Large Print Summer Word Search

All the best parts of summer in one large print puzzle: a day at the beach, a picnic with lemonade and watermelon, swimming and a sandcastle, an ice cream cone and fireflies at dusk. The big letters make it a pleasant pick for a porch afternoon, a summer program at the library or senior center, or a grandparent and grandchild solving side by side.

This edition hides the first 12 of the theme’s 20 words in an 11×11 grid, never backwards. How our large print puzzles work.

All 20 words in this theme: Beach, Picnic, Lemonade, Watermelon, Swimming, Sandcastle, Vacation, Firefly, Sunglasses, Ice Cream, Barbecue, July, Hammock, Seashell, Sunscreen, Campfire, Flip-flops, Sailboat, Sprinkler, Solstice.

• Watermelon is the official state vegetable of Oklahoma.
• Long before sunglasses, the Inuit carved snow goggles with narrow slits to cut the glare.
• The word barbecue comes from the Spanish barbacoa, a wooden frame for cooking over a fire.

• Where did your family go on summer vacation?
• What was the best ice cream flavor in your town, and where did you buy it?
• Did you catch fireflies in a jar as a child?
• Who ran the grill at your family barbecues?
• What did you do on the hottest days before air conditioning?

Activity tip: Serve cold lemonade or slices of watermelon while people solve. When LEMONADE or WATERMELON turns up in the grid, raise a glass together and ask who ever ran a lemonade stand.