{"id":25,"date":"2012-01-30T20:54:43","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T20:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.textclues.com\/blog\/?p=25"},"modified":"2021-01-02T10:42:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T15:42:42","slug":"scavenger-hunt-tip-dont-leave-it-too-late","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.textclues.com\/blog\/scavenger-hunt-tip-dont-leave-it-too-late\/","title":{"rendered":"Scavenger Hunt Tip: Don\u2019t Leave it too Late!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scavenger hunts are such great gifts because they are creative and original. Most people love getting scavenger hunts because it\u2019s really a thoughtful gift.\u00a0It shows you\u2019re willing to put time and effort to make sure someone really has a great time.<\/p>\n<p>This blog is here to help you make a memorable scavenger hunt in as little time as possible. That being said it\u2019s still going to take some time if you really want to make a remarkable hunt. It\u2019s certainly possible to make a great hunt the day before the big day but for a more substantial hunt we recommend you start at least a few days in advance.<\/p>\n<p>The first step is to write out a quick draft of what you want the scavenger hunt to look like.\u00a0Here you don\u2019t have to go into much detail with the clues. It could be as simple as outlining the path you want them to take. The key is getting a general idea of what you want the scavenger hunt to look like.\u00a0Once you\u2019re done this step take a step away from the planning table for a few hours or days.<\/p>\n<p>When you come back you\u2019ll find that you came up with some great new ideas and you\u2019ll be ready to put the finishing touches on the hunt. At this stage it\u2019s time to fix up your clues to make sure they\u2019re fun, personal and entertaining. Also you may find that you\u2019ve thought of a totally new idea for the scavenger hunt! Don\u2019t hesitate in changing your plan or creating a totally new one, the hunter will thank you.\u00a0At this point all you need to do is prepare your physical clues and schedule a time for the hunt!<\/p>\n<p>The<a title=\"free trial\" href=\"http:\/\/www.textclues.com\/login\/signup\" target=\"_blank\"> free trial<\/a> here on textclues.com is a great tool for planning a scavenger hunt even if you\u2019re not planning on sending text message based clues. It allows you to save the scavenger hunt, access it from any computer with internet access and base a new scavenger hunt on an old one to easily make different versions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scavenger hunts are such great gifts because they are creative and original. Most people love getting scavenger hunts because it\u2019s really a thoughtful gift.\u00a0It shows you\u2019re willing to put time and effort to make sure someone really has a great &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.textclues.com\/blog\/scavenger-hunt-tip-dont-leave-it-too-late\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[9,10,271],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.textclues.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.textclues.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.textclues.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.textclues.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.textclues.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.textclues.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1932,"href":"http:\/\/www.textclues.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions\/1932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.textclues.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.textclues.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.textclues.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}