I’ve found an at-home “camp” idea for my National Treasure 2 - Book of Secrets loving daughter. I want to explore local landmarks and learn a little history; she wants to hang out with friends, preferably involving water. While this doesn’t include her new Super Soaker Aqua Shock Arctic Blast, it does involve mystery, clues and treasure. Since I’ll include friends, my kids should be in treasure hunt heaven.

Double Key Treasure Hunts is a local company (coming soon to a city near you!) which has organized historical treasure hunts taking kids all through St. Louis. They go to different places in the city ranging from the History Museum to the Old Cathedral to Ted Drewes. The kit includes original artifacts such as postcards and photographs from the turn of the century and is meant to be “found” by the kids in the attic, garage or basement to start the hunt.

Terreri had a lot of fun with her children, but the hunt took extensive work to set up. She decided that many families would be interested in these types of adventures if she put in all of the planning and work to make them easy on parents. With this idea in mind, Terreri set up her business in February. (stltoday.com)

What an entrepreneur. While I would love to spend the time to set up an elaborate treasure hunt like this—who am I kidding? It would never actually happen. I love this idea.

Here’s a link to an informative local media interview. There’s a commercial first.

Tags: History, National Treasure, Double Key Treasure Hunt