Ring in the New Year with the following fun-filled puzzles and brain game activities that are kid-safe, child-friendly and totally free.
Celebrate the New Year with the following child-friendly and kid-safe brain games and puzzles listed below. From animated jigsaw puzzles and tic-tac-toe to word search games, kids will be entertained for many hours with these non-violent, family-friendly activities.
Jigsaw Puzzles:
Activity Village New Years Jigsaws - ActivityVillage.co.uk offers 7 downloadable New Years Jigsaw puzzles with varying difficulty levels. These small downloads are available by right-clicking on the desired puzzle and saving to the user’s computer hard drive. An excellent resource for puzzles.
Apples 4 The Teacher New Years Day Jigsaw Puzzles - 3 different animated online jigsaw puzzles are available at Apples 4 The Teacher. All offer a choice of easy, medium or hard difficulty levels. Complete the puzzles for an animated surprise! Requires Macromedia Flash Player (free download).
The Kidz Page New Year Snowman - This cute online puzzle from TheKidzPage.com offers a choice of 6, 12, 25 or 40 pieces. Shape and picture hints are available.
Jigzone Happy New Year Jigsaw Puzzle - This online New Year puzzle from Jigzone.com is timed. Choose from 6 puzzle pieces up to 247 different shaped pieces for a variety of difficulty levels.
Billy Bear 4 Kids New Year Jigsaw - Put the 24-piece puzzle back together by sliding puzzle pieces onto the board. Complete image is faintly displayed.
Slider Puzzles:
Apples 4 The Teacher New Years Scramblers - 2 different scrambler puzzles are available in this fun interactive brain-teaser from Apples4TheTeacher.com. To play, the user must slide the scrambled pieces back into proper position to complete the image before time runs out. Macromedia Flash Player is required (free download).
Black Dog 4 Kids Holiday New Year’s Slide Puzzle - How many clicks does it take to slide the scrambled puzzle pieces back together to see the completed image?
Primary Games New Years Drag and Drop Puzzle - This slider puzzle from PrimaryGames.com is all jumbled up. Slide the mixed-up pieces back together to win. Java is required (free download).
Word Puzzles:
Activity Village Welcome 2008 Puzzle - See how many times is 2008 listed in this word search printable puzzle from ActivityVillage.co.uk. Adobe Acrobat required.
Squiglys Playhouse New Years Scramble - Unscramble the mixed words by typing the correct holiday term in the box from SquiglysPlayhouse.com.
Primary Games Holidays New Year’s Day Word Search - Find the scrambled words from the list provided, in this online word search game from PrimaryGames. com. Click on the first letter of the word, and drag to the end of the word. Words from the list are deleted once the jumbled word is located. Java required.
Apples 4 The Teacher New Years Word Search - To play this interactive game, find all the jumbled words before time runs out. Words are hidden diagonally, horizontally, backwards and vertically. To play, find the hidden word from the list provided, click on the first letter and drag mouse to the end of the word. Macromedia Flash plugin is required (free download). Click on printer icon to print.
Black Dog 4 Kids New Year Word Search - Find the New Year’s words in another online word search game from BlackDog4Kids.com.
Miscellaneous Games:
Squiglys PlayHouse Gold Miner Holiday Haul - Although this game is not a puzzle, it is a thinking game. It is such a fun holiday game, even adults will want to play! Help the Gold Miner grab the gifts before time runs out. Although Santa is included in this game, this game is so addicting it should be played year 'round. Entertain children for hours, with the above online brain games and puzzles.
Black Dog 4 Kids Happy New Year Match Game - Find the matching cards to reveal a hidden message. For younger players. Java required (free download).
Black Dog 4 Kids New Year’s Tic-Tac-Toe - Play against the computer in this fun little tic-tac-toe game from BlackDog4Kids.com.
Start a New Year's tradition, by including children in the holiday festivities with free fun-filled and child-friendly brain games.
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