Spooky Halloween Word Search Printable for Older Kids (Free)
Have fun this Halloween with our free Halloween word search printable with 13 spooky vocabulary words.
This Halloween word search will certainly make your homeschool day more interesting when it comes to it! But even if you have kids at school, they will absolutely love this fun activity.
We wanted to create a “harder” word search for older kids, as all of the other word searches we have found are all for lower elementary grades. So we created this!
If you are looking for more free word printables for upper elementary and middle school-aged kids you are going to love our Halloween word scramble too and our Halloween acrostic poem templates
We have made this a competition in our house, with all word searches. All of the family gets the word search that is for their level, and the person that completed the word search the quickest wins a prize!
If you love Halloween as much as we do, why not have a fun Halloween treasure hunt too!
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If you have children aged 4-9 years old I have just spotted that Evan Moor has 6 really cool Halloween projects you can do together. It is an EBook this is available to all and you won’t need to pay the postage!
These two Halloween word search printables both have the same 16 words on them. But trust me the harder one, is really hard! Even for me, and I have seen the answer sheet!
Halloween Word Search
The words can be found, horizontally, vertically, diagonally, and frontwards or backwards! Just to make it that much harder!
Tip: I recommend either using a highlighter pen or circling around the letters. Do not cross the letters out if you have found a word, as it may be used in another word!
There are 13 Halloween words to find:
- Poltergeist
- Reformation
- Allhallowtide
- Paranormal
- Paganism
- Familiars
- Witchcraft
- Salem
- Bonfires
- Divination
- Druids
- Gaelic
- Samhain
Some of these words won’t be familiar to the children, so this is a perfect way to bring in a history lesson.
Familiars – existed in British folklore for many hundreds of years. Familiars are animals that serve a witch in various ways, whether as servants, messengers, or spies. The book The Familiars is a great magical reading book all about a cat.
Reformation – Reformation Day (October 31) commemorates Luther’s posting of his 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany on October 31, 1517. This act triggered the Reformation, as they were immediately translated and distributed across Germany in a matter of weeks.
Allhallowtide – the time at or near All Saints’ Day (1st November)
Divination – the practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown by supernatural means.
Druids – were members of the high-ranking class in ancient Celtic cultures and were religious leaders.
Samhain – learn more about that at History.com, but in short, Samhain is a Gaelic festival marking the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter.
Feel free to print these out and hand them out to the kids in the neighborhood in their treat bags. We just love it when the kids come back with more than candy. Trust me the parents will thank you!
When you have completed our Halloween word search puzzles why not download even more. There are hundreds to choose from!
Halloween Word Search Printable
Make sure you choose the correct paper size and click on the shrink to fit button. All of our printables work better when printed on cardstock (this is the one we use and love.)
Other FREE Word Search Printables:
Last Updated on 22 July 2022 by homeschoolof1