Optional quick idea · About 10 minutes

Follow a trail of picture clues

Hide a toy in an easy-to-reach place and leave a few drawn clues. Take turns being the detective and the person who knows the answer.

What you’ll need.

• A toy to find
• Three pieces of paper
• A crayon

Let’s try it.

1. Choose a hiding place the detective can safely reach. Agree which room the mystery stays in.
2. Draw three simple clues: a colour, a nearby object or a shape. The drawings do not need to be perfect.
3. Give the detective the first clue. Look together and say what it might mean.
4. Offer the next clue whenever it helps. Finding it together is part of the game.
5. When the toy is found, let the detective hide it and make a new clue for you.

The story that started it.

An enormous dinosaur. Some very tiny clues.