DLTK's Holiday Crafts for Kids
Halloween Crossword Puzzle

halloween crossword puzzlePrint out the Halloween crossword puzzle and solve the clues to fill in the blanks.  With options ranging from easy, picture-based puzzles to regular crosswords with or without word lists, there’s something here to engage every skill level and keep children excited about learning through play.
 

Information on Ages/Skills for the different crossword difficulties:

  1. Picture Crossword with word list:
    • intended for preschool through grade 1 children who are learning to read and form their letters
    • children sound out words from the word list and then match them with the picture
    • children copy the words from the word list into the crossword puzzle.
  2. Picture Crossword (no word list):
    • intended for grade 1 through grade 3 children who are learning to spell
    • children use the picture clues to figure out the words that go in the crossword
    • children print the words from the picture clues into the crossword puzzle.
  3. Word Clues (Regular) Crossword with word list:
    • intended for grade 1 through grade 4 children
    • children use the written sentence clues and the word list to figure out where the words go in the crossword
    • children print the words from the word list into the crossword puzzle.
  4. Word Clues (Regular) Crossword (no word list):
    • intended for grade 3 and up
    • children use the written sentence clues to figure out the crossword
    • children print the words into the crossword puzzle

Templates:


Picture Crossword                            color   or    B&W

Picture Crossword - with word list    color   or    B&W

Picture Crossword - answer key             B&W  only


Regular Crossword                            color   or    B&W

Regular Crossword - with word list    color   or    B&W

Regular Crossword - answer key              B&W  only


Spider Crosswords

 

Printable version of these instructions