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Christmas Advent Calendar

33 reviews

52 days until Christmas

Count down to Christmas with 12 unique puzzles in a magical advent escape room.

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Clever puzzles like in a real escape room
Self-checking coded envelopes confirm every answer
Works with real padlocks (optional upgrade)

Play time12 days
Best forFamilies

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Instant PDF download
Answer sheet included
Event and business licenses in the cart
4.8 from 4,000+ reviews

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The story

Christmas Advent Calendar

Dive into holiday magic with our Printable Advent Calendar Escape Room! Unfold a captivating story, solve puzzles, and save Christmas from mischievous forces. Perfect for family fun or solo enjoyment, our printable escape room offers a festive blend of storytelling and brain-teasing challenges. Download, print, and let the adventure begin – the perfect addition to your holiday celebrations!

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What's inside

Everything inside your kit

Included in your download

Illustrated setup instructions
Coded envelopes in theme with the game
Story cards that tell the story chapter by chapter
Game materials to solve the puzzles
Printable Hint Strips™ that offer gradual guidance directly to the players

How to play

Read. Solve. Unlock.

Read the story Open the intro and step into the mystery.
Solve the puzzles Team up to crack one clever puzzle after another.
Unlock the ending Every answer moves you forward, all the way to the grand finale.

FAQ

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Christmas Advent Calendar Escape Room | 12 Days of Holiday Mystery

Transform your Christmas countdown into an interactive adventure with this unique DIY printable escape room that doubles as an advent calendar! Experience the magic of the holiday season through 12 captivating puzzles that can be solved day by day or enjoyed in one exciting session.

Two Ways to Play This Magical Adventure!

Daily Christmas Countdown: Solve one puzzle each day leading up to Christmas, creating a new family tradition
Single Adventure: Gather the family for a 60-90 minute immersive holiday experience

A Story That Brings Christmas Magic to Life!

Each puzzle comes with its own beautifully crafted story card, weaving an enchanting holiday narrative that unfolds with every challenge solved. Follow along as each new chapter reveals more of this festive tale, building excitement day by day or chapter by chapter.

Perfect For:

Family Christmas Traditions
Alternative to Traditional Advent Calendars
Holiday Party Entertainment
Christmas Eve Activities
Winter Break Family Fun
Multi-Generation Problem Solving

Why Families Love This Special Format:

Flexible Play Options: Choose daily countdown or single-session adventure
All-Ages Appeal: Balanced puzzles perfect for whole-family participation
Instant Download: Start your holiday adventure immediately
No Special Materials: Just needs regular paper, scissors, and glue
Screen-Free Entertainment: No internet required during gameplay
Story-Driven Experience: Rich narrative enhances each puzzle
Reusable Design: Save for next year's holiday season

Your Magical Download Includes:

12 unique Christmas-themed puzzles
12 story cards that build the narrative
15 themed envelopes that contain the clues (can be replaced if wanted)
Complete setup instructions (video + written)
Hints and solutions for each individual puzzle

Create lasting holiday memories with this innovative blend of advent calendar excitement and escape room challenge. Perfect for families looking to add an extra sprinkle of interactive magic to their Christmas traditions!

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What players say

This printable escape room delivers challenging, engaging puzzles perfect for families and holiday celebrations. Customers praised its "creative" design, easy printing, and bilingual options. Suitable for ages 10-75, though some found it slightly easy. One customer noted chocolates tasted off. Setup takes about an hour. Highly recommended for "non electronic fun."

It was actually challenging, where he had to really think about some of the problems.
My 10 yr old had a blast doing this! Highly recommended for non electronic fun.
I absolutely adore the thought and effort into this game - made every Christmas party a blast.

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5 stars: 31 (94%)
4 stars: 2 (6%)
3 stars: 0 (0%)
2 stars: 0 (0%)
1 star: 0 (0%)

We're only 5 days in and my girls are loving this adventure to save Christmas. I'll keep coming back to this shop for escape games

Difficulty: Quite tricky

Player type: With kids (under 12)

Duration: Over 2 hours

A fun & challenging escape room

My son loved it. It was actually challenging, where he had to really think about some of the problems. Since then he keeps asking for more escape rooms! I will definitely come back to this creator.

Very cute- doing it long distance with the family

Chocolates taste is a little off but otherwise my family and i are having a great time

Really pleased with this download. It was easy to print and assemble. Have put this together for Grandparent's Advent calendar we make each year. My 10 year old son loved testing it, so much so, that I am about to order more escape rooms for his birthday! Thank you.

I got this for my son 12 years old. And he did it with his friends. He loved it

Excellent alternative to candy calendars — my son loved it.

Really, really good.

This was the first time enjoying this type of game. I really enjoyed the creative of the game and the storyline was really interesting.

Remarkable!

Did this in 2023 and would've done it again in 2024 if it was different

That's so kind of you, Tiffani! We release new adventures all the time, so we can't wait to have you back next Christmas!

Fresh, unique and easy to understand games.

Great printable escape room! We really enjoyed it and it was beautifully made.

Really enjoyed doing this one in the run up to Christmas!

Christmas Escape Room Advent Calendar DIY Christmas Escape Room Printable

We are half way through this advent calendar and the family loves it. It's a little tough for the 12 and under kids, but the 15-75 relatives are enjoying it. I printed 4 out and send them to family.

Wszystko ok, kontakt ze sprzedającym super.

Very nice and easy to print!

Thank you so much! We haven't played this one yet (purchasing ahead for the holidays), but I really appreciate that you offer the game in English and Spanish, as we have family members who only speak one or the other and now, we'll finally all be able to play together!

Kind feedback, Excellent quality, What can I say more?

Digital download it was a fun game a little to easy for my super sleuths

My second purchase from them! I absolutely adore the thought and effort into this game - this has honestly made every Christmas party a blast. Thank you!

beautiful graphics, will purchase from this shop again.

This is our 4th year purchasing a Mysterylocks escape printable for Christmas. Our family of 4….(kids are now 18&20)….enjoys it each year! Our Christmas morning wouldn’t be the same without it. I think this was our favorite yet! You can spread the clues out over the 12 days of Christmas….use them as an Advent calendar…..or do in one sitting like we did.

Kids had a great time with this yesterday at our Xmas cookie party.
We used a lock box at the end that they needed to input a code into to open a reward from Santa…

My 10 yr old had a blast doing this! It was easy to put together. Took me about an hour or so to cut out and set up the pieces. Highly recommended for non electronic fun.

Still haven't used it but it printed great and the instructions are clear and easy to follow!

The Advent escape was just what we needed on a wet, winter era afternoon. Having the pdf on my tablet (as well as the print ou) makes viewing the smaller icons much easier.

Great Escape Game for an Adventcalendar!

Really fun advent adventure. We started it today - easy to follow setup.

Perfect! Will be adding a lock box at the end so they can open with last code on Christmas Day!

My family loves all the MysteryLocks puzzles, and I can’t wait for them to dig into this one! So far, it looks great, as usual!

Looks great. Can’t wait to play!

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Explains the set up perfectly, the puzzles themselves were very good :) We played with four of us initially as one team but ended up competitively racing to work everything out boys v girls (girls won😉) - worked well both ways! Was a really fun night, will most likely buy from this shop again 🫶🏼

Player type: With adults

Raven Mansion Mystery- Pure Delight!

We played this as a family of four (2 parents and 2 adult kids) at our son's birthday weekend getaway. We all had an amazing time exploring, learning and (eventually) escaping! The website element was so well done and truly set the stage for the entire event! Well done!

Duration: 1–2 hours

Great fun for a rainy day!

This was lots of fun! We did this as a group of 3 and it took about 90 minutes. Easy to set up, and next time I'll try adding boxes and locks to add to the atmosphere.

Difficulty: Easy and fun

Duration: 30–60 minutes

Fun Easter activity

The kids enjoyed this Easter escape and only needed a few clues on certain ones. Aged 9 and 12. I loved the way all the clues and pieces were in envelopes and kept together. It made it look very nice and organized.

What a wonderful experience! We loved playing this for my son's 24th birthday! The online portion was so well done and we worked together to get all the puzzles solved (used the hints too!). Thank you so much!

We had someone much fun!!!!🤩🤩🤩

We had so much fun!!!🤩🤩🤩 I will say, it was on the hard side for us which made it an absolute great evening!!!!

I printed it twice and had 3 on 1 team and 4 on the other (1 didn't show up🫣) . That was the perfect amount to work on this game. I did use some envelopes to put some of the items in so I didn't have to fold them as much. I just wrote inside the door to open the coinciding envelope when the room was opened.

We did have to use some clues to get through. The website was awesome with guiding you throughout the game.

We look forward to our next game night doing one of these puzzles.🤩

(I didn't get a picture of everyone☹️ but one group did take a picture. 🥰)

hatte Potenzial mit etwas Bastelarbeit ein cooler escape rooms zum Anfassen zu werden

Difficulty: Just right

Player type: With teens (13–17)

Monster Chest - 14th birthday party

We had a 14th birthday party with seven boys, at least four of whom were used to escape rooms. Everything went very smoothly and the materials were high quality. The kids definitely had fun. It took them a little longer than an hour to do it, but they weren’t trying to rush. Even though they were all one team, I printed two copies of everything so there wouldn’t be seven people all huddled around one piece of paper. In retrospect, I would have printed at least four copies so everyone could truly see and remain engaged. I would have also printed the room and the chest a lot bigger, just to make it a bit more immersive. I swapped out the envelopes for boxes with 4-digit locks, to make finding the code more satisfying. I would say the 3.5 difficulty was just right for the experienced players and a little too hard for those who had never done an escape room before. We will definitely buy more kits for future parties.

Oh my gosh! This was so much fun Easter Morning. I set the game up for my husband and two grown children. What a riot watching them figure out the clues so the could get the next clue.
I highly recommend!!

It was a great experience for the whole family

It was a great experience for the whole family, my 18, and 20 year olds were intrigued and dedicated to solving the puzzles. Everyone had a wonderful time while using our brains, lol.

Really great puzzles

Really great puzzles, lovely story, easy to follow and if not, the clues are there! Great way to take our Easter Egg hunt to the next level!

We did this as a family of four and really enjoyed it! I went full immersive. Loved the details of the box and the envelopes

The Easter Escape Room was fun. My 15 and 13 year olds (who are skilled escape roomers) took about 25 minutes to complete it, along with searching the house for the 11 envelopes they needed. The directions and clues were clear.

Fun...but need more of a challenge.

This one was a bit on the easy side for our family (18-26 years old). But we did enjoy it and will try another one in the future. The next one, we will split up into teams and compete against each other to add a little more excitement.
Couple of suggestions, the font on the cards is hard to read and some of the words were above our pay grade. And honestly, most of the puzzles were solved before our narrator was done reading the card. But overall, it was a great game.

Great game. Whole family enjoyed and difficulty-level was pitched right for my 12 and 13 year old. My only critique would be to improve the contrast of the text on the base layer of puzzle two, as when printed out, the blue text on blue background was a little difficult to read.

So cute and fun, great graphics!

Player type: With kids (under 12), With teens (13–17), With adults

Super fun!

Super fun escape room! Easy to print, cut and set up. I printed 4 sets and split our large family into groups to solve. Everyone had a great time!

Difficulty: Very challenging

From the Printer to the Banquet Hall

Last year, we bought "The Pirate Box" Escape Room from Mystery Locks to use for our high school's Spring Banquet. We tweaked the story a little and gave it a "Goonies" intro, inviting the students to free "One-Eyed Willie!" We went all out, building a room that modeled the inside of a Pirate ship, complete with skeletons and treasure! The students had a blast! We are looking forward to this year's banquet as we tackle "The Venice Heist!" Thank you, Mystery Locks!

If you would like to see our Escape Room, here is a public link to a silent video through Canva! Thank you!

https://www.canva.com/design/DAHATVV-CZM/FVu4iH8Jmmu6sL8cTWH_Cw/watch?utm_content=DAHATVV-CZM&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=hda909b91de

Duration: Under 30 minutes

Great for kids!

The hunt went really well! My kids are 7, 9, and 12, and the level was just about perfect for them with the exception of a couple *really* easy ones. We gave the super easies to my 7 year old, and she was fine with it but one of them was truly too easy, maybe more appropriate for a child just learning to read (to solve the clue you just had to be able to read in a spiral). Otherwise, it was fun and good quality!
Looking forward to trying some of the higher level games and playing with adults!

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