Thanksgiving, Halloween and fall word searches
Three word searches and two word scrambles for September to November. Thanksgiving and Halloween each have both kinds of puzzle; the fall word search covers the season itself.
Thanksgiving word search
The dishes, the gathering and the gratitude of Thanksgiving in an easy or a hard grid.
Thanksgiving word scramble
Thanksgiving words with their letters mixed up, in a short and a long round.
Fall word search
Leaves, acorns, orchards and cool mornings: the autumn season without either holiday.
Halloween word search
Ghosts, witches, cobwebs and candy. Spooky, not gruesome, in an easy or a hard grid.
Halloween word scramble
Spooky words with muddled letters: a quick short round and a harder long round.
Thanksgiving, Halloween or plain fall?
The Thanksgiving word search is written for the long afternoon around the meal. The words are the dishes on the table and the things people say they are grateful for, so it suits a mixed table of grandparents and children. Put a printed copy at each place, or use the Thanksgiving word scramble as a quick game while the turkey rests.
Halloween is the lively one. Its list is full of ghosts, witches and things that go bump, kept friendly enough for a primary classroom. The Halloween word scramble is good for a party because unscrambling a short spooky word takes seconds and everyone can join in.
The fall word search leaves both holidays out. Leaves, acorns, orchards, sweaters and the three autumn months make a list that works from the first week of school until the first frost, and for readers who do not keep either holiday.