Family Activities

Get ready for some seasonal counting fun! How many of each of the symbols can you find? For a bonus activity, colour them all in.

>> Download I-Spy Christmas Activity Sheet

Can you help Jingles the elf find his way to the Christmas present in our Christmas Maze? There are three levels of difficulty to choose from.

>> Download Christmas Maze (easy)
>> Download Christmas Maze (medium)
>> Download Christmas Maze (advanced)

Three Christmas tongue twisters have been encrypted as secret messages below, using Pigpen Cipher. Can you crack the code?

You can also try encrypting your own messages, using our Cryptography resource developed by the Open University

>> Download Code Cracker Challenge
>> Download Cryptography Resource

Happy Christmas Jumper Day! In this logic puzzle, use the clues to work out who wants to buy each of the festive jumpers.

>> Download Christmas Jumper Puzzle

In our festive, cut out the symbols and place them on the grid so that you have one of each symbol in every row, column and block. There are three different levels of difficulty to choose from.

>> Download Festive Sudoku (easy)
>> Download Festive Sudoku (medium)
>> Download Festive Sudoku (advanced)

Get ready for some seasonal counting fun! How many of each of the symbols can you find? For a bonus activity, colour them all in.

>>Download Bauble Hunt Activity Sheet

Can you complete the festive patterns in this seasonal activity sheet?

>> Download Patterns Activity Sheet

Can you help Robbie the Reindeer get to his sleigh, by following the sequence of commands in this coding challenge? There are three levels of difficulty to choose from, with a hidden word or phrase to reveal in each one.

>> Download Coding Challenge (easy)
>> Download Coding Challenge (medium)
>> Download Coding Challenge (advanced)

Convert binary code in to pictures, in our festive bitmap puzzles. The have a go at creating your own puzzles for a friend to solve.

>> Download Festive Bitmap Puzzles
>> Download ‘Create Your Own Bitmap Puzzle’ Sheet