Haunted Case Files: Halloween Classroom Mystery Party Game, Grades 2 to 5, Printable PDF

Someone took the class candy jar, and your students are the only detectives who can solve it. Haunted Case Files turns your Halloween class party into a whole class mystery with real deduction: six suspects, twelve clue cards, four secret codes and one twist ending that has everyone cheering.

What is included (1 PDF, 25 pages, US Letter 8.5 x 11 in):

1. Teacher guide with a 20 minute prep checklist
2. Opening scene script to read aloud
3. 45 minute run sheet with a time saving option
4. Official case briefing and an illustrated crime scene map
5. 6 suspect profiles, each with a motive, an alibi, shoe size and a fun fact
6. 12 clue cards, including alibis, physical evidence, a witness and a red herring
7. Detective badges, eight per page
8. Detective Notebook: suspect tracker, clue log and crime timeline
9. Code puzzles in two levels. Level A (grades 2 to 3): number code, backwards words, picture code and missing vowels. Level B (grades 4 to 5): shift code, pigpen, grid code and every third letter
10. Cipher tools page with number strip, shift strip, pigpen key and grid
11. Team accusation and voting sheet, plus a class vote tally
12. Reveal script with the full solution and a twist
13. Case Closed certificates, two per page
14. Answer key for the solution and every code

How it works: Print the notebook for each student and one set of clues per station. Hide a jar of treats under a sheet draped over a table before the party. Teams investigate, decode and accuse, and the last code tells them exactly where to look.

Who it is for: Grades 2 to 5 classroom teachers, room parents, homeschool groups and after school programs.

Digital download. Nothing is shipped. Print at home or at school on plain paper or cardstock. The file is not editable. For use in one classroom; please do not resell or share the file.

Supplies we like

Everything below is optional. The kit works with what most classrooms already have.

1. Mini magnifying glasses, 40 pack, one per detective: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B12RM8HZ?tag=plainlymade-20
2. Bright white cardstock for clue cards and badges: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B018REJ3O4?tag=plainlymade-20
3. Halloween stickers for case closed rewards: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WSFBW72?tag=plainlymade-20
4. Halloween party favors for the big reveal: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CGMVZJSN?tag=plainlymade-20
5. Thermal laminator to reuse clue cards every year: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0010JEJPC?tag=plainlymade-20

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