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A TREASURE HUNT CARD GAME FOR YOUNG CHILDREN

For this game you need two decks of cards, some preparation, two or three rooms with nothing breakable in them, and almost any number of young children.

You begin by hiding some of the cards from one deck in the rooms that you devote to the game. This must be done before the children arrive for the game.

Be sure to hide as many red cards as black, and be sure also to take out from the second deck cards that match the ones you have hidden. A hidden card should be discoverable without damage. For example, if you hide a card in a bookcase, it should be sticking out in some way and not hidden inside of a book. Every hidden card should be well within the reach of even the youngest child. It is perfectly fair to put a card under the pedals of a piano, but not on top of the piano, where a small child would be unable to see it.

When the children arrive, appoint two captains and let them choose up sides. One team will find red cards (hearts and diamonds), and the other team will find black cards (spades and clubs).

Give each child a card from the second deck and explain that he is to find a duplicate of it, hidden somewhere in a particular room or in two or three rooms, depending on how much space you have for the game. As soon as a child finds the card he is looking for, he is to bring it back to you and get another card to look for. The team that finds all of its hidden cards first wins the game.

Be sure to explain that it isn't necessary to move anything in order to find the cards. Mention also, that anybody who finds a card that he isn't looking for should replace that card in exactly the same spot and tell no one about it. Somebody else will be looking for it, or he himself may be looking for it later on.

This is a good game to play in somebody else's house.

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