Boredom Busters- Ways to fight Boredom During a Pandemic!

Using Secret Codes

Ways to fight boredom during a pandemic!

For kids and Adults!

Fun with secret codes

Types of codes: 

1. Replace each letter of the alphabet with a number corresponding to its place in the alphabet. 

Example the letter A = 1. 

2. Reverse the alphabet so that A=Z and Z=A. Example the word “the”= 20 8 5 or gsv. 

3. Move along one letter each so that A=B, the word “the” would now be: uif 

4. Move along two letters each so that A=C, the word the turns into: vjg        

5. Make an invisible ink message by writing with a white crayon on white paper, 

then to reveal the message color over it with a dark crayon. (Crayon resist method)
6. Another code can be to replace each letter of the alphabet with a symbol. 
Example of a symbol code



 
A 1 z
b 2 y
c 3 x
d 4 w
e 5 v
f 6 u
g 7 t
h 8 s
I 9 r
j 10 q
k 11 p
l 12 o
m 13 n
n 14 m
o 15 l
p 16 k
q 17 j
r 18 i
s 19 h
t 20 g
u 21 f
v 22 e
w 23 d
x 24 c
y 25 b
z 26 a
 
An example of a tongue twister.
A tongue twister to decipher: 

 
8 15 23    13 1 14 25   2 15 1 18 4 19    3 15 22 12 4   20 8 5



13 15 14 7 15 12 19     8 15 18 4 5     9 6      20 8 5   



13 15 14 7 15 12      8 15 18 4 5    7 15 20    2 15 18 5 4 ?




A poem to decipher:

          
Z nrtsgb xcvzgfiv ri gsv tvin.

         
Gslfts hnzoovi gszm a kzxbwvin.


Srn xfhglnzib wdvoormt kozxv


rh wvvk wrgsrm gsv sfnzm izxv.


Sri xsrowrhs kirwv sv lugvm kovzivi


yb trermt kvlkov igizmtv wrivahvh.


Wl blf nb uirvmw uvvo rmurin?


Blf kilyzyob xlmgzrm a tvin!


(Gsv Tvin yb Ltwvm Mzhs)