The Missing Pumpkin Lantern - 3 Halloween Treasure Hunts

A friendly Halloween adventure you can print at home.

The Missing Pumpkin Lantern is a pack of three alternative indoor treasure hunts. Choose a trail for your child's reading confidence, prepare eight stations and follow the clues to the paper lantern.

WHAT IS INCLUDED

- Hunt A: Pip's Pumpkin Parade - suggested ages 4-5, read aloud by an adult.

- Hunt B: Bramble's Bat Delivery - suggested ages 6-7, short reading riddles.

- Hunt C: The Lantern Keeper's Code - suggested ages 8-10, codes, word puzzles and deduction.

- Eight clue cards per hunt, with a separate adult placement plan, story, hints and complete answers.

- Shared final discovery card, optional certificate and eight optional station labels.

- A 24-page A4 PDF and a 24-page US Letter PDF with the same content, plus a quick-start text guide. These are three alternative hunts using the same eight station words, not 24 separate activities.

PRINT ONLY THE HUNT YOU NEED

Print single-sided at 100% / Actual Size. Each hunt uses six pages, plus one shared ending page. Color is optional; all clues work in black and white. You need a printer, paper and adult-handled scissors. Household objects or the included paper labels make the stations. No candles, app, account, darkness, purchased prize or paid add-on is required.

WHO IT IS FOR

One household or a small private group playing cooperatively, with adult setup and supervision. The age bands are suggestions: choose by reading confidence. Younger children need an adult reader. Planning estimates are roughly 10 minutes of preparation and 15-25 minutes of play; these are not measured playtest results.

PLEASE NOTE

English digital download only; no physical item is shipped. Routes, code answers and both PDF layouts have been checked. Independent family/child playtesting and physical printer testing are still pending. Created with AI assistance.

PERSONAL USE

For one household or one private event at a time. Replacement printing for your own use is allowed. No resale, redistribution or public upload. Statutory consumer rights are not restricted.

Questions: vardeverkstudio@proton.me