Well, parents, how are you doing? How is your quarantine going? It’s probably hard to sit within four walls all day long, 24/7, in fear of going outside. And when there is also a child nearby, and maybe not one, and for some, not two, then it is doubly difficult. The child requires constant attention. Every now and then he is drawn to the street for a walk. And here’s how to resist and explain to your 4-6 year old child what a virus is, why it is dangerous, and why you need to stay at home. All that remains is short walks on the balcony, because the child needs fresh air; otherwise, according to the famous Ukrainian pediatrician, Dr. Komarovsky, the consequences of a lack of walks in the fresh air can be much worse than after the coronavirus!
And in addition to walks, the child needs to be captivated with something all day long so that he doesn’t get bored. For many mothers who are accustomed to their child spending the whole day in kindergarten, school or clubs, this task is not easy.
The famous comedian, Comedy club resident Pavel Volya spoke right to the point about this quarantine and the situation in general:
https://www.instagram.com/tv/B-sHq7tlcW5/?igshid=1lsnkrhyzjym4
And you can’t argue with that! Accurately noted!!!
There are plenty of options for fun things to do with your kids during quarantine. For example, putting together puzzles. This helps the child concentrate and develop perseverance, which will be very helpful soon when he goes to first grade. You can draw. And also LEGO. Let the child be creative and assemble his toy from blocks not according to the picture, but turn to his imagination for help. Board games come to the rescue of parents of older children. Minimize the time spent on the computer, phone and tablet. It’s convenient for parents to give it to their child and keep him busy for half a day. But what will happen in the end? You need to work with the child, develop his mental abilities, train his attention and memory, otherwise things will end up worse in school.
And another possible option for entertainment during quarantine is quests. If you are hearing this word for the first time and have no idea what it means, we will now tell you everything in detail.
Detailed description of the quest
With the help of this quest you can easily and cheerfully present a gift (surprise) to your family and friends.
♦ Age category: from 12 to 17 years. ♦ Target audience: the quest is universal - suitable for both boys and girls. ♦ Completion time: total completion time up to 30 minutes. ♦ Purpose of the quest: searching for a gift - after completing all the tasks, the participant will find a cache in which the quest organizer knowingly hid the treasured gift (surprise). The quest is perfect for giving a gift for a birthday (birthday person), a gift on the occasion of any celebration or holiday, or if you just decide to surprise your loved one. ♦ Venue: indoor quest - house, apartment, dacha. ♦ Number of participants: quest for 1 person (gift recipient). ♦ Tasks: All tasks are completely ready for the quest. You just have to choose the most suitable places - hiding places for your home and print out cards with tasks. The quest consists of 10 task cards and 10 hiding places, respectively. ♦ Quest genre: active quest with a search for a gift. ♦ Hiding places in the quest: ◊ Mirror ◊ TV ◊ Washing machine ◊ Refrigerator ◊ Stove ◊ Table ◊ Computer ◊ Sink ◊ Sofa ◊ Flowers ♦ Necessary props: pencil or pen for filling out the answers. ♦ The finished quest kit includes three PDF files : 1 . The file “Instructions for the quest” contains a detailed list of necessary actions to prepare the quest for implementation. 2 . The “Quest” file contains all the cards with tasks that the participant will need to solve. 3. The “Quest with answers” file contains the entire list of tasks with detailed answers. These files will need to be printed on a black and white or color printer. ♦ Other quests on the site: ⇒ Quests up to 10 years old ⇒ Quests up to 16 years old ⇒ Quests from 18 years old
Riddle game for children
This is a very exciting educational activity. You simply communicate with the child, offering to solve charades or puzzles. And at this time the baby, in a relaxed playful way, learns new concepts for him, that is, he develops.
You need to select riddles for children in accordance with their age. They shouldn't be too complicated. It is also important to take into account that the answer should be a subject or object that the child often encounters in everyday life. They should be familiar to him.
Quest tasks
All tasks in the quest have a colorful design and a funny (funny) plot. At the end of each task, hidden places are indicated that lead the participant to a new hidden task. Until the participant finds all the caches and solves the hidden tasks, the gift will not be found. The tasks in the quest are not related to each other by a common plot, and accordingly, all tasks can be selected and laid out at the discretion of the quest organizer.
Start of the quest:
The first task card can be anything.
The main thing is to attract the attention of the quest participant himself. To do this, we advise you: 1. buy a holiday card and a bright envelope; 2. Include the initial task of the quest in the envelope along with a pencil
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On the envelope you can handwrite the following text: “It’s hard to find me!” or “Find me if you can.” 3. Take a small cardboard box. 4. Include an envelope with the first task and a pencil. 5. Pack this box with holiday paper. Tie it with a beautiful bow. 6. Next to the prepared decorated box (which contains the envelope with the assignment), place a card with congratulations. 7. Place this prepared surprise in the most visible place so that it can be immediately discovered.
This could be the floor in the hallway, a bed, a table, etc. You can also put balloons nearby so that the gift is noticed faster. As soon as the surprise is found, from that moment the search for the main gift will begin. Description of the tasks in the quest: ◊ The Path of Vitamins is a fun task in which the participant, based on everyday experience, needs to know the physiological properties of liquid and, thanks to this, determine which glass will be filled first. ◊ Flora and Fauna - a comic task in which the participant needs to be attentive, count the fish in the aquarium and not fall for the trick - becoming the bait of the wrong answer; ◊ Musical Rhythms - a musical task for teenagers in which the participant will have to guess the name of famous songs from short excerpts. ◊ Comic grammar - an easy task for attentiveness, in which among a set of letters and words you need to spot a hiding place. ◊ The ABC of Feelings is a visual perception task in which you need to guess key words from pictures and understand where the gift might be. ◊ Smiley Library - a fun task in which you can guess the names of famous films using funny emoticons. ◊ Keymaker is a logical puzzle in which the participant, based on the image of a key cast, needs to interpret the keyhole to which the given key fits. ◊ Funny question - funny answer - a fun task in which you need to give a funny answer to a funny question, and the gift will come one step closer. ◊ Tasty Math - an easy math activity for teens in which the participant needs to solve an equation involving fruit. ◊ Happy Hours - a task for observation and ingenuity; according to the time indicated on the clock dial, the quest participant will recognize some key letters with the help of which it is necessary to find the complete word.
You can read reviews about our quests here “Reviews”.
Types of riddles
Various types of questions and answers can be used to play riddles. It all depends on who the game is intended for. This could be communication at home with a child, organizing children's parties or table entertainment for adults.
Main types of riddles:
- straight;
- for imaginative thinking;
- mathematical;
- deceptive;
- brain teaser;
- plot;
- humorous, etc.
Direct is when characteristics of an object or phenomenon are given using indirect signs. Such a description can be either in colloquial or poetic form. Such rhymes are usually loved and remembered well by young children.
To solve imaginative thinking tasks, you need to think very broadly. Such questions often carry ambiguity. They are sometimes difficult to guess even for adults, since in this case the question needs to be considered not literally, but on several planes at once.
Math riddle games are not just about solving arithmetic problems. These are tasks for which you need to turn on logic and add to it knowledge of elementary rules of arithmetic. They like to place such problems in school textbooks. And sometimes not only students, but also all family members puzzle over them. Although the answer is often on the surface. You just need to have sufficiently developed logic to find it.
Deceptive ones can be called the most fun tasks for riddle games. They are suitable for both children and adults. These are several rhyming lines with a clue at the end. But it doesn't fit into the rhyme at all. And the tongue just begs for a word that has nothing to do with the answer.
Logical riddles are a test of the truth of judgments. To solve it, you need to build and test all possible logical combinations, create logical chains.
Plot questions are questions in the form of a small mysterious story. An example of such a riddle game can be a popular entertainment for a large company, which is called “Danetka”. The presenter reads out the text, and the players, using questions to which only answers in the “yes” or “no” format are given, try to figure out how such a situation could happen.
Humorous questions are simply funny, ridiculous questions. They are good for holding competitions in a fun company. The answers to them can be as ridiculous as the questions.
There are also other types. These include all kinds of puzzles, charades, anagrams and even pictures with the effect of optical illusion.
The funniest and most fun contests for a child's birthday
Active competitions will be relevant at the children's party, which will allow all guests to participate and receive prizes. The variety of existing competitions and tasks is impressive. For the event, you should prepare some paraphernalia, decorations and incentive prizes.
Quest “Treasure Island” on Adventure Island
To conduct this competition, you should stock up on the necessary paraphernalia:
- draw a treasure map (map or plan of an apartment, house)
- hide clues and a valuable prize
- stick signs on room doors and place directional arrows throughout the house
- prepare costumes for children: hats, cardboard swords, parrots and others
children's pirate quest
Parents need to hide a secret prize in the most unexpected place: on the mezzanine, in the closet, on the balcony, in the bed. For the kids, an extremely confusing map is drawn, which shows the entire territory of the apartment, divided into zones:
- dead man's beach
- wild jungle
- dark cave
- Aboriginal settlement and others.
It’s good if there is one leader for each point on the map (room of the house). You can involve your family and friends in organizing the competition. Leaders are needed to give children tips if necessary, but not just like that, but for completed tasks. Eg:
- tell a poem
- Sing a song
- perform physical exercise
- assemble the puzzle
- solve the puzzle
When the map is completed and the treasure is found, celebrate. In modern stores you can easily buy chocolates in the form of coins wrapped in gold foil.
A kilogram of such chocolates will be a wonderful treasure that children can share among themselves and get vivid impressions.
chocolate coins for holding a competition, they can be easily bought in a store or ordered online
Competition for children's birthday "Holiday Lottery"
The secret and success of this drawing is that each child will draw the coveted ticket and be able to receive their own comic prize. You won’t have to spend a lot of money on prizes, since they should all be symbolic and funny, designed to bring joy and a smile. There should be exactly as many lottery tickets as there are children invited to the party.
example of a children's lottery ticket, in the middle of the star you need to write a number
Lottery prize options:
- You need to get better grades in school. Now keep a notebook in a small cage
- You are undoubtedly a great guy and a bright guest today. Hold the gift - a lollipop and be pleased with yourself!
- You will need this prize so as not to lose your keys. We wish you to remember this birthday. ( keychain )
- Here's a sweet lollipop, a children's candy. It tastes good to everyone both in winter and summer
- I’m giving you a little animal as a gift , a very small toy.
- This is a very important thing; you will always need a flashlight. Darkness is no longer a barrier, it is the most pleasant gift
- Here are cookies - they will come in handy, you can refresh yourself with them
- Here is a hairpin, without a doubt you need this decoration
- You have a rare prize today - wet wipes
- Success is chasing you, here's a notebook for you to enjoy
Selecting a location
The dacha is an ideal place for children's parties. On the one hand, children will have fun outside all day long, away from their tablets and phones. On the other hand, every tired guest can break away from the general fun and relax in the house.
In addition, you can leave the whole company at the dacha overnight, and then to the children’s quest at the dacha, held during the day, you can add a fire and stargazing at night. Young romantics will definitely not forget this.
On a note! Despite all the attractiveness of dachas as places for holding parties for children, it is necessary to take care of the safety of young guests in advance.
Before organizing a quest for children at the dacha, it is worth removing all traumatic objects, such as knives, pruners, saws, and axes, from accessible places. And also check the surface of the local area for broken glass, nails, etc.
Preparing for the hike
Even a small treasure hunt requires careful preparation. From my own experience I can say that on a trip you must take with you:
- flashlight and batteries for it;
- a screwdriver that will help open the floor and other tightly fitting objects;
- small crowbar;
- folding rake or chopper;
- metal detector;
- a gauze bandage on the face or a respirator.
We make sure to take a change of clothes; searching for treasure is a truly dirty business.
Set design
“Traces” (A4 sheet format). Traces can be used at the initial stage, for example, to find a postcard with the first clue. The organizer cuts them out in the required quantity and paves the way. Traces can also be used to give players hints; they will help them find the right one among identical objects (for example, the right tree).
A special postcard for starting a quest game, it is stable and takes only a few minutes to prepare (details included), in the middle there is the first clue; Postcard format - A4. When finished it looks like this:
completing assignments
Fun birthday contests with answers for parents
Children's birthday is a fun and joyful holiday. This day must be filled with many adventures, surprises, jokes and gifts. To celebrate your child’s birthday, you don’t have to hire a professional animator and spend crazy amounts of money on decorations, paraphernalia and prizes. All you have to do is be smart, be patient, and then you can create everything you need yourself.
children's birthday
A variety of competitions based on solving riddles will give the birthday boy and his guests vivid emotions and a spirit of competition when everyone wants to earn the coveted prize.
Competition “Guess the cartoon” with answers for parents
In this competition, one presenter (one of the parents) reads the “catch phrases” of cartoon characters. The second parent watches who gives the answer the fastest and hands him a special chip made of bright cardboard.
At the end of the competition, the child who collects the most chips receives a symbolic prize (candy, keychain, notepad or markers).
modern children are well versed in cartoons and love everything connected with them
- "Freedom for parrots! Freedom!" ( Kesha from Return of the Prodigal Parrot )
- “Maybe we can have dinner already” ( Masha from “Masha and the Bear” )
- “It seems like it’s going to rain...” ( Piglet from Winnie the Pooh )
- “A man is a friend to a dog - everyone around knows this” ( Barbos “Bobik visiting Barbos” )
- “You come in if anything happens!” ( Wolf from “Once Upon a Time There Was a Dog” )
- “I’m a man no matter what! In full bloom!” ( Carlson from "Kid and Carlson" )
- “Come out, you vile coward!” ( Mice from Leopold the Cat )
- “Congratulations, Sharik! You are a dunce" ( Cat from "Prostokvashino" )
Competition "Edible Something" with answers for parents
In this competition, children will only need to guess an edible vegetable or fruit based on descriptions and riddles. The promotion takes place in the same mode: active players are given chips for which a prize is ultimately awarded.
prizes are the best way to encourage your child to participate in competitions
- This fruit grew in the garden and ripened in sunny weather. The fruit attracts the wasps and is called ( apricot )
- It is a large fruit and heavy, it tastes very sweet. Attracts children ripe and striped ( watermelon )
- This fruit is the food of monkeys; it comes from warm southern countries. It is the favorite fruit of children, bright sunny ( banana )
- It grows as a family on branches, there are vines and fruits, like children. Anyone is so happy to eat it, it’s juicy ( grapes )
- Juicy and ripe, tanned in the sun. Wasps are circling next to her, because she is called ( pear )
- Everyone knows this vegetable, it is curly and very important. Without it, borscht is so empty and it’s called ( cabbage )
- We are used to eating this vegetable every single day. It grows in the ground in a garden bed and prefers shade. You add it to okroshka, because it’s delicious with ( potatoes )
- Everyone knows this citrus, although it is sour, it is important to everyone! ( lemon )
- Kids don't like it, it hurts their eyes too much. It is so juicy and elastic, onion and white ( onion )
- We know this fruit closely; every New Year it pleases us with its sourness and calls us under the Christmas tree. He is orange's brother, it's boring to live without ( tangerine )
Competitions can be held immediately after the feast, when children are in the mood for fun entertainment. Such activities will be able to organize all the children and not make anyone bored, develop logic and associative thinking.
House windows
My grandmother always taught me that you need to start your search by inspecting the trim and window casings.
Small silver items were often hidden in such places: coins, pendants, spoons. We even found receipts and writing pens in the casings. Of course, this is not a treasure, but it is so interesting to look at the receipt, which is written in beautiful calligraphic handwriting in ink.
Inspection inside
You also need to look for treasure under your feet. These could be cracks in the floor and baseboards. In such places it is also unlikely that you will be able to find anything truly valuable. But it could be a gold ring that rolled under the baseboard and was forgotten about, or a silver coin.
By the way, in one of the merchant houses, in the corner of one of the rooms, I managed to find a gold chain and, oddly enough, some Soviet change.
Grandma said that you need to tap or try to find a floor board that is wobbly. In such a place, after dismantling the covering, you can actually find treasures or the entrance to the dungeon.
It is necessary to inspect all door jambs and thresholds. These are also places where treasures can be stored. The best way to search is with a metal detector.
Be sure to inspect the oven. Often something valuable can be found at the top of the stove masonry, near the chimney cleaning hole.
After this you can go to the attic. According to statistics, it is in attics that treasure is most often discovered. The treasure container is often filled with all sorts of rubbish.
