Large Print Valentine’s Day Word Search

Valentine’s Day for every kind of love, not only sweethearts: friendship, a box of chocolates, cards for the people who matter, Cupid with his arrow and a dozen roses. It suits a February social in assisted living or a visit with a spouse or an old friend. Short words like heart, love and candy are quick to spot, so it makes a gentle first puzzle for someone new to word searches.

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: Valentine, Cupid, Heart, Roses, Chocolates, Cards, February, Arrow, Kisses, Candy, Friendship, Love, Hugs, Bouquet, Pink, Red, Poem, Lace, Darling, Romance.

• Geoffrey Chaucer’s poem Parliament of Fowls, from the 1380s, is one of the earliest to link Saint Valentine’s Day with love.
• Small candy hearts printed with short messages were first made in the 1860s.
• In many classrooms, children give a valentine to every classmate so that nobody is left out.

• Do you remember making valentines at school? What did yours look like?
• Who gave you your very first valentine?
• What was the most romantic thing anyone ever did for you on Valentine’s Day?
• Do you prefer a box of chocolates, flowers or a handwritten card?
• Who would you like to send a valentine to this year?

Activity tip: Set out paper doilies, red and pink paper and glue sticks. After the puzzle, everyone makes one simple valentine for a friend, a staff member or a family member.