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Free Printable Valentine’s Day Crossword Puzzles

Three Valentine’s Day crosswords for kids — an easy one with a word bank, a class Valentine party puzzle, and a Valentine’s Day history and traditions crossword — each on its own illustrated border. Each is a two-page PDF (puzzle + answer key). Free to print, no signup.

Printable valentine’s day crossword puzzle for kids — Hearts and Hugs, easy, 9 words
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Hearts and Hugs

9 words · Ages 6–8 · word bank · answer key
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Printable valentine’s day crossword puzzle for kids — Class Valentine Party, medium, 12 words
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Class Valentine Party

12 words · Ages 8–10 · answer key
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Printable valentine’s day crossword puzzle for kids — Valentine’s Day History, hard, 11 words
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Valentine’s Day History

11 words · Ages 9–12 · answer key
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Valentine’s Day crosswords for kids

These free Valentine’s Day crossword puzzles are written for elementary students and focus on friendship and kindness, so they fit a classroom party. The easy puzzle prints its answers in a word bank, so early readers can match each clue to a word. The medium puzzle is full of class party vocabulary, from valentine mailboxes to cupcakes with sprinkles. The hard puzzle covers the holiday’s history and traditions around the world, including the poet Geoffrey Chaucer, Esther Howland’s early American valentine cards, Welsh lovespoons and Finland’s Friend’s Day. Every PDF is US-letter size with the answer key on page two.

Clues in each puzzle

Hearts and Hugs (easy, Ages 6–8)

Across

  1. 1. Light red color, like a candy heart
  2. 3. Wrap your arms around someone you care about
  3. 5. A flower with soft petals and a thorny stem
  4. 6. You write a note inside it and give it to a friend
  5. 7. Someone you like to play with

Down

  1. 2. Being nice and caring to others
  2. 3. A shape that stands for love
  3. 4. Sweet treat in a valentine box
  4. 5. The color of a valentine heart

Class Valentine Party (medium, Ages 8–10)

Across

  1. 2. Decorated box that collects your class valentines
  2. 3. A card you give on February 14
  3. 4. Being friendly, helpful and caring
  4. 7. Hard candy on a stick
  5. 9. Strip of fabric tied in a bow
  6. 10. Small frosted cake for the class party
  7. 11. Sparkly bits that make a card shine
  8. 12. Soft, cuddly stuffed toy (two words)

Down

  1. 1. Sweet brown treat that comes in heart-shaped boxes
  2. 5. Peel it off and press it on a card
  3. 6. Tiny colored candies on top of frosting
  4. 8. Paper holder you seal a card inside

Valentine’s Day History (hard, Ages 9–12)

Across

  1. 1. English poet of the 1300s whose bird poem is the oldest known to link Valentine’s Day with love
  2. 3. In Denmark, a pressed ___ flower is tucked into a secret rhyming letter
  3. 4. Ancient city where Saint Valentine is said to have lived
  4. 6. Esther ___ sold some of the first mass-produced valentine cards in America in the 1840s
  5. 7. Valentine’s Day falls on the 14th day of this month
  6. 8. Saint ___, an early Christian martyr the holiday is named after
  7. 9. Carved wooden gifts given as love tokens in Wales
  8. 10. Roman god of love, drawn with a bow and arrow

Down

  1. 1. In Japan, it is traditional to give this treat on February 14
  2. 2. Red flowers that are the most popular Valentine’s Day gift
  3. 5. In Finland, February 14 is a day to celebrate this

Want your own word list? The crossword maker turns any spelling or vocabulary list into a printable crossword, with the same valentine’s day borders. Looking for more? Try our Valentine’s Day word searches, Valentine’s Day bingo and the Valentine’s Day I Spy.