Free Printable Seasonal Word Search Puzzles
Holidays and the turn of the year, for when you want a puzzle that matches the calendar.
81 puzzles · 12 words on a 12 × 12 grid, or 8 on a 10 × 10 in the Gentle line · always free, no account
One for each turn of the year — Christmas traditions, a Thanksgiving table, Halloween night, valentine hearts, Easter morning, the first signs of spring, a summer picnic, autumn harvest, a snowy morning, New Year's Eve. These are the puzzles activity directors and family caregivers reach for, because a holiday puzzle gives a room something to talk about. They print on one page, and the answer key prints separately, so a stack of them is quick to prepare.
By holiday
Every seasonal puzzle, A to Z
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A Flag Day Morning
Thirteen stripes and fifty stars hoisted on the flagpole, unfurled and saluted with Betsy Ross recalled.
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A Kitchen in Puebla
Tortillas and tamales, tomatillo and chilies, queso fresco and mole sauce with limes and black beans.
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A Long Light Evening
Swallows and moths at dusk, warm stones and afterglow lingering into a late sunset after suppertime.
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A Quiet Remembrance
Poppies and laurel wreaths, a bugle call and folded flag at the memorial with the flag at half staff.
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A Snowy Morning
The first snowy morning of the year, with mittens, a scarf, flurries, a shovel by the door, and footprints across the drifts and the snowbank.
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A Spooky Story
One storyteller, a hushed room, firelight, and an old legend told in a slow voice with creaking, footsteps, and a twist ending.
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A Summer Solstice Evening
The longest evening of the year: crickets and fireflies, honeysuckle on the fence, a lawn chair, iced tea, and a sprinkler ticking at sundown.
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A Valentine in the Post
A handwritten verse and rosebuds under a postmark, sealed with affection and posted to a sweetheart.
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A Vase of Peonies
Blowsy blush pink heads cut for the table center, generous stems arranged from a May garden.
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A Warm Afternoon
Drowsy shimmer and haziness, a deck chair in cool shade with lemonade through lazy golden hours.
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A Winter Sunday
Frosted windows and icicles on the eaves, a hushed morning of lanterns, kettles and a warm armchair.
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Apple Picking Day
McIntosh, Cortland, Winesap and Jonathan fill the fruit crate while a step ladder leans down the orchard row.
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Autumn Harvest
Welcome autumn with pumpkins, orchards, hayrides, changing leaves, warm sweaters, and the season's harvest.
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Back to School Morning
A new backpack, a packed lunchbox, fresh crayons and loose leaf, and a sharpener waiting in the classroom on the first morning.
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Blossom on the Bough
Pale pink cherry and apple boughs laden in the orchard, perfumed with humming bees at petal fall.
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Carving Pumpkins
Spread the newspaper and pick up the spoon: stencils, seeds, a candle stub and the smell of a jack o lantern lid coming off.
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Christmas Traditions
Celebrate familiar Christmas traditions with evergreen, ornaments, caroling, gingerbread, stockings, and snowflakes.
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Classic Monster Movies
Saturday night in black and white: a castle laboratory, a thunderstorm, a werewolf under a full moon, and one silver bullet.
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Creatures of the Night
A barn owl on silent wings above a hollow tree, ravens and crows settling, field mice and toads, and yellow eyes at the hedge.
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Earth Day Planting
Saplings and native trees for volunteers, pollinators and bees, with composting along the hedgerows.
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Easter Morning
A sunrise egg hunt fills the basket with jellybeans and marshmallow chicks before the bonnet parade lines up outside.
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Easter Sunday Lilies
Lilies, tulips and hyacinth, a wicker basket for the egg hunt and simnel cake after Sunday lunch.
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Fireworks Over the Bay
Rockets and cascades bursting gold over the harbor, sparklers on picnic rugs to a brass note finale.
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Friday Night Football
The marching band and the cheer squad fill the bleachers while the pigskin sails past the goalpost under the field lights.
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Frost Ferns on Glass
Silvery tracery etched on the windowpane, plumed crystal spikelets thawing at a finger trail.
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Gourds and Squash
Butternut, hubbard, delicata and kabocha crowd the farm bin beside a turban gourd, an acorn squash and one warty rind.
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Halloween Costumes
Pirates, princesses and painted-on whiskers. An easy large print word search puzzle about dressing up for Halloween.
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Halloween Decorations
Hay bales and a corn shock on the front steps, mums in a pot, paper bats on the glass, a door wreath, and a spider ring in the grass.
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Halloween Night
A grinning pumpkin, a costume, a black cat, and a spiderweb wait in the moonlight while the hayride rolls past.
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Halloween Party Games
Apple bobbing and a mummy wrap, charades and a blindfold guessing round, ring toss for a party favor, and a scavenger list.
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Halloween Pumpkins
A porch full of carved pumpkins: the scooped seeds, the orange glow and the toothy grin waiting by the front step.
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Harvest Moon
A September moonrise over the cornfield: a full moon clearing the treetops, haystack and pitchfork in silhouette, and a barn owl in the night sky.
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Haymaking
Mowing and tedding into windrows, the baler through swathes of scented hay under a dry spell.
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Heat Lightning
Pale flashes flickering on cloud tops with no thunder, watched from the porch in warm August dark.
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Kites in March
Diamonds tugging on tethered strings, tails soaring from a hilltop into a breezy spring sky.
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Late Summer Light
Amber and dewy mists at a lower sun, ripe hedges and quiet fields through a long golden dusk.
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Leaf Raking Weekend
An October Saturday of raking: a leaf pile by the driveway, the wheelbarrow out, work gloves on, and a cider donut for after.
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Light Until Nine
Still bright at nine and a short night after, with long shadows across the June garden.
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Maple Sugaring Season
Sap buckets hang on every sugar maple in the snowy woods, woodsmoke and steam rise at the sugar shack, and pancakes wait on the griddle.
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March Winds
Blustery squalls scudding over the treetops, a weathervane whirling under billowing cloudbanks.
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Mardi Gras Parade
Floats and masks in purple and gold, king cake and confetti along a crowded street.
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Mud Season
Rutted lanes and tire tracks in soft ground, a boot brush earning its keep by the step.
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Mums and Asters
Mums, asters, marigold and sedum in clay pots on the porch steps, frost hardy beside goldenrod, kale and russet red.
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New Year's Eve
Confetti, streamers, and balloons fill the room while everyone waits for the countdown to midnight and the fireworks.
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Presidents Day
Mount Vernon and the Capitol, an almanac and a surveyor's chain, with portraits, monuments and liberty.
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Rain on the Window
Drizzle streaming down misted panes, a downpour pattering on the sills with umbrellas blurred beyond.
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Showers and Sunshine
April skies changeable and fleeting, with scattered showers, warm spells, rainbows and damp grass.
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Signs of Spring
Watch for the first tulips, a crocus, a robin on the lawn, and galoshes splashing through puddles as spring finally arrives.
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Snow on the Roofs
Snow drifting over shingles and gutters, sparrows on the gables and a whitened skyline in silence.
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Stars on a Warm Night
Orion and the Milky Way over dark skies, meteors and a satellite crossing at moonrise in still air.
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Summer Picnic
Pack the basket with a sandwich, coleslaw, pickles, and lemonade, then spread the blanket for a long summer afternoon.
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Sunflowers by the Fence
Giant blooms towering over the palings, nodding southward with a goldfinch on the seeds in August sun.
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Sweater Weather
A cardigan, corduroy and tweed with a knit cap, a scarf and thick socks, layers and boot laces for a crisp wind.
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Thanksgiving Table
Turkey and stuffing, cranberry and pumpkin pie, a wishbone saved for later, and gratitude around the table on a November afternoon.
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The Candy Bowl
What ends up in the treat bag: licorice and taffy, a jawbreaker, bubble gum, mini bars, and the great candy swap on the living room floor.
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The Cider Mill
Apples become juice at the cider press: pomace, an oak barrel, a gallon jug at the spigot and doughnuts by the mill wheel.
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The Corn Maze
Tall rows of cornstalks rustling overhead, a maze map gone useless, one wrong turn after another, and dusty boots at the field edge.
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The Costume Box
The trunk in the attic opened again: old sheets and safety pins, cardboard and tin foil, a felt hat, an eye patch, and a glue stick.
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The Day of Jubilee
Galveston and emancipation proclaimed, with cookouts, red drinks, anthems and parades marking heritage.
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The Fall Festival
Booths in the school gym: a cake walk and a bake sale, face painting, a pony ride outside, funnel cake, and a raffle at the end.
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The First Day of Spring
The equinox brings blossom and catkins, primrose and birdsong, with new leaves budding through showers.
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The First Frost
A frosty pane, a silver lawn and stiff grass at early dark, with mittens, a scraper, row covers and the last tomato brought in.
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The Frozen Pond
A glassy surface between reeds and willows, with skaters, mallards and a footbridge over thawing ice.
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The Green Parade
Shamrocks and emerald banners, drummers and a marching band processing past streamers and harps.
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The Groundhog's Shadow
Punxsutawney in February: a woodchuck emerges from the burrow and onlookers wait on the forecast.
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The Harvest Field
Straw bales and trailers along the field edge, a dust cloud in late sun over golden acres at dusk.
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The Haunted House
Creaking shutters, a dusty attic and cobwebs on the chandelier. A free big print word search tour of the old haunted house.
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The Heat of the Day
Drawn blinds and deep shade, cool drinks and fans turning over hot paving until the evening cool.
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The Height of Summer
Heat haze over baked dry earth, long shadows at noonday under open cloudless midsummer skies.
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The Last of the Snow
Slush and rivulets dripping into puddles, songbirds and greening verges as the days grow longer.
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The Maypole Ribbons
Garlands plaited on the village green, a fiddle and morris dance circling the May queen in flower crowns.
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The Meadow at Noon
High sun on shadeless clover and sorrel, the drone of bees and chirring in stillness by a single oak.
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The Rain Gauge
Millimeters measured overnight in a glass tube, readings tallied in a notebook against the averages.
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The Road to Montgomery
Marchers and speeches on the road to Montgomery, a boycott remembered for its courage and dignity.
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The Scarecrow
Burlap and straw stuffing in a patched shirt on a fence post, with button eyes, a straw hat, old boots and a crow call.
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The Sun Room
Wicker chairs and potted palms under a glass roof, geraniums and louvres in the late afternoon light.
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The Thunderstorm
Forked flashes counted to distant rumbling, sheet rain in the drains and petrichor on cleared air.
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The Witch's Brew
A black pot bubbling with herbs and a toadstool, a spellbook open, green smoke, a pointy hat, a broomstick, and a cackle.
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Trick or Treating
A big print word search about trick or treating night: doorbells, porch lights, pillowcases and a sidewalk full of little visitors.
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Valentine Hearts
Roses, a bouquet, chocolate truffles, and a love letter from a secret admirer make the evening sweet by candlelight.
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Windows Thrown Open
Sashes lifted to milder spring air, curtains billowing and dust motes in the sunlight through shutters.
Printing these puzzles
Open any puzzle above and choose Print this puzzle. It lays out on a single page — the title, the grid and the word list — with letters large enough to solve in pen. A second button prints the answer key on its own sheet, marked so it is easy to tell from the puzzle at a glance and easy to keep aside.
Nothing here needs an account, and nothing expires. Print as many copies as you like for a family, a classroom, a library or an activity hour.
To collect a run of them, open make your own puzzle book and filter by theme — every seasonal puzzle is listed together, and whatever you pick comes back as one set.