New Year's Activity Book for Kids: Make & Play, 80 Printable Puzzles, Paper Crafts, Ages 8-12

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Make & Play! New Year's Confetti Commotion: Puzzles, Games & Paper Crafts, by Brian William Skelton.

Little penguins, big commotion! Etta Tuxberry has never stayed up until midnight, and this New Year's Eve she has a plan: Operation Midnight. There is just one problem: every stay-awake trick ends with Etta fast asleep, her little brother's party horn honks at all the wrong moments, Papa's confetti cannon goes off at breakfast, and Professor Puffin from next door arrived for the party eighteen hours early. Join the Tuxberry penguins for 92 puzzles and activities. Solve crosswords, tackle Sudoku, follow maze paths, crack silly secret messages and spot the changes in picture puzzles. Then plan your own stay-awake trick, decorate party hats and build playful paper projects for the countdown. Made for ages 8–12, for New Year's Eve, winter break, family parties and homeschool. Cozy, silly New Year's fun: friendly, gentle and full of giggles.

WHAT YOU GET
• 80 original puzzles: 12 crosswords, 14 word searches, 16 Sudoku, 10 mazes, 10 secret codes, 8 logic and pattern puzzles, 6 picture puzzles and 4 picture-logic grids
• 6 drawing and design activities, including a four-panel comic about the day the confetti cannon went off at breakfast
• 6 paper crafts with step-by-step instructions and printable templates: a countdown clock with turning hands, mini party hats, a party crown, wish and resolution cards, a pop-up fireworks card and a fortune teller
• A full answer key
• One 124-page printable PDF, US Letter size (8.5 × 11 in), single-sided with no blank pages

Puzzles go from gentle warm-ups to trickier challenges, so kids can start easy and build up.

HOW IT WORKS
This is a digital download. Nothing will be shipped. After purchase, download the PDF from your Etsy account and print at home or at a print shop. Print a craft template again whenever you want more party hats or crowns, and a fresh puzzle page for every player.

Paper crafts need scissors, glue and paper; cardstock makes sturdier crafts. Adult help with cutting is recommended.

HOW IT WAS MADE
Created with the help of AI tools from the author's original ideas and prompts, then reviewed, refined and arranged by Skelton Publishing LLC. The Tuxberry family and their town are make-believe.

PRINTING RIGHTS
You may print as many copies as you need for your own family, or for the students in your own classroom. Please do not resell, share, or post this file.

© 2026 Brian William Skelton. Published by Skelton Publishing LLC.