Best Free Printable Halloween Word Search Puzzles for Kids
Last updated: August 18, 2025 by the Homemade Gifts Coloring Team
I have a confession: I’m a huge wimp when it comes to Halloween. I will choose Halloween word search puzzles over scary movies and haunted houses every time. Whether you like to skip the spooky stuff or you live for a good fright, everyone can enjoy a Halloween word search puzzle to get in the Halloween spirit. These are great for kids as well, and might even teach them some new vocabulary and spelling skills.
Choose from among our easy, medium, and hard Halloween word search puzzles. You’ll find a range of fun themes and designs. You can color these in for even more fun! Or check out some Halloween crafts that might liven up your party this year. You can click below to go to the relevant section, or browse the entire collection. Don’t forget to grab the solutions at the end!
Easy | Medium | Hard | Solutions
And if you can’t choose, we offer a convenient free PDF pack of our Halloween word search printables.
Easy Halloween Word Search Puzzles
Gather the kids around for easy Halloween word searches. They contain 10 hidden words that are either right or down. You don’t have to worry about any backward or diagonal words here.
Medium Difficulty Halloween Word Search Puzzles
Let’s crank up the difficulty a little. These puzzles are a bit harder and contain 20 words instead of 10. Words will be horizontal or vertical, and some are backwards.
Hard Halloween Word Search Puzzles
Don’t be scared of our hard Halloween word search puzzles. You got this! Search for 30 hidden words that can be horizontal, vertical, diagonal, or backward.
All Halloween Word Search PDF Pack Download
There’s no trick here, just a wonderful treat. Download all of our Halloween word searches in one convenient PDF pack.
Solutions for Halloween Word Searches
If you’ve got a couple words that you just can’t find, discover the answers here.
Spooky Halloween Crafts
If Halloween word searchers simply aren’t enough Halloween fun for you, check out these spooky craft projects. They’re great for celebrating the holiday or preparing for a party.
Set Up a Halloween Party Craft Table
If you’re throwing a Halloween party, it’s a great idea to set up a craft table for the kids. This can direct children’s energy toward something productive and gives your party some structure.
Set out candy for the kids to munch on while they craft. Then set up some simple crafts. Halloween word search puzzles are a great craft for this, as are things like pumpkin painting.
Make Your Own Spooky Wreath
Before the holiday hits, you can start decorating with a spooky, cool wreath for the front door. Start with a plain wreath from a craft store. Obviously, if you can find a black one, that’d be best, but if you can’t, you can spray paint a plain wreath. The most important thing is that there aren't a lot of other decorations on the wreath.
That’s because you’ll add your own spooky decorations, which includes things like bats, spiders, and cobwebs. These aren’t conventional wreath designs, but that’s okay since this is for Halloween. If you need inspiration, maybe the words in our Halloween word searches can spark some ideas.
Create a Haunted Village
You can make your very own haunted Halloween village using bird houses! Simply get some plain bird houses and paint them black or gray. Looking pretty spooky already, right?
You may want to add some additional touches, however. You could drape them in cobwebs and add tiny bats as well. Maybe some elements of your Halloween word searches could make an appearance. Cut out the characters on the word searches and place them in your houses.
More Halloween Printables for Kids
I hope you enjoyed our Halloween word search puzzles! If you're looking for more Halloween activities, take a look at our huge collection of coloring pages and printables! They're all completely free to download and will keep your little ones happily busy.
- Halloween Coloring Pages
- Candy Coloring Pages
- Pumpkin Coloring Pages
- Sugar Skull Coloring Pages
- Ghost Coloring Pages
- Witch Coloring Pages
- Haunted House Coloring Pages
- Pumpkin Carving Stencils
- Pumpkin Templates
- Bat Templates
- Autumn & Fall Coloring Pages
- Fall Word Search
Or if your kid just really loves word searches, check out our complete collection of Printable Word Searches on All Topics and our Hard Word Searches.
Looking for a laugh? Check out our Halloween Jokes, Skeleton Jokes, and Spider Puns. Or test your spooky holiday knowledge with our Halloween Trivia.
