John's Birthday Hunt!

It's John's birthday today (EPPI BURGDAY BEBAAH!!) so I decided to break out my old scavenger-hunt-writing skills. I used to love writing these for friends during college, and it was fun springing a bunch of riddles on sleepy John first thing in the morning:

Here he is solving the coded first clue. (The decoder card is from the awesome CrankBunny on Etsy.)

The clue read, "u can't surf these waves."

After a small hint, John solved the riddle and found his first gift, which had *this* clue:

"To give is better than to receive."

Another gift (no answers yet: let's see how many you guys figure out!), then:

"You'll find this one if you use your head!"

Here's John puzzling that one out: 

:D

He quickly found that gift, which had his final clue:

"Is this wrapping job cheating? Well, you could make a case for that."

I thought that one was the hardest, but by then John was a riddle-cracking machine, and found it in just a few minutes.

So, how many clues did you guess? All the answer are locations any house should have. 

John and I are off to Diagon Alley for his birthday lunch now, so I'll post the Hunt answers later tonight! Enjoy! [evil grin]

Also, if you want to make John grin today, go share your favorite funny and/or cute picture on the EPBOT FB page for him - he loves that stuff. ;)

PS - I'm writing & posting this from my phone, so please excuse any heinous formatting/spelling issues!

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UPDATE: Some prettiness from our lunch at Leaky Cauldron:

So, did you guys get all the clues? If not, here's where each of John's gifts were hidden, with their corresponding hints:

 "u can't surf these waves." - in the microwave

"To give is better than to receive." - behind the receiver

 "You'll find this one if you use your head!" - under his pillow

"Is this wrapping job cheating? Well, you could make a case for that." - on the bookcase, inside a decorative box