Free treasure hunt - easy, outdoors

Free treasure hunt that is easy and outdoors

We have created 20 treasure hunt clues for locations and objects around the garden for you to use for free in treasure hunts you are making. The numbering is given so that you can reference clues but you don’t need to do all of them or do them in this order.

Simply choose some clues, put the first one aside (to give to the hunters) and hide the rest in any order. Give the hunters the first clue to set them off.

If you need more clues take a look at our list of free treasure hunts or treasure hunt ideas.

Download treasure hunt clues as PDF

clues

Clue: path. Answer: shed
Follow from the “start” to find where the next clue is hidden.
Clue: picture code. Answer: drain pipe
Clue: word search. Answer: NEXT CLUE IS NEAR THE COMPOST HEAP
Find these words in the word search. Any remaining letters will spell out the location of the next clue.

T R I D D L E E D N

E R X T E C X S I L

H U E U E P I P S S

N U L A L E E I C A

E C N O S F Z E O R

T L R T I U I S V H

E E Z N H C R A E S

C O D Z M P P E R O

S T H E U T R A I L

L O O K A P P M A P

CLUES | DISCOVER | EXPLORE | FIND |
HUNT | LOOK | MAP | PRIZE | PUZZLE |
RIDDLE | SEARCH | SPIES | TRAIL | TREASURE
Clue: anagram. Answer: Tree trunk
Rete rnukt
Clue: first letters. Answer: water butt
Clue: map. Answer: DOOR BELL
Follow the instructions and write down the letters that you pass on the way. Cross off the letters as you pass them.
Clue: letter grid. Answer: ON THE WASHING LINE
Clue: circular text. Answer: red flower
Clue: spinners Answer: ON GARDEN GATE
Cut out the three discs and use a split-pin or similar to attach them together (smallest on top). Hunters must align each symbol in turn to read the opposing letters
Clue: mathematics. Answer: tap
Clue: link words. Answer: table
_ _ _ _ _ tennis
coffee _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ cloth
Clue: mirror writing. Answer: LAWNMOWER
Clue: puzzle. Answer: watering can
Clue: scavenger hunt Answer: various
When the items have been found give them the next clue.

Place the following on the table to be given the next clue:
1. A pebble
2. A ball
3. A Y-shaped stick
4. A shoe
5. A plant pot
6. 3 different shaped leaves
7. A gardening tool
Clue: capital letters. Answer: hanging basket
tHe location of the next clue is hidden in this messAge. caN you work out where to look? is there anythinG strange about thIs message? does aNythinG stand out? you must Be Able to Solve the puzzle and looK wherE this clue poinTs!
Clue: A=B. Answer: bench
If A = B, B = C … Z = A
ADMBG
Clue: image. Answer: spade
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Clue: letter pairs. Answer: HOSEPIPE
Clue: Wingdings. Answer: swing
Clue: template mask. Answer: PLANTER
Cut out the two grids so that they are separate. The hunters must place the second sheet over the first (orientated the correct way) to reveal the clue.