Flashlight Halloween Treasure Hunt

The clouds and rain have put a damper on your day. Too windy and gross to play outside, you search for a new idea. Enter a flashlight Halloween treasure hunt perfect for a dark and dreary fall day.

Flashlight Halloween Treasure Hunt

You’ll need:

• A flashlight (one for each child)
• A bucket for collecting
• A Halloween treasure (we used pumpkin erasers from the Halloween party section at Target)

A bag of erasers makes for an easy treasure. You could use something like our painted pumpkin rocks or other toys if you can’t find any themed erasers that you like.

Hide the treasures in plain sight all over the floor and around furniture. For older kids, you can place the treasures inside things to make the hunt more difficult.

 

Turn off the lights and let your children into the room with their buckets and flashlights.
Show them how to search for the treasures with their flashlights.

When they think all of the treasures have been found, count them out together. You can make piles of ten or use whatever counting method you prefer.

Let them take turns hiding the treasures for one another or even for you. My kids love it when I take a turn searching. They enjoy helping me find what they have hidden.

If you like this idea, you’ll want to check our collection of scavenger hunts and treasure hunts for kids.

More Halloween Activities for Kids

Stay tuned for more activities using the Halloween erasers. In the meantime, check out these Halloween ideas.

Use static electricity to make dancing ghosts and bats.

Try this pumpkin oobleck made with real pumpkin.

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