The residents of Sunnyside Village have a wonderful scarecrow competition every year, and everyone gets involved. This year is no exception, with the pupils of Sunnyside Primary School having made a wonderful Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, and Dr Campbell has created a fabulous Red Mummy Bear scarecrow! Mr and Mrs Beasley have made a lifelike scarecrow of Peter Rabbit and the Singh family have made a cheeky looking clown scarecrow. However, disaster has struck! Some naughty person has swapped all the scarecrow heads around! Peter Rabbit has Cinderella’s head, Cinderella has a clown’s head, and poor old Dorothy has Mummy Bear’s hairy head attached! As Chief Inspector, it is your job to look at all the character descriptions and the five clues left behind, and unmask the Scarecrow Head Swapper! The Mystery of the Mixed-Up Scarecrows Page 1 of 7 visit twinkl.com.au
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The residents of Sunnyside Village have a wonderful scarecrow competition every year, and everyone gets involved. This year is no exception, with the pupils of Sunnyside Primary School having made a wonderful Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, and Dr Campbell has created a fabulous Red Mummy Bear scarecrow! Mr and Mrs Beasley have made a lifelike scarecrow of Peter Rabbit and the Singh family have made a cheeky looking clown scarecrow.
However, disaster has struck!
Some naughty person has swapped all the scarecrow heads around! Peter Rabbit has Cinderella’s head, Cinderella has a clown’s head, and poor old Dorothy has Mummy Bear’s hairy head attached!
As Chief Inspector, it is your job to look at all the character descriptions and the five clues left behind, and unmask the Scarecrow Head Swapper!
The Mystery of the Mixed-Up Scarecrows
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NameMale/Female
Tall/ShortColour of Headphones
Favourite drink Favourite sweets
Layla F Tall Blue Cola Lollies
Jessie F Tall Green Lemonade Laces
Brandon M Short Red Cola Lollies
Bilhal M Short Green Water Sherbert dip
Tomas M Tall Blue Cola Lollies
Monika F Tall Red Lemonade Laces
Jayden M Short Purple Fruit juice Jellies
Mackenzie M Tall Blue Cola Laces
Mandeep M Short Purple Water Jellies
Lara F Short Green Water Jellies
Emily F Tall Orange Fruit juice Laces
Mia F Short Purple Fruit juice Lollies
Pasha M Tall Purple Lemonade Jellies
Yang M Tall Green Cola Sherbert dip
Billy M Tall Blue Cola Jellies
Zoe F Short Red Water Jellies
George M Tall Purple Lemonade Laces
Freya F Short Green Fruit Juice Lollies
Alice F Tall Blue Water Sherbert dip
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Fill in the missing numbers on the number lines.
Colour in the last numbers in each row, in the table below.
Then, rearrange the words to make a sentence and solve the first clue.
Answer to Clue 1:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Clue 1Backwards and Forwards
79 78
54 55
88 87
33 34
91 90
22 21
83 sweets
22 before
85 scarecrow
82 the
39 head
35 laces
77 cola
90 short
73 swapper
60 tall
10 blue
16 was
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Sort these numbers into multiples of 2 or 5. If there are more numbers in the multiples of 5 group, the culprit is male.
4
15
6
25
10
35
12
5
14
45
55
(Circle the correct option)
Answer to Clue 2: The culprit is male / female.
Clue 2Multiple Sort Out
Mult
iple of 2
Multiple of 5
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Match up the correct written times with the clock faces.
Then order the words to make a sentence to solve Clue 3.
Clue 3Match the Times Up
Answer to Clue 3:
half past one half past four quarter to two half past nine
pair found were a
quarter past ten half past one eleven o’clock quarter past eight
headphones pair blue lemonade
half past three one o’clock quarter to ten five o’clock
jellies purple bottle of
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Clue 4Most to Least Amounts
The scarecrow head swapper dropped their drink bottle near one of the scarecrows!
Find the totals of the amount of money in each purse. Order the amounts in the purses from the most to the least. Use the table to work out what type of drink bottle was found, to solve the clue.
Answer to Clue 4: The drink bottle was .
Water c, d, a, b
Lemonade a, b, c, d
Cola c, a, b, d
Fruit Juice d, a, c, b
A
C
B
D
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Laces Sherbert dip
Jellies Lollipops
A few sweets were found beside the Mummy Bear scarecrow, where the head muddler had dropped them.
These faces have been made from 2D shapes.
Add together all the sides of the shapes used in each face.
Whichever face is made from 14 sides, will tell you which type of sweets were found beside the Mummy Bear scarecrow.
Clue 5Sharp Faces
Answer to Clue 5:
The scarecrow mischief maker was .
Have you solved the mystery?
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The Mystery of the
Mixed-Up Scarecrows Answers
The residents of Sunnyside Village have a wonderful scarecrow competition every year, and everyone gets involved. This year is no exception, with the pupils of Sunnyside Primary School having made a wonderful Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, and Dr Campbell has created a fabulous Red Mummy Bear scarecrow! Mr and Mrs Beasley have made a lifelike scarecrow of Peter Rabbit and the Singh family have made a cheeky looking clown scarecrow.
However, disaster has struck!
Some naughty person has swapped all the scarecrow heads around! Peter Rabbit has Cinderella’s head, Cinderella has a clown’s head, and poor old Dorothy has Mummy Bear’s hairy head attached!
As Chief Inspector, it is your job to look at all the character descriptions and the five clues left behind, and unmask the Scarecrow Head Swapper!
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NameMale/Female
Tall/ShortColour of Headphones
Favourite drink Favourite sweets
Layla F Tall Blue Cola Lollies
Jessie F Tall Green Lemonade Laces
Brandon M Short Red Cola Lollies
Bilhal M Short Green Water Sherbert dip
Tomas M Tall Blue Cola Lollies
Monika F Tall Red Lemonade Laces
Jayden M Short Purple Fruit juice Jellies
Mackenzie M Tall Blue Cola Laces
Mandeep M Short Purple Water Jellies
Lara F Short Green Water Jellies
Emily F Tall Orange Fruit juice Laces
Mia F Short Purple Fruit juice Lollies
Pasha M Tall Purple Lemonade Jellies
Yang M Tall Green Cola Sherbert dip
Billy M Tall Blue Cola Jellies
Zoe F Short Red Water Jellies
George M Tall Purple Lemonade Laces
Freya F Short Green Fruit Juice Lollies
Alice F Tall Blue Water Sherbert dip
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Fill in the missing numbers on the number lines.
Colour in the last numbers in each row, in the table below.
Then, rearrange the words to make a sentence and solve the first clue.
Answer to Clue 1: The scarecrow head swapper was tall.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Clue 1Backwards and Forwards
79 78 77
86
89
56
35
20
76
85
88
57
36
19
75
84
87
58
37
18
74
83
86
59
38
17
73
82
85
60
39
16
54 55
88 87
33 34
91 90
22 21
83 sweets
22 before
85 scarecrow
82 the
39 head
35 laces
77 cola
90 short
73 swapper
60 tall
10 blue
16 was
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Sort these numbers into multiples of 2 or 5. If there are more numbers in the multiples of 5 group, the culprit is male.
4
15
6
25
10
35
12
5
14
45
55
There are more multiples of 5 than 2.
Answer to Clue 2: The culprit is male / female.
Clue 2Multiple Sort Out
Mult
iple of 2
Multiple of 5
4 6 10
12 14
55
10 15
25 35 45
5
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Match up the correct written times with the clock faces.
Then order the words to make a sentence to solve Clue 3.
Clue 3Match the Times Up
Answer to Clue 3: A pair of blue headphones were found.
half past one
eleven o’clock
quarter past ten
quarter to two
half past nine
half past four
five o’clock
half past one half past four quarter to two half past nine
pair found were a
quarter past ten half past one eleven o’clock quarter past eight
headphones pair blue lemonade
half past three one o’clock quarter to ten five o’clock
jellies purple bottle of
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The scarecrow head swapper dropped their drink bottle near one of the scarecrows!
Find the totals of the amount of money in each purse. Order the amounts in the purses from the most to the least. Use the table to work out what type of drinks bottle was found, to solve the clue.
$2.15
$2.95
$1.20
85c
Clue 4Most to Least Amounts
Answer to Clue 4: The drink bottle was cola.
Water c, d, a, b
Lemonade a, b, c, d
Cola c, a, b, d
Fruit Juice d, a, c, b
A
C
B
D
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Laces Sherbert dip
Jellies Lollipops
A few sweets were found beside the Mummy Bear scarecrow, where the head muddler had dropped them.
These faces have been made from 2D shapes.
Add together all the sides of the shapes used in each face.
Whichever face is made from 14 sides, will tell you which type of sweets were found beside the Mummy Bear scarecrow.
Clue 5Sharp Faces
Answer to Clue 5: Jellies
The scarecrow mischief maker was Billy.
Have you solved the mystery?
12
14
11
16
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