Each of the following phrases below describes the name of a popular game. The dashes on the left side of each phrase represent the name of the game the phrase describes (Note: one dash is one letter, a space signifies a new word). Can you decipher the name of each of the games below?
(Hint: Not all of the clues pertain to the game itself. Some of the clues refer to the actual meaning of the word or phrase by which the game is named. Also, some of the games are board games, some card games, and some are games designed for a group of people.)

Each of the clues below refers to a five-letter word that contains either ‘HI’ or ‘LO’ within it. Can you find all of them?

1. part of your leg
2. something your hand wears
3. it’s part of a house and it’s not the walls
4. alot of birds
5. a winter color
6. a young adult
7. something you ski on
8. move to one side
9. related to a monkey
10. a boat does this

Can you find a word to match each category and starts with the letter in the left column?

Hidden in each of the sentences below is the name of a bird. Can you find them all? Hint: The letters of the name may be separated by spaces. Note: #10 has TWO birds hidden in it. Can you find them both?

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1. The crane lifted the car and dropped it into the crusher.
2. My pillow is stuffed with goose feathers.
3. I was walking by the building when someone yelled “Duck!”.
4. Jane and Jack went bowling last night.
5. “Do you see that star lingering on the horizon?” asked Tom.
6. As Sally watched, the beagle tripped over its own ear as it romped in the back yard.
7. The flaming oven had smoke billowing out of it.
8. “I only need one card in all the deck to go out,” Jake said.
9. “How will we find her in this crowd of people?” Cindy asked.
10. Chris wanted to ride the carousel in the park.

Below are twelve 6-letter words. Each word is split in half to make 3-letter pairs, for example, DOMINO would be shown as DOM and INO. These 3-letter pairs are all listed below. Put the pairs together to find the twelve 6-letter words. None of the letter pairs may be used more than once unless they appear more than once in the box.

Here’s something a little different – a themed puzzle about Walt Disney. So come on all you Disney fans (and all you parents with kids!), put your thinking caps on and give this one a try!

Using the clues given, fill in the grid boxes with the answers. In the grid, each horizontal row is one clue and the clues should be entered from the top down. So the first horizontal row goes with clue 1, the second horizontal row goes with clue 2, etc. When the grid is complete, read the highlighted boxes from top to bottom for the hidden message.

HINTS: The clues all refer to characters in Disney animated movie features. Some of the clues are one word, some are two. Don’t leave spaces between the words when entering a two word answer.

1. She bit into a poisonous apple
2. She sang “I want more than this provincial life.”
3. He was a “diamond in the rough”
4. He wanted to capture the apes to sell to the circus
5. He was seeking the shepherds journal
6. She entered the army to protect her father and gained honor for herself when she defeated the enemy
7. The whale swallowed him whole
8. He liked to decorate with antlers and eat a dozen eggs every day
9. This household servant had a son named Chip
10. He lived in Never Never Land
11. He said “and as I always say – if it’s not baroque than don’t fix it…..”
12. She came to the jungle to study the apes and decided to stay
13. This pious clergyman was no friend to gyspies or his adopted son
14. She pricked her finger on a spinning needle on her 16th birthday
15. This princess felt trapped and wanted to see the world
16. She blew up the balloon to stop Commander Rourke from getting away
17. Before his 21st birthday he needed loves first kiss or the spell would last forever
18. This girl’s adventure had her pretending to be a mother to the lost boys
19. An advisor who wanted to be both king and an all powerful sorcerer
20. He and his adopted family barely escaped the island before the meteor struck
21. He rang the church bells and wanted to have friends
22. She sprinkled pixie dust
23. This gypsy girl fell in love with the captain of the guard
24. He broke through The Great Wall and wanted to rule China
25. He sang “Be our guest. Be our guest. Put our sevice to the test.”
26. He said “Awesome living quarters, tiny living space”
27. She sang “In my past I’ve been a nasty, they weren’t kidding when they called me wella witch”
28. This crusty oldster was watching over his sister and bringing the herd to a safer place
29. She spoke the magic words to change herself into a dragon
30. She liked the newcomer to the herd, he was kind to others and very different from her brother
31. She was heir to the kingdom and over 8000 years old
32. He wanted to be a real guardian of the ancestral spirits, instead of the gong ringer.
33. This creature, who liked to write symphonies, was told to watch over a young girl by his king
34. She wanted to walk on the beach, not swim in the sea
35. This boy was raised by apes after a tiger killed his parents
36. He said “I want to be a real boy”
37. This fierce pirate was afraid of crocodiles

Witch Matilda was having a hard time with her pet bats. They insist on flying around and getting into trouble. Can you help her restrain them? Draw six straight lines through the box below so that each bat is left by itself.