The Christmas Cookie Mystery

Posted by Cindy on December 13, 2007

Christmas science doesn’t get much more fun than solving this mystery! You can find the directions and worksheets here and here.

Basically, a sneaky little elf switched some of Mrs. Claus’ cookie baking ingredients. My children had to test three mysterious white mixtures to determine which one was the cookie mix. Gathering materials takes a little effort (and we didn’t even have the iodine), but it was worth the time.