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Birthday scavenger hunt clues: printable sheet

GIFTbase · Top secret

Organizer instructionsAbove each note, outside the cut line, it says where the note goes. Cut the notes along the dashed lines and hand the first one over in person. The answers are on the last page: do not show it to the birthday person.

Set 1. Universal, for any home

№ 1 · hand over in person

Note №1Top secret

A gift has gone missing. All we know is that it is somewhere in this home. The first clue waits where it is winter even in July, and where yesterday's dinner is kept.

№ 2 · place at: the fridge

Note №2Top secret

It spins but never goes anywhere. Everything that goes in comes out cleaner than before. Look inside.

№ 3 · place at: the washing machine

Note №3Top secret

Hundreds of other people's stories stand shoulder to shoulder and keep quiet. The next clue is hiding between the two thickest ones.

№ 4 · place at: the bookshelf

Note №4Top secret

They leave the house more often than you do, but always come back in pairs. Check the left one.

№ 5 · place at: shoes in the hallway

Note №5Top secret

Every morning here you meet the one who knows all your secrets and never tells.

№ 6 · place at: the bathroom mirror

Note №6Top secret

This drawer holds what no tea party can do without: small, shiny, always in the company of forks.

№ 7 · place at: the cutlery drawer

Note №7 · FinaleTop secret

The case is almost closed. The last clue is where you rest your head every night.

Set 2. For kids aged 6–10

№ 1 · hand over in person

Note №1Top secret

Hello, detective! Someone hid your present. The first clue is waiting where your toys sleep at night.

№ 2 · place at: the toy box or toy shelf

Note №2Top secret

This is where the spoons and forks live, and the thing you eat soup with. Look in that drawer.

№ 3 · place at: the cutlery drawer

Note №3Top secret

I am big and white, it is always cold inside me, and I have one door. Open me!

№ 4 · place at: the fridge

Note №4Top secret

Where the lamp glows in the evening and your bedtime book lies.

№ 5 · place at: the bedside table

Note №5 · FinaleTop secret

Almost there! Your present is waiting where your coat and hat hang.

Set 3. For a husband or wife, with ciphers

№ 1 · hand over in person

Note №1Top secret

The case is open. The first clue is encrypted, read it backwards: EGDIRF.

№ 2 · place at: the fridge

Note №2Top secret

The vowels have gone missing from the next place: SF. It is where we watch our shows. Check under the cushions.

№ 3 · place at: the sofa

Note №3Top secret

Anagram: HELFS. That is where the books you have read stand next to the ones you have not. Between the two thickest.

№ 4 · place at: the bookshelf

Note №4Top secret

Only consonants survived: MRRR. It looks at you every morning.

№ 5 · place at: the bathroom mirror

Note №5 · FinaleTop secret

The case is almost closed. The last clue is where you charge your phone every night. P.S. Write here the thing only the two of you remember.

Scavenger hunt clues by hiding spot: under a chair, in the microwave, in a coat pocket

hand over in person

Opening for a kidTop secret

Attention! This morning a gift disappeared from this home. There is a witness: they saw someone small and very sneaky hiding it and leaving a trail of notes. You are hereby appointed chief detective. The first clue is already in your hands. Read carefully, think hard and search: the gift is waiting.

hand over in person

Opening for an adultTop secret

This case cannot be closed: a gift has gone missing, and according to our information it is still somewhere in this home. Whoever hid it knows you far too well and left hints only you will understand. There are several notes, and each leads to the next. The first one is in front of you.

place at: under a guest's chair

NoteTop secret

One of the guests has been sitting on a clue all evening without a clue. Find the person who has not left the table once and politely ask them to stand up.

place at: in the birthday kid's room

NoteTop secret

The next hint is waiting in the room of the person everyone is singing Happy Birthday to today. Look where their favourite things live.

place at: in a coat pocket

NoteTop secret

It goes outside with you and keeps loose change, receipts and everything you forgot to take out. Check the right pocket.

place at: in the microwave

NoteTop secret

Food heats up here in a minute, and a minute still feels like forever. Open the door, but do not press Start.

place at: in the oven

NoteTop secret

Pies get baked in here, but tonight there is no pie inside. Open it before anyone decides to turn it on.

place at: in the wardrobe

NoteTop secret

An envelope is hiding among sleeves and collars. Look on the shelf where the clothes you almost never wear live.

place at: under the doormat

NoteTop secret

Everyone who walks in steps on a hint without knowing it. Take a look underneath.

place at: in a flower pot

NoteTop secret

The only resident of this home that gets watered. Check the soil right at the edge, it will not mind.

place at: under the sofa cushions

NoteTop secret

Movies get watched here in the evenings, and crumbs and lost coins collect under the soft cushions. Tonight there is something more interesting down there.

place at: in the freezer

NoteTop secret

Colder than the fridge. Where the emergency pizza lives, a clue is hidden, and it has already frozen solid.

place at: in the garage

NoteTop secret

Go where everything too good to throw away is kept, next to the bike nobody has ridden in three years. Look at eye level.

place at: in the toy box

NoteTop secret

A new resident has moved in where your toys live. Find it among the biggest ones.

place at: in the glove box

NoteTop secret

It is parked outside and waiting patiently. Look in the compartment where the documents and old napkins live.

place at: on the bathroom shelf

NoteTop secret

Every morning starts with water here, and your toothbrush knows you better than anyone. Check the shelf above the sink.

Answers for the organizer

Do not show this page to the recipient

Set 1. Universal, for any home

  1. the fridge
  2. the washing machine
  3. the bookshelf
  4. shoes in the hallway
  5. the bathroom mirror
  6. the cutlery drawer
  7. under the pillow

Set 2. For kids aged 6–10

  1. the toy box or toy shelf
  2. the cutlery drawer
  3. the fridge
  4. the bedside table
  5. the coat rack or hallway closet

Set 3. For a husband or wife, with ciphers

  1. the fridge
  2. the sofa
  3. the bookshelf
  4. the bathroom mirror
  5. the nightstand with the charger