Ring out the old and ring in the new! These free interactive games and print-friendly puzzles with a timely theme should keep the kids busy while you're preparing for (or recovering from) celebrating the New Year.
New Year's Mazes
Print-friendly maze game in three difficulty levels from Activity Village. Adobe PDF format.
Easy | Medium | Hard
Word Search Puzzles
New Year's Word SearchEasy word search puzzle game. Find the hidden words associated with New Year's Day. Java
New Year Word Search
Easy interactive word search puzzle from Apples4theTeacher.com. Requires Flash 5.0 Plug-In.
Here are some printable word search puzzles for quiet play.
Crossword Puzzles
Happy New Year Criss-Cross
An interactive criss-cross puzzle to ring in the new year. From writing.com.
Hit Songs of the 00s Criss-Cross
Another online crossword of medium difficulty.
Print these puzzles out to solve.
Jigsaw Puzzles
Out With the Old Year
Here's a fun little animated jigsaw puzzle game from apple4theteacher.com. Three difficulty levels: Easy, Medium and Hard.
Happy New Year 2008
Piece together the New Year's cake and see what happens! Three difficulty levels: Easy, Medium and Hard.
New Year's Jigsaw Puzzles
Six fairly easy jigsaw puzzles puzzles with a New Year's theme.
Happy New Year Jigsaw Puzzle
Easy online jigsaw puzzle from BillyBear4Kids.com
Finally, if you're shopping for a gift for someone special, browse our Holiday Gift Guide for some great puzzling gift ideas.
