Pirate children's quest at home for birthday

I really want to make my child’s birthday special and memorable. Give not only things, but also bright emotions. Children love excitement and adventure. They love to win!

The game gives them all this! At the same time, the game helps to develop and show ingenuity.

The quest “In Search of Treasures” is a real-time adventure game that can be easily organized in an apartment, country house or school. Preparation will take no more than an hour, because the script is already fully thought out and ready for use.

Have you decided to organize a quest at home for your child’s birthday? You are already two steps away from this.

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Scenario and design of the quest.
How to order and conduct.
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To whom, where and on what occasion will a quest be appropriate.

The quest tasks are designed for children from 8 to 14 years old. But this is the recommended age. If desired, adults can also participate. Some clues will be even more difficult for them to guess than for children.

Most tasks are designed in two difficulty levels. This way you can select tasks that are optimal in difficulty based on the age of the players.

The quest itself is about finding treasures. This makes it the perfect multi-stage competition for a pirate party.

But you don’t have to get attached to the pirate theme. It is appropriate to conduct a quest at any birthday, party, New Year or other holiday.

The tasks (tips) of the quest are designed so that it can be organized in any apartment, house, school or cafe.

There are 3 methods available:

Walking alone. This way you can give a gift to a little birthday boy or a fully grown loved one.
Group passage. Participants solve puzzles together, step by step approaching the treasured “treasures”.
Team competition. All hints have two options: the tasks are the same, but the key places (hides) are different. Teams solve clues parallel to each other, trying to get ahead of their opponents and be the first to find the “treasure”.

Rules for creating object search quests

To understand how to create quests yourself, you need to look around your apartment and find places where you can hide objects. Of course, everyone’s conditions will be different, so there can be no general rules. But we will help you decide on the procedure for drawing up a real quest that will make your guests or the birthday boy think and work hard before he receives the gift. Agree that this is much more interesting, and besides, it will become part of the holiday program.

The quest can be organized in kindergarten or in a school classroom, on the street or on the playground. It is very interesting to complete the quest while in a children's camp. Look around carefully, outline areas in which it will be interesting to look for objects. This could be an ordinary window sill, a closet, a place under curtains, bedspreads, tablecloths hanging to the floor, places under beds, tables. The more zones, the better.

The gift or prize must be hidden at the very end of all areas. If there are several gifts, for example, you bought many different necessary items, or guests brought gifts, then as you progress through the quest, the prizes can be placed in different zones.

For each zone you can come up with different tasks. They can be very simple, accessible to small children. If the quest is intended for an adult, the tasks may become more complicated.

Description of tasks and quest design

If you wish, you can start the quest by handing over a letter from Captain John Howard (included with the quest).

The letter can be printed, rolled up and placed in a bottle of rum or wine, leaving the edge outside so that you can actually get it out. Then give it to the participants. Or simply give the letter, and after reading, hand over the first task (hint).

The adventure game consists of 10 stages (chapters). They have a strict sequence.

Here's what the printed assignments look like.

Descriptions of tasks and code words that need to be guessed - they indicate the places where the next clues are hidden.

Tasks (tips)	Code words (answers)
1	We are packing for sailing . Crossword on a pirate theme. The difficult level uses a verbal description of the hidden words, and the easy level uses pictures.	Cushion, stool, nightstand
2	We are recruiting a team . Based on the description, choose the correct pirates + anagram in the complex version.	Album, magazine
3	In the sea. Find the differences in the pictures.	Option 1: window sill, vase, chair. Option 2: painting, fruit, flower pot
4	Treasure map. Put the puzzle together.	Kettle, briefcase
5	Enemy ship. Count the enemy forces on the other pirate ship (men, cannons, gunpowder, cannonballs).	Bread, watch
6	Sea battle. Strike an enemy ship at the given coordinates.	Decanter, umbrella
7	Repairing the ship. Find all damaged parts of the ship.	Dictionary, poster
7	On the way to the island. Complete the maze + anagram in the difficult version.	Pan, battery
9	Gifts to the gods of the island . Find words that combine groups of pictures.	Envelope, diary
10	Treasures are just a stone's throw away . Puzzle.	Box, hanger

Stages of the quest at home

Organizing a quest yourself is not at all difficult. To do this, you need to show imagination and think through the stages. For example, after the “midge” is caught, the participant reads the message on it:

“We don’t need the bag anymore,

Someone is cold, has a cold,

Waiting for help.

Raise your legs higher."

The player must remove the bag, and raising his legs high, look for the source of the cold. In any home this is a refrigerator. You can put a small soft toy in it.

You can wrap a ribbon or scarf around the neck of the toy, under which you can place another note:

"I've been lying here for many days,

Heal me quickly.

I need jam and a poem"

The participant recites the poem and looks for jam in the kitchen. The following clue is placed under the lid of the jar. The note can also be tied on the outside so that it does not get dirty.

“The forest is burning, there is a fire all around,

Get out, my friend!

Don't touch the floor

Save yourself quickly!”

The task is to get out of the kitchen without stepping on the floor. To do this, you can use stools, chairs, tables, bedside tables, or, in extreme cases, overturned pots that you can step on.

All this happens to the accompaniment of encouraging applause, shouts from the guests, and you can turn on upbeat music. At the exit, in a suitable place, the participant receives a new note. You can attach it with tape to the door, hang it on a thread, or make a small airplane that will appear at the player’s feet at the right moment.

How to order and conduct.

The quest is a set of pictures with an introductory letter from the captain and 4 PDF files (opened through any Internet browser): easy version tasks on 23 pages, difficult version tasks on 23 pages, answers on 5 pages and instructions on 4 pages.

After payment, the quest materials are sent to your email inbox.

You will have to print the assignments yourself on a color or black and white printer.

Assignment - the puzzle will need to be cut with scissors along the existing lines or into pieces of any shape at your discretion.

Place the printed clues into hiding places and you can begin. More detailed instructions and tips are available in the quest materials.

The final stages of the home quest

The route can be as long and difficult as your imagination allows. But we don’t recommend making it too long, as participants usually get exhausted pretty quickly. You should not come up with overly complex or dangerous tasks that could lead to injury or property damage. At the last stage, the participant receives the most difficult task of the entire quest. For example, having got out of the “burning forest”, he receives a note that says:

“Our table is bursting with dishes,

Be smart here.

Take the first letters

Understand the right word.

Your gift is there

Waiting to see who will run up first"

After this, the participant is blindfolded and offered to try those dishes that begin with the required letters. For example, a gift is hidden in the kitchen. The following products are prepared:

potato;
dill;
halva;
Nutella or Napoleon
apple.

Each subsequent product is given to try only after the dish is named and the first letter is highlighted. If the gift is hidden in the bedroom, then select:

cheese;
parsley or pie;
orange;
lemon;
Nutella or Napoleon
apple.

If you don’t have a dish, you can skip the letter, complicating the task. The player will have to guess. Then he goes to the indicated place and looks for his gift there. You can specify the place by selecting products with the first letters that will become a hint. After the word is guessed, everyone who guessed it can run for the gift. Thereby creating a stir and encouraging the birthday person to take action.

There are many options for creating such quests; you can add your own conditions, diversify the tasks and come up with other tips. The main thing is to understand the essence, find an idea. Organizing holidays is a creative and exciting business. Give joy to your loved ones!

Look at an example of a quest created at home?

Pirate party for elementary school students. Presentation script

Pirate party for primary school students
Author Lyapina Vera Valerievna primary school teacher MBOU School No. 47 Samara city district. Description This event can be held for primary school teachers at the end of the school year, as a Birthday Day for primary and secondary school students. Goal: Involving children and adolescents in a healthy lifestyle, organizing meaningful leisure time. Objectives: - Teach children to actively interact with each other, quickly make the right decision; — Strengthen children’s skills to compete in collective play activities, develop children’s skills in working in groups; — Develop mental, creative, physical abilities, erudition; — Foster a sense of collectivism and responsibility for one’s comrades. Preparation Each child prepares a pirate costume, familiarizes himself with pirate terms, jargon, and learns a song.

Party progress
Three pirates run out to the music

Pirate Jack Sparrow Hello, girls, Hello, boys! You leave your studies, it’s better to play with us. You dressed like a pirate, We will dance with you. Hey guys, don't be shy, be positive! Pirate John To do this you need to be initiated into pirates. Everyone must answer our questions. Whoever answers correctly, Pirate Steve and I, Pirate John, will accept you as a team. The pirates take turns asking questions and the one who answered joins this pirate in the team Pirate John 1. Where is the water standing? (In a glass.) 2. What disease on land does no one get sick? (Sea.) 3. What happens to a red silk scarf if it is lowered to the bottom of the sea for 5 minutes? (It will be wet.) 4. Which knot cannot be untied? (Railway.) 5. How is a horse different from a needle? (First you sit on a needle, then you jump, and first you jump on a horse, then you sit.) 6. In which fields does grass not grow? (On the brim of the hat.) 7. What stands in the middle of the Volga? (Letter “L.”) 8. What is easy to pick up from the ground, but difficult to throw far? (Fluff, feathers, cotton wool) 9. Which bird consists of a letter and a river? And Volga) Pirate Steve 1. Who walks while sitting? (Chess player) 2. The best swimming shoes? (Flippers) 3. The most children's swimming device? (Inflatable ring) 4. The biggest waves? (Tsunami) 5. The largest piece of ice? (Iceberg) 6. The fastest way of sports swimming? (Crawl) 7. What is the most striped shirt? (Vest.) 8. What is the name of a flag with three stripes of different colors? (Tricolor.) 9. What did Papa Carlo make a striped cap from? for Pinocchio? (From a sock.) Jack Sparrow Great, every team has assembled. Now let's sing a pirate song.

They perform a song to the tune of the song “Chunga-Changa” Song “We are pirates” to the tune of the song “Chunga-Changa” 1st verse We are pirates - we are a brave people! We are pirates - at sea all year round! We are pirates - we have fun! We are pirates - we sing songs! Chorus Our ship, our ship The best in the ocean, Our best ship in the ocean! Our life is full of courage, We are not afraid of boarding, And we are not even afraid of a big shot! Verse 2 We are pirates - we have sabers, We are pirates - there are countless weapons, We are pirates - we will not do harm, We are pirates - if we find treasure. Chorus Our ship, our ship The strongest and most reliable, Our strongest and most reliable ship. We are not afraid of doodles, Enormous sharks, We do not shout guard, We are pirates! Verse 3 We are pirates - it’s time to set off again, We are pirates - to weigh anchor. We are pirates - we are going on a voyage, We are pirates - we are going to find treasures! Our ship, our ship The fastest and most agile, Our fastest and most agile ship. We are not afraid of the trade winds And the enemies of our pirates We will protect Our ship from all attacks. Jack Sparrow Today we will try to find the treasure. And in order to do this, each team must pass tests on our journey and earn a small fragment of the map, which shows the place where the chest is buried. When we connect all the fragments, we will find this place. And we will share all the treasures. Ready? Let's begin. Fifteen men on the dead man's chest, yo-ho-ho! And a bottle of rum! Well, you pirates are what you need! It's time for us to start looking for the treasured treasure! Whoever finds the treasure faster will leave rich!

1st test “Sink the ship” In addition to our two teams, other pirate schooners are also hunting for treasure. To get ahead of everyone and prevent them from reaching the treasure, you need to sink enemy ships. Pins are placed around the hall and each team tries to knock down as many as possible with the ball. The team that knocks down the largest number receives a map fragment.

Test 2 “Say the Word” Each team takes turns listening to the riddle and finishing the word.
The team that names the most words wins. He holds the helm tightly, He passed the ninth wave, He brought His ship to many countries...

(captain) On every island, a pirate wants to find a valuable...

(treasure) He is the thunderstorm of the seven seas, All vessels and vessels, He is not a soldier, not a fisherman, He is merciless...

(pirate) I live at the bottom of the sea, Don't you know me? Head and eight legs And my name is...

(octopus) Here he runs, not knowing any barriers, towards us, from edge to edge, foaming, jumping, playing a menacing wave...

(sea) He laughs at fate, He is a real hero. There is no one more cunning, no braver, He is the pirate Jack...

(Sparrow) The black flag is a pirate flag. White skull on bones. Of course the cheerful one can frighten them...

(Roger) So that a strong wave cannot move us, We throw a chain overboard and an anchor...

(we omit) Every captain knows In a storm at sea or in fog, From the shore he gives everyone a sign In the tower it shines for them...

(lighthouse) They know everything perfectly well, It’s dangerous to play with me. I'm scary, I'm a huge scribble...

(shark)
3 test Relay “Help Silver”

In one port, in a tavern along the road, sat a pirate, John Silver, one-legged. As always, he thought about only one thing, How to get the treasure, and return rich. Each team is divided into two people, supporting each other, hugging each other, jumping on one leg to the chest, taking the treasure and returning back to the team. The next couple does the same. The team that does it faster wins. Test 4 “Solve the puzzles” Each team receives puzzles and solves them. The one who solves the most wins.

(Piastres)

(Lighthouse)

(Storm)

(Pirate)

(Anchor)

(Cocked hat)
5 test “Pirate expressions”

Each team receives pirate slang expressions and their explanations.
The team that connects the expression and its explanation the most and correctly wins. - fill the hold - eat - warm up the hold - drink tea - load the hold - eat food - wet your throat - drink - anchor - fight - shake bones - dance - strum gold;
throw piastres - buy - fire with all guns - swear - compare treasures - brag - raise the Jolly Roger - have fun - go with full sail - hurry - weigh anchor - leave - throw out a white flag - surrender - send to the bottom - kill - go for Davy Jones's chest - die, drown in the sea. Jack Sparrow And now I suggest you rest a little. Warm-up “Pirate dances” All pirates stand in a circle. At the sound of music, I begin to pass the hat around. When the music stops, the pirate who has the hat at that moment goes to the center of the circle and shows his dance to the others. And all the pirates repeat after him. The game continues at the request of the pirates.

Test 6: “Take the team!” The team captains leave the hall, and the team members sit on the floor, take off their shoes from one foot and throw them in the middle of the hall in one pile. The captains return and try to put on their team’s shoes as quickly as possible.

7th test “Who is more” Each team must come up with as many words as possible on a marine theme in 3 minutes.

8th test “Wet your throat” Each team receives straws for juice and a saucepan with juice. It is necessary for the whole team to simultaneously drink juice using straws as quickly as possible.

9th test “Find the treasure on the map” Yu. Simbirskaya Somewhere on a wild island Some wild pirate Hid his fabulous treasure in the strawberry bushes. An old tin box is full of rare treasures: a robin feather, a domino chip, a piece of glass, a candy wrapper, a rope, pebbles, a nail, a float, all this is cleverly hidden. Everything is locked. Somewhere on a wild island, On the left, behind the house where the garden is In the strawberry bushes A pirate is looking for a tin. There is a map drawn on the board with a treasure chest on it. Each team takes turns approaching the leader. The player is blindfolded, given a piece of chalk in his hand, the player approaches the card and tries to put a cross on the card closer to the treasure. The team that puts the closest crosses to the treasure wins.

Having received all the fragments of the map, the pirates fold it and use the map to determine the location of the treasure.

Jack Sparrow Hurray! I see, I see treasure! I’m telling you without any lies. I'm going for the treasure now, you wait here for me, friends! Jack Sparrow and the pirates bring a chest with treasure Jack Sparrow Will we open the chest? (Yes!) Should we give away the treasure? (Yes!) (Opens the chest, there is cake and sweets)

Let's all run to the table, people! Help yourself, don’t be shy, and smile more often! Pirates Well, now it’s time to part, we need to return to the sea, adventures await us, friends!
Be happy bye! Presentation on the topic: Pirate Party

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