Oh no!

You and the elves are

snowed in at the workshop. No
one can get out. Christmas
Eve is fast approaching. If you
and the elves don’t get out,
Christmas will be ruined. Santa
won’t be able to get his sleigh
ready, or fill it with all the gifts you and the
elves have wrapped! Hurry! You only have one
hour to find a way out before Christmas is
canceled. Good luck!
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 Order of Clues for Teams

Team 1: Team 2:

1. Clue 1 1. Clue 2

2. Clue 3 2. Clue 6

3. Clue 4 3. Clue 1

4. Clue 6 4. Clue 5

5. Clue 5 5. Clue 4

6. Clue 2 6. Clue 3

7. Clue 7 7. Clue 7

Team 3: Team 4:

1. Clue 3 1. Clue 4

2. Clue 5 2. Clue 2

3. Clue 2 3. Clue 5

4. Clue 1 4. Clue 3

5. Clue 6 5. Clue 1

6. Clue 4 6. Clue 5

7. Clue 7 7. Clue 7
 Answer Key

1. Clue 1: 243
2. Clue 2: 12 errors
3. Clue 3: Answer may vary depending on what you select around your room
for your students to solve the riddle.
4. Clue 4: Candy Cane
5. Clue 5: Just look at word search and make sure they found the words
and they are circled correctly in the word search.
6. Clue 6: Go through and check the answers.
7. Clue 7: 120 marshmallows, 24 scoops of cocoa powder, 6 cups of milk,
twelve candy canes, and twelve spoons of chocolate syrup.
 Escape Locks

Hurry the elves are running out of time. Help them solve this last clue to
escape out the back door of the shop to save Christmas!

The lock is three digits long. Solve this problem to find the code. The ones and
tens digit have a product of twelve. The ones and hundreds digit have a sum of
five. When you add up all the digits you get nine. What three-digit number I’m I?

____________________ ______________________ ______________________

*When you think you have solved the three digit combination to the lock please
bring it up to a teacher to have it checked.*
 Emergency Escape Route

The elves need your help reading this file called “Emergency Escape Route”.
This letter will tell the elves how they can escape the shop during the case of a
being snowed in. Hurry there isn’t much time left before Santa has to leave to
deliver gifts to all the children!

Read the passage below and fix the mistakes made. Count how many mistakes
you fix. Bring this number to your teacher when you think you have fixed all
the mistakes.

in case off being snowed in here is an emerjency escape rote to help you live the

shop. Downstairs in the toy room that stuff animals are made in their is a back

door in the right corner of the room. To get to this dor you have to move all the

presents that our stacked up for all the good boys and girls this chistmas? This

door will lead you of the building.

How many mistakes did you have to fix in the letter? ____________________
 Solve the Riddle

At the North Pole, it is very important that the elves and Santa are organized.
It wouldn’t be good if a child was forgotten on Christmas. Your teacher has to
stay organized also to make sure that their ready to teach each of you.

Read and solve the riddle below to find out what your teacher uses to help
them stay organized:

It has several different compartments. Each compartment has four corners.

Each compartment is a different color. Your teacher uses this in her classroom
to help stay organized.

What I am I? ______________________________________

Hint: make sure you look around the room, you never know you may be looking
right at.

*When you think you have solved the riddle bring it up to a teacher to check.*
 Sweet Treat

All year round the elves are working on gifts for all the children in the world. It
is a lot of work and takes a lot of energy to be able to make such wonderful
gifts. When an elf needs a little kick of energy they have a delicious sweat treat
to re-boost themselves. The elves are starting to become very weak and might
not be able to save Christmas after all. They need one of those sweet treats to
re-boost themselves.

What treat do the elves need to eat? ______________________________

Hint: During Christmas, this treat is very popular for many children and adults.
It is hard to find this treat when it is not Christmas time.

*When you think you have the answer bring it up to a teacher to look over.*
 Break Time

The elves decided that they needed to take a break from trying to find another
way out of the toy shop. They decided they would work on a word search in
the meantime. Hurry to help the elves solve the word search!

*When you have finished solving the word search bring it up to a teacher to
have it looked over.*

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

CANDY GINGERBREAD
CANE HOT
CHOCOLATE JOLLY
CHRISTMAS MERRY
COLD SNOW
SNOWMAN GIFTS
 Brain Power

The elves seem to be struggling to find a way to save Christmas. There is not
much time left and they have to figure out a way to get the gifts to Santa
before Christmas is canceled. In order to get the elves minds to start really
thinking of a plan, they need to do some multiplication practice.

Complete the problems below. When you think you have all the right answers
bring it up to a teacher to look over. Make sure though there are NO more
than two wrong answers OR ELSE you will lose five minutes from the remaining
time you have left to save Christmas!

1. 7 × 10 = _______________ 11. 6 × 4 = _______________

2. 5× 2 = _______________ 12. 9 × 8 = _______________

3. 10 × 7 = _______________ 13. 6 × 1 = _______________

4. 6 × 3 = _______________ 14. 5 × 6 = _______________

5. 8 × 5 = _______________ 15. 10 × 8 = _______________

6. 7 × 3 = _______________ 16. 8 × 9 = _______________

7. 4 × 8 = _______________ 17. 3 × 4 = _______________

8. 6 × 5 = _______________ 18. 5 × 4 = _______________

9. 7 × 5 = _______________ 19. 3 × 7 = _______________

 Hot Chocolate Time

The elves are starting to get really thirsty with all this hard work. When the
elves get thirsty their favorite drink to have is hot chocolate. Now, this isn’t
just an ordinary hot chocolate this is a hot chocolate that the elves specifically
have in the North Pole.

In their hot chocolate, they each get two scoops of cocoa powder. Ten mini
marshmallows. A mini candy cane to crunch up and sprinkle over the top of
their hot chocolate. A half of a cup of milk goes in each cup for each elf.
Lastly, they take a spoon of chocolate syrup and drizzle it across the top of
their hot chocolate.

Figure out how much of each ingredient is going to be used to serve twelve
elves.

How many marshmallows will the elves use? ____________________

How many scoops of cocoa powder will be used? ___________________

How many cups of milk will be used? _____________________

How many candy canes are going to be crunched up? __________________

How many spoons of chocolate syrup will be used? ______________________

Hint: Remember when you have to half’s it equals one cup. Make sure you
double check your answer for how many cups of milk will be used!

*When you are done please have it checked by a teacher.*