# Places to hide birthday gifts

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-to-hide-birthday-gifts/44859>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 10, 2000, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-to-hide-birthday-gifts/44859 "2000-12-10T05:58:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Prissnboot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d26b3c/32.png) [@Prissnboot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prissnboot)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2000, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-to-hide-birthday-gifts/44859/1 "2000-12-10T05:58:08Z")

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My son’s turning 13 tomorrow, and last year I tried something “different” - a treasure hunt to find the best gift he was getting that year. I did about 3 clues, all wrapped in little boxes and hidden around the house, each leading to the next and the gift was in the oven.

Any suggestions where I should put this huge remote control car he’s getting tomorrow, along with clues to the final location?

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**Author:** ![Wump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed655f/32.png) [@Wump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wump)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2000, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-to-hide-birthday-gifts/44859/2 "2000-12-10T06:17:02Z")

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If you have a fan, put it on top of that so he has to turn it on to make the clue fall.

under the cushion of a couch

in the pillow sleve of a pillow… harder to find than simply under the pillow.

in his sock drawer, rolled in a pair of socks

in a vaccum (sp?) bag. (kinda dirty i know…)

in a shoe

those are all i can think of off the top of my head… hope they help 🙂