Hide the cards, hand over the first clue and follow the trail to a treat. A phone companion checks each code, gives graduated hints and opens the treasure chest.
Big pictures of everyday places. Find each card, tap its little picture code and follow the trail to the treat.
Start card, 7 picture cards, a treasure tag and a tick-off tracker. 3 pages.
Cards · US Letter PDFCards · A4 PDFOpen the companion
Ten rhyming riddles about household places. Every card gives you a letter, and the letters spell where the treasure hides.
Start card, 10 lettered riddle cards, a treasure tag and a decoder strip. 3 pages.
Cards · US Letter PDFCards · A4 PDFOpen the companionAbout 5 minutes. US Letter or A4, colour or black and white. Cut along the dashed lines.
About 10 minutes. The host sheet lists every spot, with an alternative for each, while seekers wait in another room.
Find a card, tap its code, watch the lantern ghost walk the map. Hints unfold one step at a time.
These are the actual printable pages.
Every spot is indoors and fits a small apartment, and each clue lists an alternative spot. Keep the picture trail’s treat inside rather than on a doormat that opens to a street. Got a porch or yard? The riddle route’s coat and boot clues work at a back door; keep doors to the street closed and a grown-up outside.
Yes. Both routes, every printable page, the host sheet, the certificate and the phone companion are free. There is no account, payment or app to install.
Yes. Choose “No printer” in the companion. Put a small treat at each spot listed in host mode. The clues appear on the phone, and a grown-up taps to confirm each find.
Allow about 15 minutes: roughly 5 to print and cut, 10 to hide. Playing usually takes 20 to 30 minutes, depending on how quickly your seekers spot things. These are estimates, not tested averages.
No. The art uses smiling pumpkins, sleepy bats and a ghost in a sheet. Nothing jumps out, and the hunt stays inside your own home.
Once seekers know the hiding places, the surprise is gone. For a second run, use the alternative spots listed for every clue, move the treasure, or switch to the other route. It is not an endless mystery.
Every clue lists alternatives, such as a shower tray instead of a bath, or a pile of books instead of a bookshelf. All spots work in a small apartment; nothing needs a yard.
The picture trail suits 1 to 6 little seekers with a grown-up reading. The riddle route suits 1 to 8 seekers, solo or in teams. For a bigger party, run both routes in different rooms, or print a second set and race two teams.
Progress, hints and your hiding checklist stay in this browser’s storage, so a locked phone or refresh picks up where you were. Nothing is sent to an account. Host mode has a reset.