New Year’s Games and Puzzles for Kids Printables Packet

New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day are coming up soon! 2016 was a tough year, so let’s finish it up with a free printables packet. Score! Today’s packet is an eight page New Year’s Games and Puzzles Printables set.

This New Year’s games and puzzles printables packet is perfect for a large variety of ages. There are word puzzles that might be more appropriate for older elementary kids, but then there are games and coloring pages that would be enjoyed by preschoolers. That makes these perfect New Year’s Eve party printables, since you might have kids of lots of different ages there.

Of course, the great thing is that this New Year’s Games and Puzzles printables packet is a free download. So, you can use as many or as few pages from the packet as you would like. Bonus!

You can download the New Year’s Games and Puzzles Printables Packet from a text link farther down in the post.

Pages in the New Year’s Games and Puzzles Free Printables Packet

New Year Word Search Puzzle

This page features 12 words or phrases related to New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, including countdown, party, and tradition.

New Year’s Word Scramble

The New Year’s word scramble has 12 words that are scrambled that kids need to unscramble to make the words that are provided in the word bank. There is also a small coloring area on the page.

New Year Maze

What can I say – it’s a maze. Start at the beginning and end at the end. Try not to get lost on the way. Wait. Maybe that’s more apropos for 2016 than I thought.

Message Decoding Page

Once decoded using the number codes provided, this page provides encouraging sentences to start out the new year with a reminder to be yourself.

Color-by-Number Snowman Coloring Page

A snowman greets you with a message of “Happy New Year” on this coloring page that includes some color-by-number sections.

Happy New Year Coloring Page

Decorate your own “Happy New Year” sign with this page!

Race to Midnight Game

This game is on the last two pages of the New Year’s Games and Puzzles Printables Packet. There is one page for a cube that you can put together for a die as well as some game pieces.

The second page has a Candy Land-style board game where you move ahead to the closest picture you roll. See who gets to clock striking midnight first!

Looking for even more coloring pages than the two this free packet has? This inexpensive coloring book from Dover features coloring pages of New Year celebrations around the world.

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