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Campfire Camping Word Search

Here’s a fun printable word search for kids to take on your family’s next camping trip.

The campfire themed word search is a relaxing activity your kids can do while sitting around the campfire or your backyard bonfire.

Free printable campfire camping word search for kids.  There are 24 hidden campfire words for kids to find and circle in an 18 X 18 grid of letters.  The one page black and white printable puzzle has a picture of a crescent moon and some stars and a bonfire with marshmallow's being roasted on a stick.  Kids can color the images if they wish.

Difficulty Level

The difficulty level is medium.

It’s probably best for kids in 4th grade or older.

There are 24 words hidden in every direction in the 18 X 18 grid of letters. They can be found forwards or backwards, horizontally, vertically and diagonally.

Campfire Words

The campfire camping word search puzzle has 24 hidden campfire themed words for kids to find and circle.

There are campfire words:

  • campfire
  • flame
  • smoke
  • wood
  • log
  • matches

Things you need around a campfire:

  • blanket
  • chairs
  • bug spray

And of course words for eating around the campfire:

  • outdoor cooking
  • hot dog
  • snacks
  • roasting sticks
  • marshmallow
  • s’mores

Activities around the campfire:

  • sing alongs
  • stories

Vocabulary related to being outside in nature:

  • nature
  • forest
  • night
  • stars

Summer holidays words:

  • summer
  • vacation

And of course, what camping word search would be complete without the word:

  • ranger
Free printable campfire camping word search for kids.  There are 24 hidden campfire words for kids to find and circle in an 18 X 18 grid of letters.  The one page black and white printable puzzle has a picture of a crescent moon and some stars and a bonfire with marshmallow's being roasted on a stick.  Kids can color the images if they wish.

Coloring Activity

For kids that wish, there are a few images on the page for them to color.

Coloring can be very relaxing while sitting around the open campfire. A few pencil crayons is all that’s needed.

Printable Camping Word Search

You can download and print the campfire camping word search below. It’s free. The pdf includes answers.

More Camping Word Puzzles

Here are some more fun camping word puzzles to take on your next camping trip:

More Summer Word Puzzles

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Answer Key

Here is the answer key for this campfire word search:

A color coded campfire camping word search answer key.