FREE Christmas Wordsearch for Kids
Looking for an instant Christmas activity to entertain the kids this festive season? Our FREE Christmas wordsearch for kids is here to entertain, sprinkle in some festive cheer, and sneak in a little learning too!
With 9 Christmas puzzles, this free Christmas printable for kids is perfect for keeping children busy, building their vocabulary, and giving you a quiet moment for a mince pie (or two!).
Read on for creative ways to use this free printable Christmas activity for children and tips to make the most of these festive wordsearch puzzles.
Why Christmas Wordsearches Make Learning Fun!
Wordsearches are more than just fun puzzles – they’re an excellent way to combine learning with play! Christmas wordsearches for children are a festive favourite for parents and home educators. Here’s why:
- Boost Vocabulary: Wordsearches help children spot, recognise, and understand new words and letter patterns.
- Encourage Focus: Finding hidden words sharpens focus and improves attention to detail.
- Reinforces Spelling: Wordsearches help with spelling practice as children identify letter sequences -without it feeling like homework!.
- Build Confidence: Completing each wordsearch gives children a sense of achievement, inspiring them to tackle the next challenge!
From Santa’s reindeer to festive treats, these Christmas themed puzzles are a playful way to keep learning fun during the Christmas holidays.
What’s Inside the Free Christmas Wordsearch Pack?
Our Christmas wordsearch printable includes 9 festive-themed puzzles for kids, to keep them engaged while building vocabulary and spelling skills:
- Reindeer Names: Find Santa’s trusty helpers in this Christmas puzzle.
- Christmas Foods Wordsearch: From mince pies to traditional turkey, can you spot your favourite?
- Winter Wonderland Words: Celebrate all things frosty with this snowy wordsearch.
- Christmas Traditions: From Christmas stockings to crackers – what Christmas traditions do you do in your house? Why not find out about Christmas Traditions around the world.
- Different Names for Santa: Santa, St. Nick, or Père Noël – how many can you find?
- Nativity Vocabulary: Can you tell the nativity story behind Christmas? Use the words in the wordsearch to guide you.
- Christmas Decorations: Can you spot the decorations in your house as you find them in the wordsearch?
- Festive Treats: Candy Cane anyone? Tuck in to some of your festive treats whilst finding them in the Christmas wordsearch!
- Christmas Songs: Sing along while finding the names of Christmas songs.
These Christmas wordsearch printables are a perfect mix of fun and learning for the Christmas holidays!
Tips to Maximise the Christmas Wordsearch Fun
Want to add even more learning power to these Christmas puzzles for kids? Try these fun ideas:
- Colour Code Your Finds: Use crayons or markers to highlight each word in a different colour.
- Time Challenge: Set a timer and see who can find the most words in five minutes!
- Festive Rewards: Boost their sense of achievement with rewards! Reward completed wordsearches with small treats, like a Christmas sticker or a chocolate coin.
- Create Your Own Wordsearch: Get creative and make a personalised puzzle on Busy Things! It’s very easy to do, see below for details.
- Learning prompts: As suggested in the section above, take the fun even further by using each wordsearch as a learning prompt. For example:
- Sing the Christmas songs you’ve found in the wordsearch or recreate the tune using items around the house!
- Tell the nativity story step-by-step using the words as prompts.
- Make some of the festive treats you find in the wordsearch
Make Your Own Wordsearches on Busy Things
Did you know? Busy Things includes a resource maker where you can make a wide range of DIY printables, including wordsearches! Wordsearches are a fun way of expanding vocabulary, practising spelling and recognising new words.
It’s easy to customise wordsearches on Busy Things with any theme your child loves – turning their interests into an engaging learning activity.
- Choose a Theme: From dinosaurs to fairy tales, the possibilities are endless.
- Customise the Wordsearch Grid: Enter your words. Select grid size, word direction and letter case.
- Print and Play: It’s that easy!
This DIY resource tool is just one of many educational features you can explore with a Busy Things free trial
Explore More Christmas Activities for Kids on Busy Things
If you loved these Christmas wordsearches for kids, you’ll adore the other festive activities on Busy Things!
Christmas Miner Birds – children love this Christmas-themed maths game, a fun multiplayer candy cane adventure!
Christmas-themed learning game: Santa’s Sleigh Dash – Deliver presents while practising maths, word reading or shapes and colours.
Creative Christmas activities: Busy Things includes lots of festive art, design and music activities such as Decorate a Christmas tree.
SNOWBALL FIGHT!!!! Snowball shootout is a FUN Christmas game for kids (sneaking in bit of learning too of course!)
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Download Your Free Christmas Wordsearch for Kids Now!
Ready for some festive word-finding fun? Download our free Christmas wordsearch printable today and get started!
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