Italian Mystery Advent Calendar Printable · Calendario dell'Avvento Giallo · 24 Detective Puzzles for Kids and Family PDF

A printable mystery Advent calendar written entirely in Italian: 24 days of detective puzzles for Italian-speaking families, schools and Italian teachers.

On the night of the first snowfall, the golden star vanished from the top of Snowberry's great Christmas tree. Twelve villagers are under suspicion, and only one of them took it. From December 1 to 24, your detectives open one envelope a day, solve a new puzzle, collect a real clue and cross suspects off the Evidence Board. On Christmas Eve they name the thief, find the hiding place and unlock the final Reveal.

✦ AT A GLANCE
• Ages 7 to adult (younger kids can play with a grown-up reading the story)
• 10 to 20 minutes a day, December 1 to 24
• 42 pages in 2 PDF files: A4 and US Letter
• Instant download, nothing is shipped
• A gentle, family-friendly mystery: nothing scary, nobody gets hurt

✦ 24 DAYS, 24 DIFFERENT PUZZLES
Spot the differences, boot-print matching, a cut-out code wheel, tangled threads, mirror writing, shadow matching, color by numbers, seek and count, picture sums, a village map, dot-to-dot, measuring with a ruler, picture sudoku, a word search with a secret, Morse code, a Christmas-light number code, a torn library card, key matching, coordinates, the pigpen cipher, a logic grid, a maze, a magic stencil and a final report.

✦ WHAT'S INSIDE
• Read-aloud case letter from the Mayor to open on November 30 or December 1
• 12 illustrated suspect cards full of details to compare
• Evidence Board and Detective Notebook
• 24 daily pages: a new chapter of the story, a puzzle and a clue
• Final report, a sealed Reveal letter and a Master Detective certificate
• 26 envelope tags, an envelope template and 8 detective ID cards

✦ EASY FOR GROWN-UPS
• Setup guide with an envelope plan (about 30 minutes, once)
• A hint and an answer for every day, plus picture answers
• A fair case: only one suspect fits every clue

✦ YOU WILL NEED
A printer, 26 envelopes (or our template), pencils, crayons, scissors and a paper fastener for the code wheel.

The story, puzzles and design are original. For personal, family and classroom use. Please do not resell or share the files.