More emergent interaction

Letterboxers in my study also revealed letterboxing events they had created. They ranged from the educational to the extreme. One participant described teaching compass skills to second graders and taking them on a field trip to a state park for a hunt of four previously placed letterboxes. Another used letterboxing in his or her Student Against Destructive Decisions group at the school they were teaching. Another teacher has incorporated letterboxing into every level of math he teaches. He created a “Mathman” series of letterboxes where students create boxes using mathematical clues.

Another created a scavenger hunt using letterboxes for a Girl Scout event. He or she provided clues that led not to letterboxes, but to a cache of materials for a mystery craft project. They couldn’t start the project until they had solved all of the clues and had all of the materials.

One participant created an Amazing Race type of letterboxing race through a nearby large city for letterboxers to race through in an event. Others described letterboxing vacations with fellow letterboxers or those they arrange to meet when they are traveling away from home. Another reported creating charity fund-raising letterboxing events.

Three participants described “extreme letterboxing.” They provided details of bundling up the kids in the middle of a blizzard to go hunting letterboxes. Some reported that they “do the ‘nerd with kids’ version of letterboxing – night, snow, driving wind and rain, or bees.”