Animal Treasure Hunt

Your safari animal treasure hunt will include: A treasure map 6 rhyming clues cards 5 animal treasure markers The 3D Lion! Instructions

What do you do?

It's really simple...set out the 6 treasure marker scenes around the house or garden using the treasure map as a guide and hide the next clue behind each scene.

If you are using the hunt for the children to fill their own party bags (see party bag gifts for ideas), hide treasure in a bowl behind each of the scenes. If you are just having treasure at the END of the hunt then put it behind the Lion's mouth only.

Read the first clue aloud to the children and set them off to find the safari jeep treasure marker and the next clue. Carry on reading the clues until they get to the 3D lions mouth at the end!

Depending on how hard you hide the markers, the size of the venue and the ages of the children it can take 10-20 mins.

What age is it suitable for?

The ideal age for this treasure hunt is 3-8, but the clues and treats can be adapted to suit children of all ages and parents can read the clues out loud for younger children. Tiny tots can be engaged by pointing to the picture on each clue card, so they can enjoy looking out for the safari jeep and other treasure markers.

You can write you own clues too if you want to make things more difficult, we've left space on the reverse of the clue cards for you to do this, just cross out those provided with a black marker. You can give children additional clues by shouting ‘warmer/colder’, until they find the treasure.

Now enjoy your Safari Animal Treasure Hunt!!

Animal Party Games

Safari Animal Party - Pin the Tail on the Elephant. This is a printable game, it's just like pin the tail on the donkey	Safari Animal Party - Stepping Stones Game - This is a printable game, its just like musical chairs for wild animals!

• Best Dressed Animal or Safari Boy/Girl Competition – On your party invitations suggest that the kids come to the animal party in fancy dress and judge the winner as soon as they have all arrived at the party.

• Musical Wild Animals – This animal party game is exactly the same as musical chairs, except the children remain seated and pass around one or more wild animal teddies. When the music stops the child left holding the teddy is out of the game until there is a winner.

• Animal Face Painting Stations – Great for older kids! Set up a 2 stations to be manned by yourself and a friend. Specialise in one animal each, for example, one person can offer to paint lions and the other monkeys. This way you’ll become really quick and the children won’t be kept waiting too long.

• Animal Charades - The host should start the game by choosing an animal to enact. The first child to guess what animal is being depicted gets to be the next contestant. The host should whisper to each child, in turn, the animal that they have to act out. The game goes on until every child has had a turn.

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Animal Party Activities

Animal craft kits - make your own monkey and giraffe	FREE Print Out! - Colour in Lion Mask – Download and print out the Lion Mask .

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