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Making a Treasure Map



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Before you startYou need to decide:● what your treasure will be● where you will hide your

treasure● what kind of paper you

will use

What you need● paper (squared or plain)● pencil● coloured pencils or felt tips● tea bag, sand or dirt● rubber● ruler

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Squared paper is greatbecause you can use the squares to help yougive directions.

In this booklet you will read some instructions to show you how to make a treasure map, and some information about differentkinds of clues.

In the next booklet you will read a story about a treasure hunt.


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Step 1: Making your paper look oldYou can make your paper look hundreds of years old like a realtreasure map. There are lots of different ways to do this.

You could:● rub sand or dirt onto the paper

● smudge pencil, crayon, chalk, ink or paint onto the paper

● wipe a wet tea bag over the paper to turn it a light brown colour

● tear the edges to shape the paper

● crumple the paper to make it look old and worn

It helps if you make yourpaper look old before youbegin to draw your map. Ifyou make your paper lookold after drawing the map,you might spoil your work.

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Step 2: Drawing your mapNow you can draw your map. Put in details to show theplaces where the treasure-hunters need to search.

These could be:● trees ● rooms and objects in your house● houses ● things around your school● shops and playground

The treasure-hunters need to

know where to start the hunt.

Remember to put a starting

point and make it quite easy

to find. You don’t want to

confuse the treasure-hunters

before they have even started!

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Step 3: Writing directionsNext, you need some directions. Use the different placesand objects on your map to help you write the directions. For example:


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Step 4: Checking your mapLook carefully at your map to check you have notmissed out any details. Try out your directions tomake sure they work.

Your map is now ready to hand over to the treasure-hunters, and the hunt can begin.

Don’t forget

to hide the

treasure!


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Give us a ClueUsing a map is not the only way to lead someone to treasure. You can also use clues. Clues can make the huntmore interesting for the treasure-hunters. If your cluesare difficult to solve, the treasure-hunters will takelonger to find the treasure! Some different kinds of clues are:

TrailsYou can make a trail to show the treasure-hunters whereto go. You can lay bits of twigs on the ground to makearrows. Tying coloured paper around the branches oftrees is another way to show treasure-hunters they aregoing the right way.

Word cluesYou can write word clues thatwill trick people. Some of theseare tricky because they are hardto work out. You can make yourword clues even more difficultby writing riddles and rhymes orscrambling letters.

Picture cluesYou can draw pictures to showyour treasure-hunters where theyshould go next, or to lead them tothe next clue.

Beware!Sometimes you can give people clues through whatyou do, rather than whatyou say or write. You mightlook at the place whereyou have hidden the treasure, even though youdon’t mean to.

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