Halloween Puzzles for Kids
Word searches, mazes, crosswords, dot to dots, bingo and a scavenger hunt, all for Halloween. Play them on the screen with a finger or the pencil, or print them with the answers. Each one comes in four sizes, from kindergarten to 8th grade, and a new one is a tap away.
Pick a puzzle
- Halloween Word SearchBats, ghosts and pumpkins hide in the letters. Find them all!
- Haunted House MazeHelp the ghost, the bat or the black cat find the haunted house!
- Halloween CrosswordPicture clues, spooky words. Fill in the boxes!
- Halloween Dot-to-DotJoin the dots to find a bat, a ghost, a pumpkin or a witch's hat!
- Halloween BingoPeabody calls the pictures. Get a line to win!
- Halloween Scavenger HuntHunt around the house for spooky things. Tap each one you find!
- Count the CandyHow many treats in the bag? Count them, then pick the number!
- Halloween Secret CodeCrack the code to read the punchline of a Halloween joke!
- Halloween Memory MatchFlip two cards. Find every pumpkin, bat and ghost pair!
- Halloween Spot the DifferenceTwo spooky pictures that are almost the same. What changed?
- Where's Peabody? HalloweenPeabody is hiding on Halloween night. Can you find them?
- Costume Logic PuzzleUse the clues to work out who wore which costume.
- Halloween RiddlesWhat am I? Pick from three pictures. Then giggle at a joke!
Halloween word search
Bats, ghosts, pumpkins and witches hide in the letters. The youngest get four short words with a picture beside each; older kids get SKELETON and CAULDRON in every direction. Open Halloween Word Search →
Halloween maze
Help a friendly ghost, bat or black cat find the haunted house. Five-by-five for a first maze, up to eighteen-by-eighteen. Open Haunted House Maze →
Halloween crossword
Picture clues for kindergarten and 1st grade (a broom, a bat, a moon), then first letters and word clues for older kids. Open Halloween Crossword →
Halloween dot to dot
Join the dots to find a bat, a pumpkin, a ghost, a cat or a witch's hat. Older kids skip count by 2s, 5s and 10s. Open Halloween Dot-to-Dot →
Halloween bingo
Print six different picture cards and the calling cards for a party, or play one card on the screen while Peabody calls. Open Halloween Bingo →
Halloween scavenger hunt
An indoor hunt with a picture for every clue, so a child who can't read yet can play: something orange like a pumpkin, a spoon to stir a witch's brew. Open Halloween Scavenger Hunt →
Halloween math activities
Count the candy, add and take away, bag it in tens, share it fairly, and times tables in trick-or-treat bags. A worksheet for every grade. Open Count the Candy →
Halloween riddles
"I'm orange and round. On Halloween I get a face." Three picture answers each, read aloud, and Halloween jokes too. Open Halloween Riddles →
Halloween coloring pages
Bats, black cats, a haunted house, candy corn and Peabody trick-or-treating: Halloween coloring pages to color on the screen or print, with a color-by-sum version of each.
Printable Halloween worksheets for a class party
Every sheet prints in black and white with a Name line, and the answers come out on a second page. Each sheet has a number (No. 4821), so a whole class can do the same word search or maze. Bingo prints six different cards. Nothing needs a sign-up, and nothing a child writes on the screen leaves the device.
More for Halloween week
Jokes and riddles at Halloween jokes for kids, a countdown and a printable bucket list at Halloween HQ, and things to do inside on a wet fall day in the Rainy Day Box. Pumpkin faces to carve and paint are in the Pumpkin Patch, treats to make in the Spooky Kitchen, crafts in the Haunted Workshop and games in Halloween games for kids. The rest of the puzzles, all year, are in the Activity Book.
Questions grown-ups ask
- Are these Halloween puzzles free?
- Yes. Every puzzle is free to play on the screen and free to print, with no sign-up and nothing to download.
- What ages are they for?
- Each puzzle has four sizes. Easy suits preschool and kindergarten (pictures beside the words, ten dots, a three-by-three bingo card); Super suits 6th to 8th grade.
- Can I print them with the answers?
- Yes. The Print button prints the puzzle, and a second page with the answers. Halloween Bingo prints six different cards and the calling cards to cut out.
- Are they too scary for little ones?
- No. Everything is spooky-cute: smiling ghosts, friendly bats and grinning pumpkins. There is nothing gory, no jump scares and no timers.
- Will there be a new one tomorrow?
- There is a new one every time you press New one. Each sheet has a number, so you can send a friend or a class the same puzzle.