Buying guide
Children stay with a puzzle book when the first pages feel easy and the later pages stretch them a little. This guide covers which puzzles suit which ages, what to look for, and the two printable kids' packs we make.
By the Buy Activity Books team · Updated · 3 min read
Choose a kids' puzzle book by reading level. Children who are not reading yet do best with mazes, which need no words. From about six, word searches with big letters and familiar themes build letter skills. Look for difficulty that grows page by page and an answer key for grown-ups.
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 | Good puzzles | Our pack |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Small mazes, no reading needed | Mazes for Kids, first pages |
| 6 | Larger mazes, first word searches | Both packs |
| 7 to 8 | Big mazes, themed word searches | Both packs, later pages |
| 9 | Word searches with longer words | Word Search for Kids |
A book that is the same difficulty from start to finish gets finished in a day or abandoned on page three. Our mazes grow from 6 by 6 to 14 by 14 through the pack, and the word searches mix short and longer words across thirty themes.
Thin lines and tiny letters frustrate young children. Our maze paths are wide enough for a chunky pencil or crayon, and the word-search letters are set large on a 10 by 10 grid.
With a printed book, a page done is a page gone. With a printable pack, a favourite maze can be done again, a sibling can have their own copy, and a page that went wrong can simply be printed fresh.
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. They need no reading, the goal is obvious, and small mazes can be finished quickly. Our maze pack starts at 6 by 6 for exactly that reason.
They need to recognise letters and match short words. Most children manage that from about six. Our kids' word searches only run across, down and diagonally down to the right.
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.
