Thanksgiving Kids' Table Puzzle Game: The Case of the Missing Pie (Printable Mystery, Ages 7-12)

Grandma's pumpkin pie has vanished from the windowsill, and the kids' table is on the case! This printable puzzle game keeps kids busy and thinking while the grown-ups finish dinner.

Kids solve 6 short puzzles. Each one gives a clue word, and the first letters of the clue words spell out where the pie is hiding. One puzzle also shows who moved it. Nobody is in trouble in this story, and it has a happy (dessert!) ending. If you like, hide a real pie or treat where the answer points.

You get a 16-page PDF:

- Host guide with setup steps and a read-aloud story

- Detective's Notebook for collecting the clue words

- Puzzle 1: letter code with a decoder strip

- Puzzle 2: harvest word search with a hidden message

- Puzzle 3: crumb-trail maze with letters on the path

- Puzzle 4: logic grid (who went into the kitchen, and when?)

- Puzzle 5: seating puzzle with cut-out name cards

- Puzzle 6: feast math (numbers to letters)

- "Case Closed!" ending to read aloud

- Hint cards (2 hints per puzzle) and a 2-page answer key with the word search and maze solutions

- 6 printable fold-over place cards with a Thanksgiving riddle on the back

- "Master Pie Detective" certificate

Ages 7-12 (younger kids can team up with an older cousin or a grown-up). 2-10 players. About 30-45 minutes. Print at home on US Letter paper; color looks best, black and white works.

This is a digital download, so nothing will be shipped. Print as many copies as you need for your own family. Personal/home use only; please don't resell or share the files. All artwork and puzzles are original to Party Puzzle Kits.