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Celebrate the countdown to Christmas with this fun escape room game. Encourage your child to solve
the clues and crack the code. This will reveal the location of the key allowing them to escape to the
Christmas party!
What skills does this practise?
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Christmas
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Christmas Escape
Room
You’ve taken a wrong
turn during a tour of Santa’s
workshop. You find yourself in a shed
decked with twinkling fairy lights. You
are surrounded by sacks of presents and
in front of you is a huge sheet covering what
looks to be some sort of vehicle. You hear the
sound of laughter and music so you go to the
window and look outside. You see Santa and the
elves sitting outside in the snow eating delicious
food and enjoying an amazing Christmas party.
You go to the shed door but it’s locked. Quick! You
need to find the key so that you can unlock the
door and join in the fun before the party’s over.
Solve each of these puzzles to find out where
the key is. You could make this even more of a
challenge by setting yourself a time limit for
each puzzle so that it’s a race against the
clock. Good luck!
You will need:
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Clue One
How many piece
s of
candy can you
find in
this scene?
There are
pieces of candy in
this picture.
Clue Two
1
Read the clue and
write the answer; put
one letter in each box.
Reveal the hidden letters
in the purple boxes
and rearrange them to
spell a number.
2
4
This is something you have in your home
at Christmas time that normally grows in
the ground.
3
These small lively creatures
help Santa make presents.
A famous Christmas carol
features the first line: The
holly and the … ?
6
5
Where is Santa’s workshop?
Father Christmas and St Nicholas are
alternative names for who?
This is the month when Christmas is
celebrated.
What letters did you find?
What number could these letters spell?
Clue Three
What number is in the gree
n box?
Fill in all the empty
boxes so that:
• each row contains the
numbers 1 to 6;
• each column contains
the numbers 1 to 6;
• each 2 x 3 rectangle
contains the
numbers 1 to 6
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3
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4
5
6
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Clue Four
Can you fit all the words
into the grid? Identify
the green letters and
unscramble them to
make a number.
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3-letter words
4-letter words
5-letter words
EVE
SNOW
SANTA
PIE
ELF
STAR
8-letter words
6-letter words
SLEIGH
LIGHTS
BAUBLE
7-letter words
PRESENTS
RUDOLPH
HOLIDAY
11-letter words
GINGERBREAD
WREATH
9-letter words
CHRISTMAS
What letters did you find?
What number could these letters spell?
Clue Five
Blue: 0 - 20
Green: 21 - 50
Solve the calculations to
reveal a hidden picture. Each
answer has a corresponding
colour. Colour in the picture
as you go then answer the
question below.
Yellow: 51 - 80
Red: 81 - 100
Brown: 101 and above
0x2
6x3
7x2
6x0
6 x 10
5x2
4x3
6x1
2x3
4x4
8x2
11 x 0
10 x 2
2 x 12
0x4
7x2
3x2
6x3
9x1
4x2
5x4
10 x 9
4x7
8 x 12
12 x 1
10 x 2
7x1
1x4
9x2
7x8
5x5
6 x 11
3 x 11
7x9
8x1
6x2
3x3
2x6
4x6
7x5
5x8
3x7
4x8
9x0
3x4
8x0
9x9
6x5
10 x 10
6x8
11 x 8
6x7
9 x 10
7x0
1x2
3 x 12
6x9
6x6
7 x 11
4 x 10
9x7
12 x 4
2x2
3x9
4 x 11
5x7
4 x 12
5 x 10
8x5
5x9
5x6
9x4
5 x 11
2 x 11
8 x 11
3x7
6 x 12
4x9
9 x 11
3 x 10
5 x 12
9x2
2x4
1x3
10 x 12 11 x 11 12 x 12
5x3
2x8
0x3
How many squares are coloured brown
brown?
Step 1
Clue Six
Use the code below to
solve the calculations.
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Step 2
Add up all of your answers so far.
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Step 3
Halve the total you found in Step 2.
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Cracking the Code
Use the answers to each of your clues to crack
the code. Your numbers should match to a
symbol and the symbols should then match to
letters. The letters will unscramble to spell out
where the key is that will unlock the shed door.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Write down the six symbols your numbers correspond to:
Cracking the Code
Now match your symbols to letters using
the grid below:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N O
P
Q
R
S
T
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V W X
Y
Z
Write down the letters your symbols
correspond to:
Unscramble the letters to form a word:
So that’s what’s under the huge sheet in Santa’s shed! Quick grab the key, unlock
the door and enjoy the Christmas party.
Answers
Clue One
There are 15 pieces of candy in the picture.
Clue Two
1. Something you have in your home at Christmas time that normally grows in the ground.
A CHRISTMAS TREE
2. These small lively creatures help Santa make presents.
ELVES
3. Where is Santa’s workshop?
THE NORTH POLE
4. A famous Christmas carol features the first line: The holly and the … ?
IVY
5. Father Christmas and St Nicholas are alternative names for who?
SANTA
6. The month when Christmas is celebrated.
DECEMBER
Letters found: E E L V N E
Rearranged, this spells ELEVEN
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Answers
Clue Three
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What number is in the green box? 6
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Answers
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What letters have you found?
NEWTTY
What number could these letters spell?
Twenty
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Answers
Blue: 0 - 20
Green: 21 - 50
Yellow: 51 - 80
Red: 81 - 100
Clue Five
Brown: 101 and above
0x2=0
6 x 3 = 18
7 x 2 = 14
6x0=0
6 x 10 = 60
5 x 2 = 10
4 x 3 = 12
6x1=6
2x3=6
4 x 4 = 16
8 x 2 = 16
11 x 0 = 0
10 x 2 = 20
2 x 12 = 24
0x4=0
7 x 2 = 14
3x2=6
6 x 3 = 18
9x1=9
4x2=8
5 x 4 = 20
10 x 9 = 90
4 x 7 = 28
8 x 12 = 96
12 x 1 = 12
10 x 2 = 20
7x1=7
1x4=4
9 x 2 = 18
7 x 8 = 56
5 x 5 = 25
6 x 11 = 66
3 x 11 = 33
7 x 9 = 63
8x1=8
6 x 2 = 12
3x3=9
2 x 6 = 12
4 x 6 = 24
7 x 5 = 35
5 x 8 = 40
3 x 7 = 21
4 x 8 = 32
9x0=0
3 x 4 = 12
8x0=0
9 x 9 = 81
6 x 5 = 30
10 x 10 = 100
6 x 8 = 48
11 x 8 = 88
6 x 7 = 42
9 x 10 = 90
7x0=0
1x2=2
3 x 12 = 36
6 x 9 = 54
6 x 6 = 36
7 x 11 = 77
4 x 10 = 40
9 x 7 = 63
12 x 4 = 48
2x2=4
3 x 9 = 27
4 x 11 = 44
5 x 7 = 35
4 x 12 = 48
5 x 10 = 50
8 x 5 = 40
5 x 9 = 45
5 x 6 = 30
9 x 4 = 36
5 x 11 = 55
2 x 11 = 22
8 x 11 = 88
3 x 7 = 21
6 x 12 = 72
4 x 9 = 36
9 x 11 = 99
3 x 10 = 30
5 x 12 = 60
9 x 2 = 18
2x4=8
1x3=3
10 x 12 = 120
11 x 11 = 121
12 x 12 = 144
5 x 3 = 15
2 x 8 = 16
0x3=0
How many squares are coloured brown? 3
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Answers
Step 1
Clue Six
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10
÷
9
=
3
×
4
3
5
=
5
7
=
28
Step 2
Add up all of your answers so far.
+
5
3
+
28
=
36
Step 3
Halve the total you found in Step 2.
÷
36
1
2
3
4
5
6
2
7
=
8
18
9
10
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Answers
Cracking the Code
Write down the six symbols your numbers correspond to:
15
11
6
20
3
18
Write down the letters your symbols
correspond to:
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l
s
Unscramble the letters to form a word:
s
l
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g
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