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Free Printable Winter Crossword Puzzles

Three winter crosswords for kids — an easy snow-day puzzle with a word bank, a winter fun puzzle, and a winter science crossword — each on its own illustrated border. Each is a two-page PDF (puzzle + answer key). Free to print, no signup.

Printable winter crossword puzzle for kids — Snow Day, easy, 9 words
easy

Snow Day

9 words · Ages 6–8 · word bank · answer key
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Printable winter crossword puzzle for kids — Winter Fun, medium, 12 words
medium

Winter Fun

12 words · Ages 8–10 · answer key
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Printable winter crossword puzzle for kids — Winter Science, hard, 14 words
hard

Winter Science

14 words · Ages 9–12 · answer key
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Winter crosswords for kids

These free winter crossword puzzles are written for elementary students and work all season long, from December through February. The easy puzzle prints its answers in a word bank, so early readers can match each clue to a word. The medium puzzle covers snowy-day vocabulary, from icicles to igloos. The hard puzzle is a winter science crossword about hibernation, migration, the winter solstice and why Earth has seasons, which makes it a good review for a weather or seasons unit. Every PDF is US-letter size with the answer key on page two.

Clues in each puzzle

Snow Day (easy, Ages 6–8)

Across

  1. 2. Frozen water
  2. 5. Warm jacket you wear outside
  3. 7. Ride it down a snowy hill
  4. 8. Build it from big balls of snow

Down

  1. 1. They keep your hands warm
  2. 3. Wear it on your head to stay warm
  3. 4. The opposite of hot
  4. 6. Warm shoes for walking in the snow
  5. 7. Cold white flakes that fall from the sky

Winter Fun (medium, Ages 8–10)

Across

  1. 2. Six-sided ice crystal that falls from the clouds
  2. 3. Ball of packed snow you can throw
  3. 6. Dome-shaped shelter built from blocks of snow
  4. 7. Gliding across the ice on blades
  5. 8. Pointy ice hanging from a roof
  6. 9. The first month of the year

Down

  1. 1. Indoor spot for a crackling fire
  2. 2. Tool for clearing snow off the sidewalk
  3. 3. Sliding down a mountain on two long boards
  4. 4. Snowstorm with very strong winds
  5. 5. Warm chocolate drink (two words)
  6. 7. Wrap it around your neck

Winter Science (hard, Ages 9–12)

Across

  1. 2. Earth is tilted on its ___, which causes the seasons
  2. 4. Frozen region around the North Pole
  3. 7. Long, deep sleep some animals take through the winter
  4. 10. The winter ___, around December 21, is the shortest day of the year
  5. 11. Moving somewhere warmer for the winter, as many birds do
  6. 12. Injury to skin, fingers and toes from extreme cold
  7. 13. Water turns to ice at its ___ point, 32°F (0°C)

Down

  1. 1. Describes trees that rest through the winter without growing
  2. 3. Rain that freezes into ice pellets as it falls
  3. 5. Thick layer of fat that keeps whales and seals warm
  4. 6. A snowflake is an ice ___
  5. 7. The Northern ___ has winter in December
  6. 8. Material, like fur or feathers, that keeps heat in
  7. 9. Mass of snow sliding down a mountainside

Want your own word list? The crossword maker turns any spelling or vocabulary list into a printable crossword, with the same winter borders. Looking for more? Try our winter color by number, winter bingo and the winter I Spy.