A Christmas puzzle for every age
This Christmas word search comes in three versions made from the same holiday word list. The easy puzzle hides 10 familiar words like SANTA, ELF and BELL, running only across and down. The medium puzzle adds words such as WREATH, STOCKING and CANDY CANE, and lets them run diagonally. The hard puzzle hides 25 words in all eight directions, including longer ones like GINGERBREAD and MISTLETOE.
Ideas for using it
- Last day before the break: a quiet activity while you tidy the classroom.
- Christmas parties: print the hard version for adults and the easy one for kids, and race to finish first.
- Mixed-ability groups: all three puzzles share a theme, so everyone works on “the Christmas puzzle” at their own level.
- Early finishers: keep a few hard copies on hand during December.
For more winter fun, try the winter word search, the Hanukkah word search or the New Year’s word search.
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