Treasure hunt

from the comments on this post: http://momm-eh.blogspot.com/2007/01/party-game-ideas-for-3-year-olds.html

http://www.haloscan.com/comments/mothership/549656828874246682/#234871
We did a treasure hunt with Tommy and his friend. I took pictures of lots of things in our house and then taped those pictures around the house for them to navigate. So, for example, they started with a picture of the kitchen chairs. When they went to the chairs, they found a picture of the fridge. When they got to the fridge, they found a picture of the couch, etc. Eventually they got to a pile of stuffed animals marked with an X-marks-the-spot. They dug through the animals until they found two treasure chests filled with Mardi Gras beads and fake gold coins.

You could probably have the kids follow the course in small groups if you have too many kids to do it all at once. I'm pretty sure you could do it all in one room if you used small pictures on small items (or people) throughout the room. It doesn't matter if they can see where the final X is. Following the path seemed to be the fun part.