Buying guide
Printable activity packs for quiet time, car journeys, rainy afternoons and the classroom. This guide covers how to pick activities by age and skill, how to use them at home and at school, and the two kids' packs we make.
By the Buy Activity Books team · Updated · 3 min read
The best activity book for a child matches their skills: mazes for children who are not reading yet, word searches once they know their letters. A printable activity book lets you print a page whenever you need one, for travel, quiet time or a whole class, and print favourites again.
Thirty printable mazes that start small and grow, so a five-year-old can finish the first page and an eight-year-old still has a challenge at the end.
Thirty themed word searches with big, clear letters: animals, the ocean, space, food, weather and more. Words run across, down and diagonally.
| Mazes for Kids | Word Search for Kids | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | 5 to 8 | 6 to 9 |
| Puzzles | 30 | 30 |
| Grid | 6 by 6 to 14 by 14 | 10 by 10, 10 words |
| Difficulty | Grows page by page | Forwards and diagonal only |
| Pages (A4) | 40 | 40 |
| Answer key | Yes | Yes |
| Paper sizes | A4 and US Letter | A4 and US Letter |
| Price | $5.99 | $5.99 |
| Age | Try | Why |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Mazes | No reading needed, clear goal |
| 6 | Mazes and first word searches | Letters are becoming familiar |
| 7 to 8 | Larger mazes, themed word searches | Ready for longer tasks |
| 9 | Word searches | Longer words, more to find |
With a printed activity book, once a page is done it is done. A printable pack can be printed again for a sibling, a friend or another try, and you only print what you use.
Teachers may print copies for their own class. For personal and classroom use: print as many copies as your household or class needs. Each puzzle sits on its own page, so it is easy to hand out one at a time, as early-finisher work or a quiet-time activity.
The word searches cover farm animals, under the sea, space, fruit, vegetables, weather, things that go, bugs, dinosaurs, the jungle, pets, at school, toys, camping, birds, at the beach, jobs, feelings and more.
Every puzzle in our packs is generated and then checked by computer before it is allowed into a pack. Anything that fails a check is thrown away and replaced.
One route per maze
Every maze is a perfect maze, so there is exactly one way through.
One solution per sudoku
Each sudoku is solved by computer and kept only if it has one answer.
Every word once
Each word-search word is checked to appear exactly once in its grid.
Answers included
Every pack ends with a full answer key, in A4 and US Letter.
Mazes for Kids suits ages 5 to 8, and Word Search for Kids suits ages 6 to 9.
No. Our kids' packs are puzzles: mazes and word searches. Children are welcome to colour the pages once they have solved them.
Yes. Every pack ends with a full answer key, so a parent, teacher or the solver can check the work.
Straight away. The download page opens as soon as payment goes through, and a link is emailed to you as well, so there is no shipping and no wait.
After checkout you download a PDF in both A4 and US Letter. Print it on any home, office or school printer, single or double sided. Ordinary printer paper works well for pencil.
Yes. For personal and classroom use: print as many copies as your household or class needs. You may not resell the files or the printed pages.
