The Treasure Hunt for kids may be the Garlic Festival’s best
kept secret. Children receive a scavenger hunt map with eight tasks
that require them to walk around the park.
The Treasure Hunt for kids may be the Garlic Festival’s best kept secret.
Children receive a scavenger hunt map with eight tasks that require them to walk around the park. Suddenly the kids want to walk and the parents get to leave the children’s area.
“The little kids are happy because they get a prize,” said volunteer Amanda Diaz.
Prizes included glow sticks and stickers, blow-up floatie crabs, yo-yos, jump ropes and soccer balls.
As part of the hunt through the park, parents and their children visited Gourmet Alley and the garlic ice cream booth.
Celena Pirkl, decked out in a pink summer dress, made her first festival visit with her mom in a group of 10 people. While exploring the festival, the mother and daughter learned about garlic during the treasure hunt. “I was surprised that the garlic bulb is a type of tulip. Yeah, we learned that because of the Treasure Hunt,” said Mrs. Pirkl.
Celena Pirkl’s treasure hunt took her to the garlic ice cream booth, where she tried the free ice cream.
“The kids kept saying ‘Its bitter. It’s sour. But they ate it all,” Pirkl’s mom said. Turning to her daughter, she asks, “Did you like it?” Celena shook her head no, still holding her new inflatable crab.
Festival officials lowered the Treasure Hunt from $3 to $2 Saturday hoping more families could participate in the event.
