“Christmas Puzzles,” Friend, December 2017
Funstuff
Christmas Puzzles
Illustration by Brad Teare
Jumbled Jellybeans
Samantha gave her friend Kaisha a bag of jellybeans for Christmas full of Kaisha’s favorite colors. The bag has five different colors of jellybeans, each with a different amount. Can you figure out how many of each color went into the bag? Answers below.
Clues:
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There are twice as many purple as pink.
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There are three more orange than pink.
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There is one more blue than orange.
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Rambling Riddles
Solve the riddles below! As you move down the puzzle, each new answer will use the letters of the previous word minus one. Sometimes you’ll have to rearrange the letters. After the fourth word, the words grow again by adding one letter at a time. Answers below.
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You open these on Christmas morning.
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When you want to make “rock” in rock, paper, scissors.
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What you do when you’re tired of standing.
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“Oh what fun it _ _ to ride in a one-horse open sleigh.”
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How you get down a snowy mountain fast, standing up.
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Where to wash your hands before eating Christmas treats!
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What a pig does when he wants breakfast.
Finish the Star
Can you place two letters inside the Christmas star to make two six-letter words and two four-letter words? Be sure to read the words in the direction the arrows are pointing. Answer below.