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OCTOBER GAMES

Note that these games are currently non-interactive and likely the best ways to complete them are either to use your device screen to view or expand the pictures, or to print them from your pc.

Answers will be posted at the beginning of the next month along with new versions of the games!

FIND THE DIFFERENCES

List 10 differences between the two pictures below

Example:

1. The yellow toned trees and bushes are now red toned.

Original Picture: A family decorates a spooky tree with Halloween lanterns, surrounded by autumnal foliage and a full moon in a vibrant illustration, celebrating the spirit of the season. Altered Picture: A family decorates a tree with Halloween lanterns, surrounded by autumnal foliage and a full moon in a vibrant illustration. Items have been added to, or changed in, the picture for the game purposes.

+ Image Descriptions: (expand to view)

Ten answers are hidden within! Can be used with a screen reader (beware of spoilers!)

Original Picture: A family decorates a spooky tree with Halloween lanterns, and spiders and webs. Orange and yellow toned trees and bushes make up the foliage in the background, and there is a clear full moon. The boy is wearing a blue coat and hat, and brown shoes. He is holding a lantern in each hand. The dad is wearing a purple sweater and is reaching up to place a lantern in the tree. The little girl next to the dad is holding a spider. The little girl next to the tree is holding a green lantern. The mom is wearing an orange jacket, a green skirt, and brown shoes. There is a purple lantern and a spider hanging from the branch to the right of the mom's head.
Altered Picture: A family decorates a spooky tree with Halloween lanterns, and spiders and webs. Orange and red toned trees and bushes make up the foliage in the background, and there is a gray full moon circled by three bats. The boy is wearing a blue coat and hat, and brown boots. He is holding a lantern in each hand. The dad is wearing a purple sweater and is reaching up to place a lantern in the tree. The little girl next to the dad is holding a spider decoration. The little girl next to the tree is holding a green lantern, and there is a ghost above her. The mom is wearing an orange jacket, a green skirt, witch's boots and a witch's hat. There is a ghost above the mom, and a black cat next to her. There is a purple lantern hanging from the branch to the right of the mom's head, and a spider hanging from the branch above the branch with the purple lantern.

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Instructions:

Each puzzle has clues labeled "Across" and "Down", which tell you where to put each word.
Read the clues and write your answers in the puzzle grid, one letter per square.
Use the letters from other words you've filled in to help solve harder clues.

THEME: Cornhole

(Level of difficulty: MEDIUM)

This crossword puzzle is a grid of 12 rows by 7 columns with 1 ACROSS and 1 DOWN starting in the fouth square from the upper left corner. See long description below.

+ Description of the puzzle grid: (expand to view)

Crossword puzzle grid description: (this description may be used with a screen reader by those with low vision to sketch the grid)
Grid is 12 rows by 7 columns (or twelve squares down by seven squares across).

Row 1: the first, second, and third squares are blocked-out; the fourth square starts item 1 ACROSS for a word containing 3 characters, and also starts item 1 DOWN for a word containing 7 characters; the seventh square is blocked-out.
Row 2: the first, second, and third squares are blocked-out; the fifth, sixth, and seventh squares are blocked-out.
Row 3: the first, and second squares are blocked-out; the third square starts item 2 ACROSS for a word containing 5 characters.
Row 4: the first, second, and third squares are blocked-out; the fifth, sixth, and seventh squares are blocked-out.
Row 5: the first square is blocked-out; the second square starts item 3 DOWN for a word containing 8 characters; the third square is blocked-out; the the fifth, sixth, and seventh squares are blocked-out.
Row 6: the first square starts item 4 ACROSS for a word containing 4 characters; the fifth, sixth, and seventh squares are blocked-out.
Row 7: the first square is blocked-out; the third square is blocked-out; the fifth, sixth, and seventh squares are blocked-out.
Row 8: the first square is blocked-out; the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh squares are blocked-out.
Row 9: the first square is blocked-out; the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh squares are blocked-out.
Row 10: the first square starts item 5 ACROSS for a word containing 5 characters; the sixth, and seventh squares are blocked-out.
Row 11: the first square is blocked-out; the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh squares are blocked-out.
Row 12: the first square starts item 6 ACROSS for a word containing 4 characters; the fifth, sixth, and seventh squares are blocked-out.

ACROSS

1. Cloth sack filled with beans tossed in this game

2. Structure with a slanted surface with a hole

4. Target for scoring (hint: In-The-____)

5. What it is called when the bag is tossed and comes to rest anywhere on top of the board, worth 1 point (hint: In-The-Count)

6. When the bag is tossed and bounces off the ground first or hits an object prior to landing on the board it is invalid (it is also a foul), which results in zero points, and should be removed from the board. It is a ____ bag. (hint: not alive)

DOWN

1. When the bag stops others from scoring

3. A toss that falls in the hole and is worth three points