How to arrange an interesting holiday for children? Recently, such an option as a quest has been very popular. This event can be held at home, outdoors or even at school. Which original scenario of the quest for the child is better to choose?
What is a quest?
Quest is a modern mix of a theme party and a traditional holiday with an invited host. Its basis is the achievement of a goal by overcoming a series of tasks or puzzles gradually, step by step.
Due to the unusual format of the event, each child will have to be active. As a result of this, the holiday will become not only entertaining, but also developing. The scenario of the quest for the child should be selected based on his age and individual preferences.
How is the quest done?
The game is as follows. If there are a lot of invited guests, they can be divided into teams that will compete among themselves, performing various tasks. When there are few participants, they should complete missions alone, maintaining a competitive note. And you can combine all the guys into one big and friendly team, which will act together and achieve its goal.
The linear format of the event is allowed when tasks will be issued sequentially. The next test becomes available only after completing the previous one. The non-linear format involves the issuance of all tasks simultaneously, when each participant must show intelligence, physical abilities, ingenuity and attentiveness to achieve the main goal faster than everyone else.
Below are scenarios of children's quests for holding an outdoor event.
Pirate Treasure Search
At the beginning of the event, children should be told a legend according to which, in this very place, a chest was lost many hundreds of years ago. It contained innumerable treasures of pirates. Despite all efforts, wealth could not be found.
Next, the parents should give the children one of the parts of the map where the task or rebus will be written on the back side, the solution of which will lead to the location of the next fragment. In order to find the chest, you should collect all the missing pieces of the terrain plan.
How to make such a quest scenario ideal for children? In search of treasures, children should be helped by a realistic map prepared by parents or facilitators. Other trifles also need to be worked out: the necessary atmosphere should be created with the help of pirate costumes and truly fascinating assignments on the relevant topic.
This quest scenario for children 7 years and older involves an outdoor event. Such a place, for example, may be a park.
Search for the Talking Hat from Harry Potter
Harry Potter is an idol for kids from seven to twelve years old. It is for such an age category that you should count on when choosing this quest scenario for a child.
The legend of the event says that there is one adventure of a young wizard, which can not be found in books and films. The famous Talking Hat was stolen from the Dumbledore Observatory, the purpose of which was to distribute students among departments. Hogwarts will not be able to continue working if the magic headdress is not found and returned to its place.
The main task of the quest participants will be to find a talking hat with the help of clues left by herself. For example, the first suggestive message might be: "Where you smell acacia, there look for my footprints." Children will need to explore the nearby trees, find among them the acacia and find the following clue. When creating tasks and hints, parents can use spells and facts from films about the young wizard.
Upon completion of all stages of the search, the guys will find a big cake in the shape of a talking hat and all together will hold a festive tea party in honor of a common victory.
According to this scenario, the best venue for the celebration will be a park or garden.
Traveling in parallel worlds
What other scenarios of quests for children can be? On the street you can hold an event in which the guys have to go on a journey through parallel worlds. In order for this quest to turn out to be fun and exciting, parents will have to work hard. An ideal venue would be a garden, and parallel worlds are recommended to be presented as separate tents, designed in accordance with the theme.
The legend of this quest says that the villain stole all the gifts intended for the birthday man. Children need to follow the path of the enemy, passing through various parallel worlds, and find what belongs to the hero of the occasion. To go to the next stage, you must complete the tasks and find the keys and tips at the previous level.
For example, in one of the parallel worlds only dinosaurs can live. Therefore, the guys will need to portray these creatures for some time, in order to get the opportunity to go to the next stage. Another world can be distinguished by strong gravity, therefore, in search of a clue, it is allowed to move only crawling or on all fours.
In this game, children aged 5 to 10 years will be happy to participate.
Four forces
This scenario of the quest for the child should be chosen if the baby and his friends are from 6 to 8 years old. The best venue can be a forest, a riverbank or a homestead.
The main goal of the quest is to find four elements, each of which belongs respectively to the elements of air, water, earth and fire. In the search process, children will visit the habitats of gods and creatures invented by their parents and complete their tasks.
At each level, participants will interact with the characters and try to get the necessary elements from them. The first character does not want to just give the element away, but instead requires some kind of thing that only the second hero has. Children will need to perform various tasks and solve puzzles.
The roles of the characters to be played, of course, by adults. They should dress up appropriately and wait for the guys in a certain place.
The earth element can be hidden in the form of a treasure. A water amulet will float in the river inside the bottle. The air element can be attached to the branches of a tree so that it soars above the ground. And the component belonging to the fire element should be given to the guys in exchange for brushwood for bonfire.
During the game, children get the four necessary components, get a lot of pleasure and unforgettable impressions.
Quest based on The Lord of the Rings
Quest scripts for children 11 years and older can be based on the themes of the books of J. Tolkien. The legend of the game says the following: in order to find and destroy the ring of omnipotence, you need to find the 19 rings that were cast earlier, and connect them together. Seven of them were made for the dwarves, three for the elves, and nine for the people.
How is this scenario for children supposed to be? At home, adults should hide 19 real rings, clues about their location and false rings. The latter is recommended to be made of paper and painted in golden color. The rings needed by the guys will need to be placed in reliable hiding places that cannot be found without a hint. But false should be placed in the most prominent places. If the child took such a ring, he is eliminated from the game. The main task of the quest is to find 19 real rings.
New Year's quest "Finding Santa Claus"
Scenarios of quests for children at school involve the participation of several competing teams. This may be a team of classmates, divided into groups. Or teams that include students from parallel classes.
One of the options for the school quest is the New Year's quest for Santa Claus. At the beginning of the event, it turns out that the main character has disappeared. Its location is written in runes, which can only be decrypted using the hints received. Teams are handed over at the first prompt, and each of them is sent to complete tasks.
The path of competing groups must not cross. Its duration for each of the teams should be the same. In these rooms, the guys are waiting for a variety of characters who offer to complete some task or solve a puzzle. If the team achieves the result, it receives a transcript of one of the runes and a hint where to go next. If the children did not cope with the task, then the hero gives them only information about which office to follow. The winner of the team that faster than others will earn the necessary number of clues to decipher the runes and find Santa Claus in the specified place.
Conclusion
If parents believe that children's parties are no longer original and interesting, quests are a great way to diversify such events. This format of the celebration allows you to choose the subject, taking into account the age and individual preferences of the child, which will provide an excellent mood for the hero of the occasion and its guests. In order for the result to please everyone, you should be responsible for the preliminary preparation: come up with original and interesting tasks, prepare interesting prizes, decorate the venue of the quest in accordance with the chosen topic. Show your imagination and give magical holidays to children and their friends!