Valentine's Day Escape Room for Kids: The Case of the Missing Valentines (Printable Puzzle Game, Ages 6-11)

Every valentine in the family's Valentine Mailbox has vanished, and the only thing left inside is a note in secret code! This printable escape-room style game turns kids into Valentine detectives for an afternoon.

Kids solve 7 short puzzles. Each one gives a clue word, and the first letters of the clue words spell out where the valentines are hiding. One puzzle also shows who moved them. Nobody is in trouble in this story, and it has a sweet ending (with cookies!). If you like, hide real valentines or a treat where the answer points.

You get an 18-page PDF:

- Welcome page and host guide with setup steps and a read-aloud story

- Detective's Notebook for collecting the clue words

- Puzzle 1: The Secret Note (mirror-alphabet code with a decoder strip)

- Puzzle 2: Sweetheart Word Search with a hidden message

- Puzzle 3: The Paper Heart Trail (maze with letters on the path)

- Puzzle 4: Who Walked By? (logic grid)

- Puzzle 5: The Valentine Line (cut-out ordering puzzle)

- Puzzle 6: Candy Heart Scramble (with a word bank)

- Puzzle 7: Sweet 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

- Decorations: 8 give-a-riddle valentine cards, a cut-out SOLVED! heart banner, and a "Master Valentine Detective" certificate

Ages 6-11 (younger kids can team up with an older sibling or a grown-up). 2-12 players, or teams in a classroom. About 45-60 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 or your own single classroom. Please don't resell or share the files. All artwork, story, and puzzles are original to Party Puzzle Kits, and every puzzle answer was checked by a script before release.