Road Trip Ideas and Games

Oh Christmas Tree

John Andersen — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:07:13 +0000

First, find the following phrase: “Wisemen seek him” in the puzzle below. You can find the phrase by starting in the top, left-most letter in the puzzle. From there, you move right, left, up, down, or diagonally, using no letter more than once. After you find all of the words in the path phrase, write the unused letters (reading from left to right and top to bottom) on the blanks below to reveal your hidden message.

Solution:

“Follow the star.”

Nativity (2×2 Logic Puzzle)

John Andersen — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:33:39 +0000

Jace, Avary, Aliece, and Alayna were able to choose what part they wanted to play in the Nativity for the Annual Christmas Pageant at their church. Using the clues and form below, try to figure out which parts each child picked.

Here are your clues:

Jace doesn’t want to be a lamb or an angel
Avary and Alayna both wanted to be a shepherd, but only one of them got the part
Neither Aliece nor Avary chose to be a lamb.

Here are the Answers (Don’t peek!):

Jace: wiseman; Avary: shepherd; Aliece: angel; Alayna: lamb

Mad Lib – Over that River

John Andersen — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:30:17 +0000

MadLib

Please fill in the following:

[1] A noun_________________________

[2] A plural noun_________________________

[3] The name of a person_________________________

[4] A noun_________________________

[5] An animal_________________________

[6] A verb_________________________

[7] A transportation vehicle_________________________

[8] A color_________________________

[9] A verb_________________________

[10] A verb ending in ‘ing’_________________________

[11] A body part (plural)_________________________

[12] A body part_________________________

[13] A noun_________________________

————- Cut Here —————-

Over the River

Over the __[NOUN]________________________ and through the __[NOUN-PLURAL]________________________, to __[NAME-OF-PERSON]________________________‘s __[NOUN]________________________ we go.

The __[ANIMAL]________________________ knows the way to __[VERB]________________________ the __[TRANSPORT-VEHICLE]________________________ through the __[COLOR]________________________ and drifted snow!

Oh, how the wind does __[VERB]________________________! It __[VERB-ING]________________________s the __[BODYPART-PLURAL]________________________ and it bites the __[BODYPART]________________________ as over the __[NOUN]________________________ we go!

Easy Christian Christmas Terms

John Andersen — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:33:59 +0000

Unscramble the names of some of Christmas terms below.

Bethlehem – Hidden Message Wordsearch

John Andersen — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:58:33 +0000

Find the following in the word search puzzle above:

ANGELS
BETHLEHEM
BIRTH
CHRIST
FEARS
HOLY
HOPES
LIGHT
MARY
SLEEP
STARS
STREETS
TOWN

When you have completed the word search above, use the remaining letters that were not part of the solutions to build the secret message below. Start at the top left and move from left to right, top to bottom. (Note: only the first number of characters will be used to fill up the message. The rest of the characters can be discarded).

Quotebox Puzzle #3 – Christmas Song

John Andersen — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:39:07 +0000

To solve Quote Boxes, drop the letters from each vertical column — not necessarily in the order in which they appear — into the empty squares below them to spell a quotation that reads from left to right, line by line. Black squares indicate ends of words (spaces).

——————————————
ANSWER:
“Silent Night, Holy Night. All is calm, all is bright.
“

Christian Christmas Terms

John Andersen — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:33:59 +0000

Unscramble the names of some of Christmas terms below.

A Star – Dots Game Board

John Andersen — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 14:58:33 +0000

One child connects two of the dots with a vertical or horizontal line (no diagonals).
Now your other child connects two of the dots.
The children keep taking turns until a square is formed.
The child who completes the square gets to put his or her initial in it, and gets to go again
Keep taking turns until all the dots on the grid are connected.
Count up each player’s initials on the grid. The one with the most squares wins.

Maze: Shepherds find the Stable

John Andersen — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:05:28 +0000

Help the shepherds find the stable

The: Why? Because! game

John Andersen — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:42:48 +0000

This activity requires at least two people. Fold this worksheet at the dotted fold lines as directed at the fold. Each fold will have either a Question or an Answer label. You should only see one label at a time. The first person shoud see the Question label. In that fold they write a question. They then fold their section over according to the instructions in that section and hand the paper to the next person. That person puts in a word or sentence that can serve as the answer to a question. (Do not look at the question that was written). Keep passing the paper around and filling out the sections until it is full.
Then unfold the paper and read each question and the answer right after it.

Download the activity worksheet today!

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Why - Because