since it was raining I was in charge of reading each clue and with our umbrellas we all ran around the yard looking for the treasure. This was the treasure hunt wording we used, which worked for our yard. You could rephrase for it to work for you too. RULES: Ahoy Me Mateys, the time has come to find the hidden treasure, ye'll sure have fun. Follow the rules along ye trip or walk the plank and sink your ship. Now mateys listen, here are ye rules. \*no fighting, no pushing, stay a group .. no running ahead.\* Aye, Aye Me Hearties, the hunts to begin, may all ye ships come in to win. Here is ye first clue, the game has begun, lets all be sure to have lots of fun. CLUES: Clue 1 A pirates life is the life for me,look for a birdhouse hanging from a tree. Clue 2 as any pirate ought to know...this is where the grapes grow. Clue 3 To find the next clue, all hands on deck...hurry up, before the ship is wrecked. Clue 4 Jolly Roger is my name, now find the flag with me on the same. Clue 5 Land lubbers Cove is next, sea dog...now you need to look for the green frog. Clue 6 Cannon balls don't go through this hoop...this is the 2nd last leg of your loop. Clue 7 One more clue and the treasure is yours...look for "Capt'n Quarters" on the doors. Clue 8 Sit down and wait for all the ships to arrive,and then you will get the big surprise. It ended at the shed where inside was the treasure chest. We had them zig zag back and forth across the yard and even in the pouring rain, it was tons of fun!