Road Trip Ideas and Games

Favorite travel shoes and gadgets (4×4)

John Andersen — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:57:01 +0000

Aylee, Fin, Chloe, and Beck are all going on separate trips. Each one is leaving at a specific time. They each chose to wear a certain type of shoe for the trip. They are also bringing one gadget of their choosing. Try to determine when each child is leaving, what type of shoe they are wearing, and what gadget they chose to bring along.

Use the following clues to solve the Logic Puzzle:

Of Beck and the person wearing flip flops, one will depart at 12:30pm and the other will depart at 4:30pm.
The child bringing the MP3 Player will leave later than the child wearing flip flops.
The person bringing the iPad is not wearing sandals, nor are they wearing tennis shoes.
Chloe is not wearing boots.
The child who brought the Kindle is wearing Boots.
Beck will leave later than the child who is wearing boots.
The one who brought the MP3 Player is not Chloe or Aylee.
Fin is not leaving at 12:30 PM.
Either the person wearing tennis shoes or the person wearing flip flops is Beck.
The child who leaves at 4:30 PM is bringing and iPad.

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SOLUTION TO THE PUZZLE
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Aylee leaves at 7:00 AM and is wearing boots and is bringing a Kindle.
Beck leaves at 12:30 PM and is wearing tennis shoes and is bringing a Gameboy.
Chloe leaves at 4:30 PM and is wearing flip flops and is bringing an iPad.
Fin leaves at 7:00 PM and is wearing sandals and is bringing an MP3 Player.

A Christmas Message Grid

John Andersen — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:24:53 +0000

Starting at the left, go from the top to the bottom of each column to the spaces marked with an X. As you find each X, write the letter from the corresponding left column in the next free blank provided at the bottom of the puzzle. Once you have found the letters for each X, you should have a message at the bottom of your page.

A
B
C
D					X
E									X
F				X
G				X
H					X
I
J
K
L						X
M
N			X					X
O		X	X	X	X		X
P
Q
R
S	X
T
U
V
W
X
Y						X
Z

___ __ ___, ____ ___.

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_________________________

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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).

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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.