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Party Puzzle Parcel

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Robots and inventions

Use a workshop or dispatch desk to repair a program, clock, relay or railway record. No electronics or physical construction is needed.

Designed for ages 8–10, 2–6 children and roughly 30–45 minutes. Whole sheets, one table, paper and pencils.

Choose by the job to solve

Robot Talent Show

A robot show program. Match acts, repair the battery record and recover the control code.

Clockmaker Birthday Repair

A clock repair job. Restore repair steps and match the repairers before reading the dial slots.

Balloon Railway Switch

A railway switch decision. Follow a backtracking route and compare all five control checks to six switches.

Compare the endings

Robot Show uses badge order; Clock and Relay use slots; Snow Train follows stops; Workshop and Railway select records. Relay compares diagrams, Clock compares clock-face strips, and Railway combines a route with a corrected stock entry.

All six robots and inventions

Robot Talent Show: Act desk: Each person has ONE different item. Use all four NOT rules. Find Bolt's item and copy its digit.

Ages 8–10 · Est. 30–45 min

Robot Talent Show

Recover the control code for the robot show program.

6 puzzles · 2–6 players · No cutting

Ages 8–10 · Est. 30–45 min

Balloon Railway Switch

Select the railway switch record that routes the paper train home.

6 puzzles · 2–6 players · No cutting

Toy Workshop Delivery: Maker desk: Each person has ONE different item. Use all four NOT rules. Find Ben's item and copy its digit.

Ages 8–10 · Est. 30–45 min

Toy Workshop Delivery

Send the right toy-workshop parcel to its waiting inventor.

6 puzzles · 2–6 players · No cutting

Snow Train Celebration: Stops desk: Combine every BEFORE rule to order the four actions. Write positions on the whole-sheet cards. Read position 4.

Ages 8–10 · Est. 30–45 min

Snow Train Celebration

Deliver the paper train banners to the correct carriage.

6 puzzles · 2–6 players · No cutting

Clockmaker Birthday Repair: Job desk: Combine every BEFORE rule to order the four actions. Write positions on the whole-sheet cards. Read position 4.

Ages 8–10 · Est. 30–45 min

Clockmaker Birthday Repair

Restart the paper clock using the repair workshop records.

6 puzzles · 2–6 players · No cutting

Inventor Relay Assembly: Build desk: Combine every BEFORE rule to order the four actions. Write positions on the whole-sheet cards. Read position 2.

Ages 8–10 · Est. 30–45 min

Inventor Relay Assembly

Find the correct final test record for a paper relay machine.

6 puzzles · 2–6 players · No cutting

Prepare the table

Print one six-page player set and two record sheets per team. Keep the three-page answers and three-level hints with the adult. Invitations and certificates are optional. Read the actual clues before choosing a pack.

Quantities and roles for six children · Full-sheet setup checklist