Lots of people ask us how to put together a basic treasure map.
If you want to make one yourself, take a look at these step by step photo instructions in this FREE e-book, or try something like this:
1. Blank sheet of paper.
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2. Using pencil, draw a shaky outline of the perimeter of your hunt – i.e. the garden, the front room or the village.
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3. Do some shading outside this line then bulk up the main line.
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4. Sketch on the key elements in the area as traditional pirate map items, i.e. if it was based in the kitchen – make the kitchen a castle, the sink a pool etc.
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5. Put some paths on. If none exist then make some up.
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6. Add some feint embellishments such as a compass, sea monster, waves and grass.
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7. Don’t forget to add the most important thing: X marks the spot!
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8. Now make yourself a nice cup of tea, and while you are at it – rub your paper down with the tea bag. Let it dry, have another cup of tea and make the edges darker than the centre.
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9. Let the paper dry again and then scrunch it up into a ball and then flatten it out to the best of your ability.
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You now have a real treasure map!
If you are looking for professionally made treasure maps then look no further.
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