Collection · Holidays & Seasons
173 Holiday Word Searches for Every Season
A word search for every celebration of the school year: back to school in September, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine's Day and Easter, with holiday-themed printable designs for each.
Holiday Word Searches by Celebration
173 puzzles in this collection
Halloween
Pumpkins, ghosts, witches and spooky hidden messages.
Explore collection →Valentine's Day
Hearts, friendship, flowers and love stories.
Explore collection →Easter
Egg hunts, bunnies, spring and the Easter story.
Explore collection →Christmas
Santa, carols, trees and Christmas around the world.
Explore collection →Thanksgiving & Fall
Thanksgiving dinner, harvest and autumn.
Explore collection →Back to School
School supplies, study skills and graduation.
Explore collection →Holiday Word Searches Through the School Year
Holidays are when word searches get printed the most: in class parties, on the kitchen table while the turkey roasts, in Easter baskets and inside Valentine's cards. This collection follows the calendar from the first week of school to Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine's Day and Easter.
Each holiday has its own printable designs, from pumpkins and ghosts to snowmen, hearts and Easter eggs, and puzzles for every age, from easy kids' grids to history, literature and vocabulary challenges for adults.
What Each Holiday Collection Covers
Halloween Word Searches
The biggest collection: easy, medium and hard puzzles, sixteen spooky shapes from a pumpkin to a crystal ball, and hidden-message puzzles with Halloween jokes and classic horror stories.
Valentine's Day Word Searches
Hearts and candy for kids, friendship and kindness for class, flowers, love letters and romantic cities, and mythology, literature and wedding vocabulary for adults.
Easter Word Searches
Egg hunts, bunnies and chicks for young children, spring flowers and Easter traditions, the religious Easter story, world traditions, and a shamrock for Saint Patrick's Day.
Christmas Word Searches
Santa, reindeer, carols and decorations, Christmas around the world, Christmas literature, music and history, and shapes from a tree to a gingerbread man.
Thanksgiving & Fall Word Searches
Thanksgiving dinner and gratitude, Pilgrims and Native American cultures, harvest and autumn science, and the history and literature of fall.
Back to School Word Searches
School supplies, classroom items and subjects for the first day, study and library skills, college preparation, STEM careers and a graduation cap.
A Holiday Word Search for Every Month
Fall: September to November
School Supplies for the first day, Easy Halloween for October and Thanksgiving Dinner for November.
Winter: December to February
Christmas Basics, the snowman shape and Easy Valentine's Day for Kids.
Spring: March to May
The shamrock for Saint Patrick's Day, the Easter Egg Hunt and the graduation cap for the end of the year.
Holiday Means "Holy Day"
The word holiday comes from the Old English hāligdæg, "holy day". For centuries most days off work were religious feasts; the meaning of a vacation or a celebration of any kind came later.
Frequently asked questions
Which holiday has the most word searches?
Halloween, with 57 puzzles, including easy grids for kids, hard ones for adults, sixteen shaped puzzles and hidden-message puzzles.
Are there holiday word searches with themed designs?
Yes. When you print, each holiday offers its own designs: pumpkins and ghosts for Halloween, snowflakes and holly for Christmas, harvest leaves for Thanksgiving, hearts for Valentine's Day and Easter eggs for Easter.
Are there holiday word searches for classroom parties?
Every holiday has easy puzzles for young children and medium ones for upper elementary, and Half Sheet prints two copies per page to save paper.
Are there religious holiday word searches?
Yes: the religious Easter story, biblical Easter and Easter theology, and Christmas history and traditions, alongside the secular puzzles about Santa, bunnies and candy.