Children born in summer are the real lucky ones. After all, you can organize an unforgettable fun holiday for them not in an apartment or in a house, but outside the city, in the fresh air. A quest in the country will give wonderful impressions to the birthday man and his guests. There are no restrictions for children here: you can make noise, shout, run and jump without fear of destroying the apartment or causing displeasure and anger of neighbors.
Preparatory activities
Now the Internet is full of offers to buy ready-made escape rooms. One has only to place an order. But still, creating a quest in the country for children with your own hands will become an unforgettable pastime for everyone who is preparing this wonderful surprise for the birthday boy. Be sure he will proudly tell his friends: "I have the coolest parents in the world." And a child will remember such a peculiar, with the help of a quest, giving a gif.webpt forever.
Seat selection
The dacha is an ideal place for holding children's parties. On the one hand, the children will have fun on the street all day, looking up from their tablets and phones. On the other hand, every tired guest can break away from the general fun and relax in the house. In addition, you can leave the whole company in the country with an overnight stay, and then to the children's quest in the country held during the day, you can add a fire and star-gazing at night. Young romantics will definitely not forget this.
On a note! Despite all the attractiveness of summer cottages as places for parties for children, it is necessary to take care of the safety of young guests in advance. Before organizing a quest for children in the country, it is worth removing from accessible places all traumatic objects, such as knives, secateurs, saws, axes. And also check the surface of the local area for broken glass, nails, etc.
Method of carrying out
There are several options for organizing a dacha quest for children:
- by the number of players;
- according to the principle of conducting.
A birthday quest in the country can be organized for one participant, as an original way to give a birthday present to a birthday boy. In this case, the hero of the occasion will perform tasks, step by step approaching the prize. If a company of children is going to a party, you can organize a competition by dividing them into two teams. This will add competitive excitement to the game, give the smartest and quickest a chance to win.
On a note! Some children take any defeat very hard. Therefore, the organizers of the entertainment should either bring the game to a draw, or organize entertainment with one team, or come up with a prize that will equally satisfy and delight both winners and losers.
The principle of conducting a quest may imply the delivery of all tasks to the players at once or a chain of prompts, moving along which the participants step by step will approach the prize. Both strategies have advantages and disadvantages. In the first case, children will be able to choose which task to take on in the first place. And if you have any difficulties with any of them - to be able to move on to the next. But the quest chain is indispensable when organizing a competition with several teams. The choice is up to the organizers.
Plot and plotless quests
If a child avidly reads about the adventures of the young wizard Harry Potter, or watches with bated breath, films and cartoons about pirates, you should think about organizing a holiday in the same style. The birthday boy will definitely like a costume event, saturated with the atmosphere of his favorite book or movie.
All tasks need to be linked together according to the chosen plot.
This can be an exciting Harry Potter-style quest in the country, with studies at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. And the teams of participants can bear the names of famous houses: Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff. Or maybe it will be a Pirate Party with a search for hidden treasures with a real map of a desert island. Or a quest for children interested in archeology. It all depends on the preferences of the birthday man and the imagination of the organizers of the game.
Country caches and checkpoints
Holding a holiday in nature implies an unlimited flight of imagination in organizing secret places in which riddles will be hidden. And at the same time, you don't have to give up your favorite apartment to be torn apart by a brisk, restless company. Put under a pebble, hang on a tree, hide in a garden bed or bury under a bush. In short, use all places that are safe for the kids.
To prevent paper tips from getting damaged and dirty, each of them can be placed in:
- plastic bags,
- soap dishes,
- empty eggs from under the kinders.
You can make a map in advance for a children's quest in the country with the search for treasure, a gif.webpt. To do this, you need to schematically depict the entire summer cottage on a sheet of paper, mark the entire path of treasure hunters with a dotted line. And in order for the checkpoints to be found without problems, you can photograph all the caches in advance and place miniature photos directly on the map along the entire route. Then the participants in the quest will need to find out the right place, find the task there, complete it and move on to the next.
On a note! The map can be stylistically styled to match the atmosphere of the search for ancient treasures. Singe the edges a little, crumple a little, twist in the form of a scroll, flop the wax seal. And now we have before us not a modern piece of paper, but a mysterious artifact.
Ready script for a quest in the country for children 6-10 years old
The game is based on a series of films about famous seekers and kidnappers of ancient artifacts. For example, Indiana Jones (for a men's company) or Lara Croft (for a company of young ladies). And even if these heroes are new to children, the general atmosphere of treasure searches, dangerous traps and difficult tasks will definitely please the participants of the holiday in nature.
Preparation for conducting
So, how to make a quest in the country for children so that it is interesting, but not tiring? Hero costumes will help you create the right atmosphere and tune your kids up for adventure. Hats, cool belts, light unshaven painted on young chins will turn kids into seasoned adventure seekers.
In addition, it is necessary to prepare in advance all the tips, puzzles, quest tasks and artistically arrange them around the summer cottage, according to the chosen plan.
On a note! It is better to make assignments not too difficult, even for adult children. Because children quickly lose interest in what doesn't work out. Let the young guests be the undisputed winners today.
Quest progress
At that moment, when nothing portends an impending adventure, the postman knocks on the gate. In his hands is a letter addressed to the birthday man, in receipt of which he must proudly sign in a real postal book. In it, by the way, all guests can sign too, and at the same time - leave wishes and congratulations to the hero of the occasion. From this moment on, the quest adventure in the country for children begins.
Mysterious letter
In the letter, children read:
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My dear (mine) ________________!
Your unknown grandfather is writing to you (uncle, your mother's cousin-in-law, your dad's second cousin's brother-in-law). Traveling to Bat Island has always been my dream. After all, according to legend, untold treasures are hidden there, having acquired which you can become the happiest person on Earth. For several years I have been preparing for this exciting adventure full of dangers:
- equipped ships,
- dried crackers,
- trained not to eat for several days.
But at the last moment, an insidious, cruel, incurable rhinitis fell over me. You and your friends will have to help me in this difficult hour and hit the road in my place.
Better to start with the wettest.
Do not shame the honor of the family ______________________________!
Wet affairs
Children, seeing a hint in the letter, among other things, are looking for a "wet spot." This can be a washbasin, a full watering barrel, or a cat / dog bowl of water. This is where the first quest package is located. It contains a photo cut into pieces that needs to be assembled like a jigsaw puzzle.
On a note! The degree of cutting, and therefore the size of the pieces, depends on the age and number of children.
After completing the puzzle, the adventurers receive a photo of the next checkpoint - the garden bench. It should be located next to a spacious area, which will be needed to carry out the task indicated in it.
Trust - don't check!
Next to / under / above the bench is a description of the trust test. This assignment is often carried out at various team building events and teaches trust and teamwork.
A labyrinth is drawn on the site. The more curved and illogical it is, the more interesting it is. The participant is blindfolded at the very entrance. And he, listening only to the prompts of his "sighted" friends, must unmistakably go from beginning to end. Walking, crossing the lines is punishable by starting the test from the beginning.
Upon flawless passage of the maze, the team receives the following hint.
Tighten your gyrus!
This is a crossword puzzle in which the location of the next cache is encrypted. The task words must necessarily correspond to the age of the children at play. Too easy a crossword puzzle will cause a feeling of "giveaway", too difficult - frustrating and make you lose interest in the game.
Crossword tasks:
- Funny cowardly dog, the hero of cartoons and comics.
- The name of the boy who survived.
- Last name of the boy who survived.
- An alien who flew in from the moon and lived in a family of bees.
- A man in his prime with a propeller.
- His main weapon is a hammer.
- One of the participants in the trip to the Emerald City.
Having guessed all the words vertically, the children read the word "cabbage" and rush to the garden with this culture. If there are no beds in the country, then you can encrypt any other word or put a head of cabbage in a conspicuous place. Before the start of the quest, you should draw the attention of the children to him several times, so that at the right time they remember this and know where he is.
Bravo, encore!
The next task will require the creativity of each of the participants.
The note contains a list of what needs to be done at this stage of the quest:
- sing your favorite song
- show some dance moves,
- tell a funny story,
- purr like a cat,
- recite a poem.
After all completed tasks, the team receives the location of the next cache.
Warmer, warmer … Hot!
The next note contains a riddle, the answer to which will lead the adventurers to the next checkpoint.
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I can be helpful -
Warm up in the cold
I can be nice -
Warm water for tea.
Be capable of me
Show respect
Otherwise, you
I will inflict a wound.
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The answer to this riddle (fire) will direct the participants of the quest to the brazier, on which an appetizing kebab will surely be sizzling.
Pantomime
The next task is located in the area of the barbecue.
On a note! It is good if the "smart" quest tasks in the country house for children are diluted with active ones, where the children will have the opportunity to move around and laugh.
Treasure hunters must line up one by one. Everyone in the chain must explain without words, only with gestures, the following words:
- clown,
- teapot,
- spider,
- telephone,
- rainbow,
- Apple.
The last word will be a clue to the next cache. In the area of the apple tree, the guys will find the main prize of the game.
hidden treasures
It can be a piñata hanging on a branch, which everyone, without exception, will be happy to “choke off”. Or maybe it will be just a bag of sweets, or a cake.You can give each participant a personal gif.webpt reminiscent of this quest. Or you can give everyone a board game that will allow children to take a break from feats of arms and play calmly while adults are resting from children.
A quest in the country for children will help not only to diversify the rest outside the city, but also to rally a group of friends. After all, he teaches children to support each other, solve problems together and value friendship. And bright selfies in costumes will help the children retain memories of their adventure.
