Nativity Word Search

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Nativity Word Search

Name ______________ Date ________

GENLIPOJESUSWOAMARYNIDFGPPLUBJEUBOPSTOBDANRJBROMYRRHSBHJIEWISEMENHBEHHEJMKDUHFEGLTGGLOMKTLYPEMOHDUNSENSWHDAUWLHNRELCOEINAPSEAIEPJCRNGJATZHGBLHNDNEWBASNEJBCTSDRMNRAPYMCUE

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ANGELS
BETHLEHEM
GABRIEL
GOLD
HEROD
INN
JESUS
JOSEPH
MANGER
MARY
MYRRH
NAZARETH
SHEPHERDS
STAR
WISEMEN

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Solving on screen? Tap the first letter of a word, then the last letter.

For: Grades 4–6
Time: 10–15 min
Grid: 13 × 13
Words: 15
Paper: US Letter, 2 pages

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Printable Nativity Word Search PDF preview: puzzle page with word list

How it works

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Easy for early readers. Hard hides words in all eight directions, including backwards.

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One clean US Letter page, with the answer key on page two. Nothing to sign up for.

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Or solve on screen: tap the first and last letter of each word you find.

About this puzzle

The Christmas story as Luke and Matthew tell it: Mary and Joseph in Bethlehem, a babe in swaddling clothes in a manger, shepherds keeping watch over their flocks and wise men bringing gold and myrrh. A Nativity word search for Advent, Christmas programs and children’s church.

Easy (10×10) places words across and down only. Medium (13×13) adds diagonals. Hard (15×15) runs words in all eight directions, and its filler letters are borrowed from the word list to create false starts.

All 20 words in this theme: Jesus, Mary, Joseph, Bethlehem, Manger, Inn, Shepherds, Angels, Gabriel, Star, Wise Men, Gold, Myrrh, Nazareth, Herod, Swaddling, Flocks, Glory, Emmanuel, Babe.

Read the story: Luke 1–2 and Matthew 1–2.

Lesson idea: Use the found words to build a nativity scene together: as each word is found, a child adds the matching figure or draws it on a big poster.

Questions

Can I print copies for my whole class?

Yes. Puzzles are free for classroom and personal use. Use “Shuffle grid” and print to give students different layouts of the same words.

Which level should I choose?

Easy suits grades 2–3: a small grid with words only across and down. Medium adds diagonals for grades 4–6. Hard uses a bigger grid with words in all eight directions, good for middle school and adults.

Is there a large print version?

Yes. Every theme has a large print edition with bigger letters and a roomier grid, made for seniors and low vision.

Nativity Word Search