Free Secret Message From Santa Printable (Decode Game)

This secret message from Santa printable is an adorably fun free printable that you can have your Elf on the Shelf bring to your kids or have Santa mail it to your family. Your kids will delight in decoding secret messages straight from Santa!

Do you remember how you felt about the magic of Santa Claus as a child? I remember delighting in the mystery of that jolly old elf every holiday season.

The Christmas season is such a magical time of the year. Every year we love getting ready for the season by doing our family traditions.

Things like making cookies, crafts and ornaments, and doing fun activities such as Christmas Bingo, put us in the mood to enjoy the season and time together as a family.

My kids love this secret Santa message decoder printable, and it’s so much fun that I thought I would share it with you!

This secret message from Santa printable is great to use just for fun at home or you can have your Elf on a Shelf bring it from the big guy himself!

You can even have it arrive in the mail from Santa (instructions on that below).

I love activities like this that kids enjoy doing without looking at a screen. And this activity has it all: mystery, intrigue, challenge, and cute messages.

If you love great Christmas printables, also check out my Printable Christmas Bingo Game or Printable Christmas Ornament Coloring Pages!

Grab this free secret message from Santa decoder printable for an irresistibly fun way to build up the excitement for the big guy’s visit on Christmas Eve!

How To Give Your Secret Message Printable To Your Kids

There are several ways you can use this adorably fun printable free download (I don’t think there’s ONE best way to use it)! Try:

• Having your Elf on the Shelf bring it to your kids (not on the same day that they arrive with this arrival letter!)
• Letting your kids receive it in the mail from Santa at the North Pole (see instructions for this down below)
• Using it as a fun activity on Christmas Eve or at any point during the Christmas season (as a reminder to do good deed and stay in Santa’s Nice List!)

Have other ideas of ways to use this free printable secret Santa questionnaire? Leave ideas in the comments!

How To Use This Secret Message From Santa Printable

Here’s everything you need to know and have on hand in order to finish this printable as well as how to use it.

NOTE: You can use these with just your children, but there are 12 puzzles, so it’s also a good idea for a great way to entertain a group of people at a holiday party to classroom party. Make it contest among family members!

Gather These Supplies

• Secret Message Printable with included decoder (click the link or the image down below to download for free)
• Home Printer
• Cardstock
• Elf on the Shelf (optional)

Grab this free secret message from Santa decoder printable to give your kids a challenge they can’t resist! (Please note that these free printables are for personal use only – please don’t share or sell the digital files)

Secret Message Decoder Printable Instructions

1. Deliver the printables to your child in any of the different ways I suggested above.
2. Encourage your child to use the special decoder key wheel to decipher the symbols in the message. NOTE: you may need to help them put it together.  

This is a great exercise in problem-solving and can be a SUPER fun family activity (especially when someone makes a mistake in their decoding!).

What do the messages say?

I came up with 12 different fun holiday messages (written in Christmas icons – ha!) for your kiddos!

If you want to know what fun questions and secret messages I’ve included in this set before downloading it, here is the master list:

• Remember to pick up your toys
• You are elf-tastic!
• Remember the true meaning of Christmas
• Santa knows if you’ve been naughty or nice
• Jingle all the way
• Santa Claus is coming to town
• There’s still space on the nice list!
• Don’t forget about Santa’s cookies!
• Treat every day like Christmas!
• Can you hear the sleigh bells ringing?
• Have a holly jolly Christmas!
• Do one act of kindness today

How To Receive These Secret Messages In The Mail From Santa

If you’d like to add even more mystery and wonder to Santa’s secret message, you can have your child receive these printable secret messages from Santa in the mail! Here’s how:

The US Post Office has you covered by providing an easy way to get a letter back with an actual North Pole postmark! Send your child’s special secret Santa experience through their Greetings from the North Pole Post Office program.

To get a letter from Santa postmarked from the North Pole, here’s what you need to do:

1. Have your child write a letter to Santa and put it in an envelope addressed to: Santa Claus, North Pole.
2. Print off this free printable Secret Message Letter from Santa (don’t include the answer key!).
3. Put both letters into an envelope addressed to your child.
4. Add the return address: SANTA, NORTH POLE, to the envelope.
5. Make sure a First-Class Mail stamp is affixed to the envelope.
6. Put the complete envelope into another larger envelope, with required postage, and address it to:

NORTH POLE POSTMARK
POSTMASTER
4141 POSTMARK DR
ANCHORAGE AK 99530-9998

The USPS recommends sending your letters by December 7th so that they can be received by the Anchorage, AK, Postmaster no later than December 14.

Santa’s helpers in Anchorage, AK, will take care of the rest and your child will delight in receiving mail from Santa!

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If you love this secret message from Santa activity, be sure to check out these other ideas too!

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Grab this free secret message from Santa decoder printable to give your kids a challenge they can’t resist! (Please note that this free printable PDF file is only for non-commercial use – please don’t share or sell the digital files)

Merry Christmas, everyone!

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