The Midnight Lantern Mystery
A spooky library mystery where teen A2 learners discover key Halloween vocabulary through three puzzles of increasing difficulty.
A free Escape Room for Teens at CEFR A2 level. Topic: Halloween mystery (Remix).
It is Halloween night in the small town of Greywood. Someone stole the magic lantern from the old library, and now all the town lights are going out! The librarian locked you inside to find the thief's secret clues. Solve the puzzles, learn the Halloween words, and find the code to open the door…
Solve three Halloween word puzzles to collect three letters and spell the secret code that unlocks the library door.
Puzzles
- 🎭 The Witch's Clothes: On Halloween, Mia wears a black hat and a long black dress. She wants to look like a witch. These special clothes help her look like a different person. What do we call these clothes?
- 🎃 The Orange Clue: Unscramble this word: KPMUNIP. Clue: It is a big, round, orange vegetable. On Halloween, people cut a scary face in it and put a candle inside.
- 👻 The Ghost House Code: The thief left a secret note. Decode the word using A=1, B=2, C=3 ... Z=26. Clue: People say ghosts live in the old house at the end of the street. Nobody goes there at night. It is a ______ house.
Printable worksheet
This Escape Room comes with a free printable worksheet: 1 part for students to do after the game, and an answer key for the teacher. It prints at three levels (Support, Core and Challenge); this is the Core sheet. Sign in free to print the whole sheet.
What's on the worksheet
- Escape on paper · Open every lock. Write each answer.
Part 1: Escape on paper
Open every lock. Write each answer.
- 🎭 The Witch's Clothes On Halloween, Mia wears a black hat and a long black dress. She wants to look like a witch. These special clothes help her look like a different person. What do we call these clothes? a) costume b) uniform c) pyjamas d) coat
- 🎃 The Orange Clue Unscramble this word: KPMUNIP. Clue: It is a big, round, orange vegetable. On Halloween, people cut a scary face in it and put a candle inside. K N M P I U P
- 👻 The Ghost House Code The thief left a secret note. Decode the word using A=1, B=2, C=3 ... Z=26. Clue: People say ghosts live in the old house at the end of the street. Nobody goes there at night. It is a ______ house. 8-1-21-14-20-5-4 A1 B2 C3 D4 E5 F6 G7 H8 I9 J10 K11 L12 M13 N14 O15 P16 Q17…