Lent is upon us and Easter will be what's on our minds soon. My 2 teens fondly remember the activity we did with them every Easter and have even suggested we do it for them now! Dollar Tree & Everything's a Dollar, as well as Walmart & Dollar General have little gifts and novelty gifts that make this activity work. Also, the Yahoo Group FREECYCLE could prove to be beneficial as well, especially if you're on a very tight budget. One can post what they want and people are willing to give away things someone else can use.
So, what we did was hid these little gifts and candies all over the house with hints to lead to the next. Each child started with a note with a hint. For example: It can really get hot in here. The child would look around until they thought of a warm place. They'd think of where the house had warm places, perhaps looking around the fireplace and kitchen only to find a Hot Wheels in the bottom oven drawer. With that is included the next clue such as: Who said I was dirty? They might think of looking in a sink or bathtub. If not, we'd do the "Warm. Warmer. Hot. On fire." method of leading them to it. We made the notes very basic so the kids could read them themselves, some times with help. I had my kids reading when they were very young so this was a fun reading activity, as well as an exciting indoor fun! We usually had 5 clues and treasures. You could have more. I don't think they'd get bored. Less works too. I remembered them getting so excited that even 3 would make it a great experience.
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