A ready-to-print indoor treasure hunt: Huhu makes clues and puzzles for your child’s age, you print them and hide them around the house, and your child runs from clue to clue all the way to the treasure. Free, no sign-up, for children aged 3 to 8.

How to set up a treasure hunt at home

1. Choose a theme, your child’s age, the number of clues (3 to 10) and where you’ll hide them: the sofa, the fridge, the bathtub, the wardrobe, shoes…
2. Print the clue cards (four per A4 page) and the parent guide with the hiding order.
3. Hide the cut-out cards in order while your child isn’t looking. Put the treasure in the last place.
4. Give your child the first clue. The answer to each clue is where the next one is hidden, so your child leads the game.

Every hunt is different, and you can swap the puzzle on any card with one tap.

Treasure hunt puzzles by age

Ages 3–4

Children who can’t read yet search by pictures: they recognise an object by its shadow, cut out and assemble a picture, count stars or follow a maze to the right picture. Make a hunt for ages 3–4

Ages 4–5

Pictures and mazes plus dot-to-dot (numbers in order draw a bathtub, a table or an umbrella) and first letters of pictures for children who are learning letters. Make a hunt for ages 4–5

Ages 5–6

First letters of pictures, scrambled letters, red letters hidden among black ones, and a clock with hands: what time is it, and which picture shows the same time? Make a hunt for ages 5–6

Ages 6–8

Real detective puzzles: arrows through a letter grid, a word search whose leftover letters give the answer, a secret symbol code, Morse code and a picture crossword. Make a hunt for ages 6–8

Themes: pirates, space, dinosaurs…

The theme changes the colours and decorations of the cards, the hero in the maze, the words in the puzzles and the treasure at the end.

Pirates

A ship sails through the maze, parrots and anchors decorate the cards, and a bag of gold waits at the end. Perfect for a pirate party. Make a pirates treasure hunt

Space

A rocket flies through the maze, the puzzles are full of planets, comets and telescopes, and the mission ends with space treasure. Make a space treasure hunt

Dinosaurs

Little explorers follow the clues to a hidden dinosaur egg. Make a dinosaurs treasure hunt

Under the sea

A fish swims through the maze, with octopuses, whales, dolphins and shells in the puzzles. Make a under the sea treasure hunt

Detective

Magnifying glass, footprints and secret codes: young detectives solve the case clue by clue. Make a detective treasure hunt

Fairies and unicorns

A unicorn in the maze, castles, rainbows and fairies, and a royal treasure at the end. Make a fairies and unicorns treasure hunt

Where to hide the clues

Living room: under a sofa cushion, behind a picture, next to a plant, under the rug. Kitchen: on the fridge door, under the table, in a pot, under a mug. Bathroom: in the bathtub, on the washing machine, in the laundry basket. Kids’ room: under the pillow, in the wardrobe, in the sock drawer, by the teddy bear. Hallway: in a shoe, in a coat pocket, by the umbrella. With a garden or balcony the clues can go outside too: under a tree, by the bike, in the mailbox.

Treasure hunt for a birthday party

• For several children, make a separate hunt for each team with a different theme so the cards don’t get mixed up.
• If the children are different ages, put an older child who can read in every team.
• The pirate or space theme fits a themed party nicely.
• Let every team find its own treasure, so nobody goes home empty-handed.

What to put in the treasure

Stickers, a small toy, fruit or a cookie, a “coupon” to choose dinner or a cartoon, a trip to the park. The treasure doesn’t need to be big: for children the hunt itself is the best prize.

FAQ

Another screen-free game: car bingo and walk bingo, printable cards.

The treasure hunt is made by Huhu, games for children aged 2 to 8 with no ads and no tracking.