Doing a puzzle is great exercise for your child's brain! These printable puzzles make fun time-fillers too.
Puzzles
Puzzles
Dot-to-dots, mazes, crosswords, wordsearches and more
Dot-to-dots
Dot-to-dot puzzles help younger children practise their number skills, whilst having fun.
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Little white paws puzzleConnect the dots to find out who has little white paws! -
Doggy dot-to-dotJoin the dots and colour in the picture.
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Underwater puzzlesSea turtles live in warm coral seas, and in cooler oceans. Join the dots to see who else lives with the turtles.
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High in the sky dot-to-dotYounger children can practise their pen control with these friendly dot-to-dot puzzles.
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Arctic dot-to-dotsCan you complete the snowy scene by joining each group of dots?Age: 5-6 yearsDownload
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Calming dot-to-dotsJoin the dots to complete the creepy-crawlies.
Word searches
Find the hidden words in puzzles that boost spelling skills.
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Pirate wordsearch puzzleWhich pirate stole the ship? Solve the wordsearch to find out!
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Toy WordsearchSkateboard or scooter? What would you like for Christmas? Find all the toys hidden in this wordsearch.
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Sporty wordsearchesHop, skip, jump and flop - can you spot all the words in these jumping wordsearches?Age: 7+ yearsDownload
Mazes
Help your child develop problem-solving skills with these maze puzzles.
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On the Moon mazeHelp astronaut Buzz find the way back to the lunar module.
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Great Wall of China mazeCan you help the tourists find their way to the Great Wall of China?
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Pirate treasure mazeWhich pirate galleon will reach the treasure first?
Look and find puzzles
Children's patience and observation skills will be put to the test with these look and find puzzles.
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Look and find big catsFind the big cat dressed for bed, the missing hat, belt and shoes and more.Age: 5-6 yearsDownload
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Lots of dogs to findCan you spot a dog who can tell the time? A dog wearing a collar and lots more?Age: 5-6 yearsDownload
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Dinosaur puzzleCan you spot a dinosaur with a laptop, a sneaky snake and lots more in this dinosaur picture?Age: 5-6 yearsDownload
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Kangaroo look and find puzzleCan you spot a kangaroo in a bow tie? Eight kangaroos with shopping bags and a kangaroo with a birthday cake?Age: 5-6 yearsDownload
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Look and find in the forestCan you spot a dog, a fox up a tree, a fox in a box, and more?Age: 5-6 yearsDownload
Crosswords and Sudoku puzzles
Great for logic, memory development and vocabulary building.
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Winter crosswordSolve the clues to fill in the blank spaces with wintery words.
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Horses and ponies crosswordCan you fit the horsey words into the grid?
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Planet Earth Crosswords 1Can you solve these two crosswords? (Answers on the second page).Age: 5-6 yearsDownload
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Fishy puzzleFill in this underwater sudoku puzzle.
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Valentine's Day SudokuFill every row, column and block with the six symbols at the bottom.
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Snowy sudokuChallenge yourself and fill in the grids, rows and columns with the word ‘snow’.
Online puzzles
No need to print off these activities because they're all online! Try a world adventure game, a memory puzzle game and a nature-themed look and find puzzle. Click through for links to some of the best from Usborne Quicklinks.
