“Who Stole the

Cookie?”

A Gingerbread Man
Mystery
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 “Who stole the cookie?”
A Gingerbread Man logic game

Detective Marcus is trying to figure out who stole a cookie from the cookie jar. He needs
your help!

There are FIVE different “cookie thief” mysteries included with this game (on pages 5-9).
Each mystery contains unique clues and a unique guilty suspect. You can play any (or all!) of
the five mysteries.

To play, print out copies of the “suspects’ (page 4). *This game can be printed in greyscale
if you don’t want to print in color. As you read the clues in your mystery, the children will
begin to eliminate suspects. They should use crayons or markers to cross off the suspects
on their sheet. When they are down to one remaining suspect, they have solved the
mystery!

After you solve the mystery, color your own Gingerbread Man cookie thief on page 10!

TIP: With younger children, you may want to play this as a group game. You can talk
through the clues and help the children use deductive reasoning to eliminate suspects. The
group will work together to solve the mystery.
 Suspects
Cross off the gingerbread people if you DON’T think they stole the cookie.

Ginger Biscuit Joy

Sweetie Chip Snappy

Merry Happy George

 Cookie Mystery #1

Clues:

1. The Cookie Thief is not wearing earmuffs.

2. The Cookie Thief is holding something.

3. The Cookie Thief does not have a bow in her hair.

4. The Cookie Thief has three buttons.

The cookie thief is…

Happy
 Cookie Mystery #2

Clues:

1. The Cookie Thief is not holding something.

2. The Cookie Thief is wearing scarf.

3. The Cookie Thief is wearing earmuffs.

The cookie thief is…

George
 Cookie Mystery #3

Clues:

1. The Cookie Thief is not wearing a scarf.

2. The Cookie Thief is wearing a hat.

3. The Cookie Thief has two buttons.

4. The Cookie Thief is holding something.

The cookie thief is…

Joy
 Cookie Mystery #4

Clues:

1. The Cookie Thief is not holding anything.

2. The Cookie Thief does not have a bow on her head.

3. The Cookie Thief is not wearing a scarf.

4. The cookie thief has three buttons.

The cookie thief is…

Chip
 Cookie Mystery #5

Clues:

1. The Cookie thief is not wearing a hat.

2. The Cookie thief is holding something.

3. The Cookie thief has a bow on her head.

The cookie thief is…

Ginger
Who do you think stole the cookie? Color
your own Gingerbread Man cookie thief