Archive for the ‘Testimonial’ Category
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007It was so nice to get your email today! I have been stressing over the exact theme of my treasure hunt. I have decided to stick to the Winter Theme but need the names of the teams to not be related to Christmas. I will have four teams in lieu of six - RED, BLUE, YELLOW, & GREEN. I will still have six stations as we will have plenty of time to play. We will be in a three story cottage with four bedrooms and four baths. Main floor has kitchen, living room, dining room, and master bed/bath. Upstairs has two bedrooms and two baths. Downstairs has a family/game room w/ bedroom and bath. I thought since we would not be using the washer & dryer, I would hide the clue in the dryer. Thanks again for checking on me!
Tina Franklin, North Carolina USA
Saturday, September 1st, 2007Nikki - you are a life saver! I really love it and as a result of your packaged managed to switch gears and really make my hunt something special, it happens on Tuesday, now I have full confidence it will be a winner!!
In Victoria, BC - Tues Apr 10 (I’d already done a lot of pre-planning) for Company Team Building, all adults/
Cheers!
Chris Hill, British Columbia Canada
Wednesday, August 15th, 2007Dear Nikki
I can’t tell you what a life saver you are. My Halloween invitations were all sent; advertising a Treasure Hunt and I became ill. I didn’t know how I was ever going to pull it off, but 2 days before the party I logged in (log in info in your purchase confirmation email) and within 1 hour I had edited
the clues you provided to fit our surroundings. I then mailed them to my office; printed, cut and separated. Trust me…now that I know how wonderful your made to order ”hunts’ are; we will be having them at every party. The kids and adults had a blast.
Please keep me informed of anything new, especially for adult parties.
Thanks again to my new party planning best friend!
Darlene LoBue, Florida USA
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007Nikki,
I have been working on the Treasure Hunt all week, and I’m finishing the final touches on the map tonight.
I am going to have 18 children ages 5-10 years. We are having the hunt at our farm around a creek. I will set up the stations tomorrow. I am excited about using the mummy challenge. My son wanted to have all physical challenges so I put all the younger children in a group, all the girls in a group and split the boys into two groups. I think there will be less competition within the groups. Sometimes boys tend to get too competitive. I have chosen five other physical challenges including a multilegged race, a musical water glass, an egg race, a water balloon toss, the mummy challenge, and a water race.
I am going to hide a key for each team, which will open the treasure chest with their goody bags in them.
I have enough adults for each station. I think that will help.
The rest of the party includes a hotdog cookout, a hay ride, a hike in a really cool creek with caves, frogs, and lizards, and the treasure hunt, not to mention the cake and icecream and the presents. I hope it doesn’t get dark before we’re finished.
I used many good ideas from your ebook. I copied the station names onto yellow cardstock and laminated them. We will attach them to posts which are in place already.
Thanks for the great ideas.
Sincerely,
Shelley Grellner, Oklahoma USA
Monday, August 13th, 2007Hi,
I used your treasure hunt for my best friend’s 40th birthday party. I did not know most of the people that came; so, I was a little nervous about pulling the whole thing off. I purchased your delightfully easy-to-implement treasure hunt only about ten days before the party.
We all had so much fun! The guests were laughing constantly and couldn’t wait to reach the actual treasure. There were groups of her friends from all different backgrounds–many of whom who seemed reluctant to mix with the others. The treasure hunt was so wonderful that new friendships were formed, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses were exchanged, and my husband and I are enjoying a reputation for being the best party givers ever.
We received so many compliments, you just would be amazed. My friend for whom the party was given was at her office the next day; and, she said the people that had elected not to come were very disappointed when they heard how much fun everyone else had. One young lady upon leaving said to me that she would like to be invited to the next party I have. I had to laugh as I had never met her prior to my friend’s party.
It has been nearly a month; and, we are still the talk of the town so to speak. We live in one of those areas where everyone knows everyone else’s business whether they know you or not. I imagine you should be receiving a lot of hits from the folks in Salinas, California so they too can give the greatest party ever.
Not only did your program delight every single last party guest; but, it was easy for me to arrange as well. You have a remarkable product that will serve well for years as it is true quality. A rare find today! Thank you so very much.
Sincerely
Cynthia Bryn Smith, California USA
Sunday, August 12th, 2007We have tried out the game for my son’s 6th birthday. It was great! We had three teams of three or four kids and one adult each. I had mixed up the clues and starting points and they all lead to the same end point — a pirate treasure trunk filled with lots of treasures! The kid’s had so much fun. Some of them were readers and had fun reading the clues for the rest of the group. The hunt went from inside the house to outside around the yard, gardens, trees, fences, flower pots, wheel barrow, etc. The Instant Treasure Hunt Game was perfect in helping me with this party activity!
THANKS!
Anna Quist, Texas USA
Friday, August 10th, 2007Party was last Friday, boys had a blast! I cut and paste from your scavenger lists to make a great mall hunt! Funny to see 11 year old boys looking for sale items, washing hands in sink at Bath and Body Works, getting nails painted, etc…Thanks for your help!
MariBeth Smith, Arizona USA
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007Hi Nikki,
We celebrated our son’s eleventh birthday with a pirate themed party. Well, you can’t have a pirate party without a treasure hunt and we procrastinated a little too long. Your website helped us out tremendously.
We put together a 26 riddle treasure hunt that kept the children engaged and they had a great time searching for the treasure. And your step by step process made it very simple.
Thanks,
Peter Kleinhenz, Ohio USA
Monday, August 6th, 2007Hi Nikki,
What at wonderful resource your scavenger hunt e-book is. The hunt is tonight and I have already spent about three hours prepping with at least 3 more to do. It’s raining here so we are keeping game inside the house, on the porch and in the screen in porch too.
The boundaries, rules and age appropriate list were extremely helpful. Our group is ages 8-9 girls. There are 9 girls coming all of whom will be randomly divided into three groups of three. Unfortunately one of the babysitters cancelled last night so I’m now wrestling with three teams and two supervisors…..
Got to go, but I will f/u with news and feedback.. You are amazing to have the care and concern to email me.
I dearly appreciate it.
Thanks,
Lee Anne McClymont, North Carolina USA
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007Nikki hi,
The Scavenger Hunt at Wal-Mart was very fun. I had my co-workers running from one end of the store to the other. The best thing.. I had them pushing each other in shopping carts outside in the Wal-Mart parking lot and video taping each other. We even had them take pictures with Wal-Mart employees.
They said the Scavenger Hunt was really fun and really appreciated the work that I put into this event.
Thanks,
Susie Myers, USA
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007Nikki,
The pirate treasure hunt was great. The kids had a lot of fun. The only thing I changed is I had the kids put their colored bandannas on first so everyone would know what color they were. I also replaced the gold earrings with tattoos at that station. The winning team really got into digging up the treasure. It was great to see girls really get into the game. Thanks for everything!!
Catherine Ferguson, Utah USA
Monday, July 30th, 2007The treasure hunt went very well, thanks! I was in a big rush, since my daughter decided last minute she’d like to have a birthday party, but we had it yesterday for a group of older teen girls. I’ve done several treasure hunts before–some of my own devising–but yours was a nice ready-to-go package, which is what I needed. Definitely worth the money. I especially liked your suggestions to have a variety of challenges that would speak to all the teammates various strengths. We live on 5 acres and also have various buildings that can be part of a hunt, so ours lasted about 1 1/2 hours! The girls kept very busy!
Anyway, thanks for making a good product.
Celia Ramsey, California USA
Thursday, July 26th, 2007Nikki,
The treasure hunt party this past weekend was a huge success. We had an away sleep-over at our family mountain house and had the treasure hunt on day 2. It went extremely smoothly and the ten girls had a blast! Last week was an insane week and I had little time to prepare, and now that I’ve done the hunt I feel like I could do it perfectly next time. Your product is exceptional and you truly saved me valuable time and stress!!! I look forward to having another hunt sometime very soon.
Thanks so much
Kirsten Salas, Georgia USA
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007We had a lot of fun! Thank you
Vincent Garnier, Georgia USA
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007My kids love the treasure hunts. I am getting ready to print out the THIRD on today!!
Michelle Hippensteel, Pennsylvania USA
Monday, July 23rd, 2007Hi Nikki, I am excited about putting our ‘Treasure Hunt’ together. It looks like everything is well planned. Our date is Mar. 23, so I have time to get it all together. It will be done for a group of older people (60 plus in age). The train destination idea will work better for us.
I appreciate the fact that I’ll be able to get back in touch with you with my questions as I work on our event.
Thank you.
Ginny Manganaro, Pennsylvania USA
Sunday, July 22nd, 2007I had the scavenger hunt last Friday. It was a huge success considering I put it together in 3 days with the help of your documents. The hunt was at a Community park with a huge playground area. The kids and parents had a great. The teacher appreciated the thank you cards.
This weekend I’m doing another one for my son’s birthday pool party.
Thanks!
Heather Swift, Pennsylvania USA
Sunday, July 22nd, 2007We did log on and use the instant treasure game. It was very easy to use and the kids loved it! I did it twice once for the kid party and once for the family party. The first time the group was a bit big, next time I will do two teams so they all have a chance to figure out the clues.
Melinda Ayala, Oregon USA
Friday, July 20th, 2007Hi Nikki,
I held my treasure hunt at my son’s birthday party at my moms house on a farm. We had adults and children ( youngest age 4) all play. I spaced out my stations a bit far ( the older ones got quite a workout!) but everyone had fun and enjoyed it! I am going to use it again for my son’s grade 6 class at the end of the year party and we are going to do it in and around the school grounds.
Thanks
Lori Hepburn, Ontario Canada
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007Hello Mrs. Wilson,
I was pleased to find your treasure hunt web-site through Google. I have been creating different games and activities for the past 6 years for my soon to be 11 year old, and my creativity seemed drained this year. When I came across your web-site, I thought of so many ways I could use your book and your ideas. I am going to try it on Dec. 2nd with my son and his friends, but also have three young daughters who would love it in the years to come. I am also a school teacher and thought I could use it with my students at school or even for a fun staff party. The ways to use this are endless, thank you for your hard work.
Pat yourself on the back,
Donna Wolford, Ohio USA
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007I had my husband’s 35th birthday party yesterday, a surprise scavenger hunt that was unbelievably successful! I had three teams set up, and I made it so that each team had to have my husband with them to complete certain selected tasks (which were typically different for each team). I traveled with my husband as he kept getting cell phone calls to run off and meet this team or that team, so I got to interact with every team pretty extensively during the hunt. I have never seen so many people having such a good time and laughing so much in my entire life. As the organizer, it was the best feeling in the world! One guest wrote an email and said: ‘I wanted to tell you what a FABULOUS time we had yesterday. It was, in my humble opinion, the perfect party. Thanks again for everything. You really, truly outdid yourself.’
From your tools, I combined suggestions and sample items from the photo hunt, the hunt at the mall, and the hunt downtown. I think the teams had the most fun (and got the funniest pictures) from these items:
- Convince a downtown bartender to invent an original drink in honor of Jason. Write down the ingredients, and get a picture of Jason sipping the drink with your team.
- Photograph at least 2 members of your team playing Dance Dance Revolution.
- Photograph one team member dipping a bare toe in the canal.
- Photograph at least 3 members of your team posing in front of Victory Field as if they were playing baseball.
- Photograph a member of your team jumping up in the air in the place where creativity blossoms. (This was the Arts Garden. They really got into jumping high for the shot while trying not to distract the people listening to the classical pianist inside!)
I also had a funny misunderstanding. I gave four points if you could get your whole team into pictures in these three situations 1) with a stroller; 2) with a clock that read 2:45; and 3) with a couple who have been together less than 2 years. One team thought you had to have all three at once (my fault), so they nabbed a father with a stroller, ran into a clock store, borrowed a clock and set it for 2:45, had the hands of the clock fall off in the process, bribed the father not to leave, got another clock, set that, and grabbed a young couple. They definitely won the prize for ‘best story’!
I am attaching a few pictures. Thanks for making yourself available and providing great tools, which not only gave me good ideas but boosted my confidence in the process. All the adults had so much fun that my son is now demanding a scavenger hunt birthday party for kids on his upcoming birthday.
Best regards
Ann D’Angelo, Indiana USA
Monday, July 16th, 2007The treasure hunt game was great. It still took me a while to put it together; but it would not have happened at all without your program. The girls playing were 12 and 13 years old, so it needed to be sophisticated enough to keep their interest; and it was. I thought the activities might be too easy for them but in fact they said it was just right. It was interesting to see how one activity would stump one team and not another. I had to work with the adult supervisors to prevent them from helping too much, explaining that each team has their own challenge and let them work though it. It took them at least an hour to get through the game and everyone loved it including the adults.
Thanks
Kimber Smith, California USA
Sunday, July 15th, 2007Nikki,
The party was a big success! Had 4 teams of 7-8 girls ages 12-13. The ‘bigger or better’ scavenger hunt theme was great. Each team kept each item obtained and in the end all the teams voted for the winning team. The big items obtained were an end table/chair, box spring, computer/scanner/printer, paintings, swimming pool.
It was fun watching the teams coming down the street trying to carry all their items before the deadline. The winners received $10 each and everyone else could take home any of the collected items they so desired. They worked up their appetites and enjoyed the taco bar. Fun was had by all! Thanks again.
Allan Luistro, North Dakota USA
Friday, July 13th, 2007I appreciate your service.
I had a New Year’s Eve treasure hunt with about 50 young adults from church. Good times! It was a success! I tweaked the hunt so that it was ‘global’, so the teams were traveling to different world countries, and the challenges ranged from a basketball free-throw challenge (Lithuania) to a suduko challenge (Japan) to creating an encouraging note for our missionary friend in Africa (Tanzania).
An interesting thing happened at the end…one of the more enterprising guys figured out where the treasure map was hidden without having all the clue pieces (i.e., his team hadn’t completed the last task, but he still figured out the clue). Thank goodness for the combination code…it saved me from having to make up rules on the spot. He couldn’t take the map without having the combination code. As it turned out, another team won instead!
We had a good time…thank you for sharing your organizational skills with all of us!
PS: If I get some photos, I’ll email them to you
Christine Brackett, California USA
Thursday, July 12th, 2007We had a wonderful treasure hunt. The adults and kids both had a great time.
It took 40 minutes for them to complete it.
Thanks for your interest and I will be making more treasure hunts in the near future.
Dawn Pinson, Ontario Canada