Free Printable Word Puzzles for Kids

Word puzzles are fun, educational, and a great activity for kids to do during the summer months.

They’re an easy no-prep activity to give kids either at home or for kids at a summer camp.

If you could use some boredom busters for kids, here is a whole summer worth of fun free printable word puzzles to give them. Grab a new puzzle each day.

There will be 6 different types of word puzzles for kids:

word searches
crossword puzzles
word scrambles
fill-in puzzles
word shape puzzles
cryptograms

Benefits of Word Puzzles

When I was a kid, I absolutely loved doing word puzzles. I would sit in a hammock, or in a chair around the campfire and found it so relaxing to work on a puzzle.

I did them for fun, but there are some other real benefits to word puzzles for kids. A word puzzle:

can help keep kids brains active and engaged, which helps reduce summer slide
introduces and expands vocabulary
improves spelling
enhances logic and problem solving skills
helps self esteem when they succeed in solving a puzzle
can aid reading ability
is portable and easy to take anywhere or anytime you need to keep your child occupied and quiet for a few minutes

A Summer of Word Puzzles

Week 1 – Fill- In Puzz

For the next 10 days, I will bring you a collection of printable word puzzles for kids.

Day 1 – Fill-In Puzzles

Day 1 begins with these fun summer themed fill in puzzles!

Day 2 – Word Search

Here’s a fun printable activity to take with you on your next camping trip or backyard bonfire: a campfire camping word search.

Day 3 – Cryptograms

Challenge your 4th grade and older children with these Disney movie themed cryptogram puzzles for kids

Day 4 – Word Shape Puzzles

For elementary aged students in the early grades, here are 2 letter writing and mail themed word shape puzzles.

Day 5 – Word Search

Either to celebrate the eagerly anticipated summer vacation, or as a relaxing activity during summer, here is a summer holidays word search for kids.

Day 6 – Crossword Puzzles

A space themed crossword puzzles for kids in grades 5 or 6 – or older.

Day 7 – Word Scramble

An African Safari animals word scramble for kids in grades 4 and up.

Many of the jumbled words are African animals that are 4th grade spelling words. This would be a fun worksheet to help kids work on the spelling of these words.