This winter word search hides 20 cold-weather words: Snow and Snowflake, a Blizzard and Frost, Mittens, Scarf, Boots and Skates, a Shovel for the driveway, Hot cocoa to warm up, and the Polar bear who doesn’t mind any of it. The letters are lowercase, and the page opens with two copies of the puzzle per sheet, ready to cut in half, so one sheet of paper serves two children.
A snow day activity
When school is called off, a printed puzzle buys a quiet half hour between sledding runs. Make it a set: print the puzzle, then ask your kids to write a short story that uses five of the words they found. Choose Easy for younger children (across and down only) or Hard if older siblings want a challenge in all eight directions.
In the classroom
Winter words fit a seasonal word wall or a January science unit about animals that Hibernate. Giving every table its own grid is one setting away: raise the versions number under Printing to match your tables. On the key pages each hidden word sits under a colored stroke, so you can check a finished sheet at a glance.
Change the words
Add the winter sports your class plays, the name of your town’s sledding hill, or the vocabulary of this week’s lesson. The puzzle is rebuilt as you type, and any word that doesn’t fit is named under the preview so nothing goes missing silently.
The 20 words in this puzzle
Snow · Mittens · Scarf · Sledding · Icicle · Blizzard · Frost · Snowball · Hot cocoa · Skates · Igloo · Boots · Shovel · Snowflake · Chilly · Freeze · December · January · Hibernate · Polar bear