Brain games and puzzles
Maze Maker
Design your own maze on squared paper with one true path and lots of dead ends, then swap with a friend.
Thinking sheet · Brain games and puzzles
Make Your Own Bingo
Fill a bingo card with eight drawings from a theme. The caller says them in any order.
- Grades
- K–5
- Time
- about 20 minutes
- Kids practice
- listening, vocabulary, categories
What kids do
“Draw a different thing in each square. The middle is free!”
- My bingo card
- Our theme:
How to run it
- The class picks a theme and writes a list of 12 things on the board.
- Each kid draws any eight in any order.
- Call them out and mark with a crayon.
Talk about it
- Why do cards end up different?
- What theme should we play next?
- Who won first? Why?
Take it further
Play a version where the caller describes the thing instead of naming it.
Pairs well with
Free for home and classroom use. Print as many copies as you need.
More thinking sheets
Brain games and puzzles
Help the Robot Home
Guide the robot through the maze to its charging station, then decorate the walls.
Brain games and puzzles
Tic-Tac-Draw
Tic-tac-toe with doodles instead of X and O. Each player picks a tiny picture as their mark.
Brain games and puzzles
Dots and Boxes
The classic pencil game: take turns joining dots, close a box to claim it and draw a tiny face inside.
Free for teachers
Get the free Classroom Drawing Kit
12 printable pages: six step-by-step lessons, a grid activity, draw-and-write sheets and teacher notes, sent with your welcome email. After that, new classroom printables by email.