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Easy birthday word search

Cake, balloon, candle and wish in a little ten by ten grid that fits in a goody bag. Five and six year olds can read all ten words, and they only go across or down, so nobody needs help.

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  • Balloon
  • Cake
  • Candle
  • Card
  • Friend
  • Games
  • Gift
  • Hat
  • Party
  • Wish

This is the same puzzle as on the printable sheet. Every word you find turns green and is crossed off the list.

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Birthday for young kids

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Find these words

  • Balloon
  • Cake
  • Candle
  • Card
  • Friend
  • Games
  • Gift
  • Hat
  • Party
  • Wish

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Birthday for young kids

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About this word search

Five and six year olds know birthdays well, even before they can read. Cake, Candle and Wish come with a story they already understand, which makes this a nice puzzle on the day itself or the week before.

Help your child find the starting letter, then follow it to the right or downward. No word in this grid goes any other way. Balloon is easy to check once found, with its pairs of L's and O's side by side.

After the puzzle, ask them to count the candles on their own cake and draw that many in the corner of the page.

Ways to use this word search

  • In the classroom

    Print it as a task for early finishers, or to open a lesson on this topic. With the QR code on the sheet, students check their own answers.

  • At home and on the go

    Pack a few printed sheets for the car, the train or a family vacation. A pen is all you need, no screen required.

  • Play together

    Print the sheet twice and race each other. Whoever finds all the words first wins. Or play it online and see who is fastest.

Try it in Spanish too

The same theme also exists in Spanish, French, German, and Italian, each with its own word list in that language. Handy if you are learning a language: you already know the topic, now just the words.

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