KID 01
Kids & Family
The Missing Reindeer
A 24-day printable Advent calendar mystery for kids aged 5-10: Pip, the youngest North Pole reindeer, has vanished, and children help Snowy the Owl find which elf took him with one story + puzzle or activity a day.
- Players and time
- Ages 5-10 (little ones with a grown-up reading; older kids alone); 10-15 minutes a day, 1-24 December
- Pages
- 31
- Format
- A4 and US Letter
- Language
- English, Italian
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What's in the download
- Grown-up's guide with 3 ways to play (envelopes, binder, hide-and-seek)
- Detective Board for the fridge: 6 elf suspects (Tinsel, Holly, Bramble, Juniper, Sprocket, Misty) with hat/glasses/scarf traits
- Daily puzzles: track mazes, counting codes, word search, rune cipher, connect-the-dots, alphabet code, mirror writing
- Fun days: missing poster drawing, reindeer snack mix, paper snowflakes
- Day 23 solve the case, Day 24 happy ending
- Answer key, certificate, envelope tags
Inside pages
Lines from the book
A good detective waits for proof.
Fun-day prompt: draw Pip for the MISSING poster — 'young reindeer · red scarf · very shy. If you see him, please tell Snowy!
Missed a day? No problem: just do two the next day.
