Ages 6–8 · Est. 30–40 minutes · 2–8 players

Rainbow Bakery

Rebuild the paper bakery order for a birthday picnic.

6 clues, gradual hints and a complete paper finish. Choose a reader, a recorder and a checker, then work through the mission together.

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Rainbow Bakery: Use the BEFORE rules to put the four cards in order. Take the number on card 3.

Your mission

Rebuild the paper bakery order for a birthday picnic.

The birthday team has arrived, but one important part of the celebration is missing. Rebuild the paper bakery order for a birthday picnic. Collect five named badge digits, then use the final sheet to finish your mission. All the clues you need are printed here. Work together and ask for a hint whenever you want.

Set up in one room

Print one player pack and two prop sheets per team. Keep all host and hint pages with an adult.
Put clue pages 1–5 at the table. Place the final sheet face down until the five badges are collected.
Share pencils and choose a reader, recorder and path finder. Swap jobs after each clue.

Bring to the table

One complete player set and record set per team
One pencil per child
One adult host with the answer and hint pages

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Your print plan

14 Letter pages · 4 players · 1 team

Host guide and answers 1 copy · keep with host3 pages
Player clues 1 copy · give to players6 pages
Three levels of hints 1 copy · keep with host3 pages
Team record and final result 1 copy · give to players2 pages

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See all 6 player clues

These are the actual figures and instructions from the player pack. Read the final page’s rule along with the earlier clues.

Clue 1 of 6

Recipe

Use the BEFORE rules to put the four cards in order. Take the number on card 3.

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Cards: Carry the gift [5]; Wrap the gift [1]; Deliver the gift [7]; Write the label [3]. Rules: Wrap the gift BEFORE Write the label; Write the label BEFORE Carry the gift; Carry the gift BEFORE Deliver the gift. Read card position 3.

Clue 2 of 6

Trays

The rule is: add 2 each time. What comes next? Write the next number.

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RULE: add 2 each time 1 3 5 ?

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Clue 3 of 6

Weights

Every parcel weighs the same whole number from 1 to 9. Use the balance rule to find the weight of ONE parcel.

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2 parcels + 0 loose units = 2 units One parcel = ? units. Whole numbers 1–9. All parcels have equal weight.

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Clue 4 of 6

Napkin

Imagine folding the right half onto the left along the dashed line. At the starred square, add the two numbers that meet. No cutting or folding is needed.

Rainbow Bakery: Imagine folding the right half onto the left along the dashed line. At the starred square, add the two numbers that meet. No cutting or folding is needed.

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Grid rows: 2, 1, 2, 4 / 2, 0, 3, 1. Star at row 2, column 1. Fold right onto left. Columns 1 and 4 meet; columns 2 and 3 meet. Add the two numbers at the star.

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Clue 6 of 6