Puzzle Hunt Party Game for Kids 6-10, Friendship Bracelet Escape Room, Printable Bead Code

Designed by Creouts Publishing using original prompt(s) and AI (Claude by Anthropic). Illustrations made with AI image tools. Every puzzle is computer-checked to have exactly one answer.

FRIENDSHIP BRACELET PUZZLE HUNT is a printable, escape-room-style party game for kids of 6 to 10
Two otters, Melu and Oki, made a giant Friendship Bracelet for the Friendship Fair at Two Palms Oasis. On the way, the cord went SNAP and twelve beads rolled away across the fair. The kind animals of the oasis kept the beads safe, and each one asks for help with a puzzle. The children win the beads back, string the bracelet in the right order, read its secret message in Bead Code and climb the Friendship Steps together.

THIS IS A PUZZLE HUNT PARTY GAME IN THE STYLE OF AN ESCAPE ROOM, played with printed puzzle pages, envelopes and paper bead cards. It is not a book and not a worksheet pack. Play it at a table, or hide the envelopes round the room for a real hunt.
Every solved puzzle wins a bead card. Collect all 12 to string the bracelet and open the final lock.
Needs only paper, scissors and tape. No special paper or pens. Printed in full colour (an ink-saver edition is in the bonus folder).
15 puzzles of 15 different kinds, 4 of them kinds of math pyramid puzzle.

HOW IT PLAYS
- The players split into three teams named after friendship bracelet patterns: Zigzag, Stripe and Spiral. All three play side by side, so nobody waits
- Each team solves four puzzles, easy to harder. Every puzzle is a different kind and ends in a code
- The team finds its code on the Bead Board. Same sign as on the puzzle page? The code is right, and the team opens the envelope named on the page. No grown-up has to check answers
- Inside is one bead card: two little coloured beads (one letter in Bead Code) and a gold number
- String the Bracelet: from the gold clasp, a number chain round the ring (add, take away, double, halve) puts the twelve cards in order. A wrong sum finds no card, so the children check their own work
- The Bracelet's Message: two beads make one letter. Cut-out Bead Code bracelets decode it, and the message says what to do next
- The Friendship Steps: a pyramid maze for two. Melu and Oki climb side by side, paw in paw, and every pair of beads must make the next number of the bracelet. The last code opens THE BOX with the certificates
- A full host guide is included, with a script, a version for 2 to 4 players, a 45-minute version and a hunt version

15 PUZZLES, EASY TO HARDER
- Zigzag Team: The Bead Stack (an adding pyramid), Swap Knots (follow the threads through the knots), The Bead Stall (shopping with fair tokens), The Braid Stack (a pyramid where every bead sits on three)
- Stripe Team: Finish the Pattern (a repeating bracelet), Best-Friend Charms (pairs that make 20), Lost Beads (a pyramid to work up and down), Guess My Bead (number clues on a board of 50 beads)
- Spiral Team: The Bead Tray (look and count), Round the Loom (count on round a circle), The Mirror Bracelet (numbers the same from both ends), The Hidden Number (colour the 4 times table and a number appears)
- Everybody: String the Bracelet (a number chain), The Bracelet's Message (Bead Code) and The Friendship Steps (a pyramid maze)
- 4 kinds of math pyramid puzzle: add up, work back, three under one, and a pyramid maze for two friends
- The maths is for ages 6 to 10: counting, patterns, pairs to 20, adding and taking away within 100, odd and even, doubling and halving, the 3, 4 and 5 times tables. No fractions, no dividing

THE BEAD CARDS AND BEAD CODE
- 13 round bead cards to cut out (64 mm, 2.5 in): the gold clasp is on the table from the start, the twelve others are won one by one
- Bead Code is our own code: every letter is two beads in six colours. Each colour also has its own picture (heart, sun, star, leaf, drop, moon), so a black-and-white print works too
- Four cut-out Bead Code bracelets to wear and decode with, and paper Melu and Oki tokens for the climb
- The prize: name bracelets to colour in Bead Code, or string with real pony beads in the same six colours

NOBODY GETS STUCK
- Every code is checked on the Bead Board: a likely mistake shows a different sign, or is not there at all
- A hint card with three steps for every puzzle: a nudge, the first step, the answer
- An answer card, every solution explained, and every puzzle shown solved
- If the 60 minutes run out, nobody loses: the Friendship Fair simply waits until the bracelet is mended

WHAT YOU GET (instant download, 5 PDF files)
- The kit, US Letter (45 pages)
- The kit, A4 (45 pages)
- A tablet copy of the kit for the host, with HINTS and ANSWER buttons on the puzzles
- Party extras, US Letter and A4 (7 pages each): invitations and thank-you tags with type-in names, a door sign, team badges, name bracelets, two Bead Bingo cards to tick at the party and four friendship games
- Free bonus folder (QR code inside): the Lantern Market, 5 expert puzzles and a last lock for ages 9 to 11 with their own board, hints, answers and a certificate (14 pages), and an ink-saver edition of the kit

INSIDE THE KIT
- Host guide: what to print, how to fill the envelopes, a step-by-step script
- The story to read aloud, with pictures, and an ending
- How to Play, the Bead Board and 3 team journals with twelve true animal facts
- 12 puzzle pages and the three finale pages
- 13 bead cards, 4 Bead Code bracelets, climbing tokens, 13 envelope labels, a Hiding Places sheet for hunt play and certificates with type-in names
- Hint cards, an answer card, worked answers and solved pictures

GOOD TO KNOW
- Digital download only: nothing is shipped.
- Ages 6 to 10. 2 to 12 players in three teams. Sixes and sevens play best with an older child in the team or a grown-up who reads the clues aloud.
- About 60 minutes of play with three teams. One small team that plays everything needs about 80 minutes; the host guide has a shorter version.
- You need a printer (colour looks best), 13 envelopes, scissors, pencils, crayons and sticky tape. About 30 minutes to print, cut and fill the envelopes.
- Print at 100% (actual size), on one side of the paper.
- Play times are plans, not promises: the puzzles are checked by computer, but no real party has timed this game for us. Hints keep every team moving.
- Kind to every animal: no animal is chased, caught or harmed in this game. The animals keep the beads safe and give them back. The twelve animal facts are true. No holiday theme, so it suits birthdays, playdates and friendship days all year.
- Not suitable for children under 3 (small paper parts; real beads only with a grown-up).
- Love math pyramids? Creouts Publishing also publishes math pyramid puzzle books in paperback (search "Creouts Publishing" on Amazon).

LICENSE
For one family, one party or one classroom. Print as many copies as you need for your own players. No resale, sharing, uploading or claiming as your own; no AI training.

Digital files cannot be returned.