Fall Word Search Ages 9-10, Hard, Set 3

Description

Fall brings falling leaves, harvest time, pumpkins, apples and cooler weather, and this printable gathers all of it into one puzzle. Every word in this Fall word search comes from the season's trees, orchards, farms, holidays and woodland.

This word search contains the following words:

1. MAPLE — A tree species of the autumn woods whose leaves turn red and orange; its sap boils down into syrup.
2. GINKGO — A tree species with fan-shaped leaves that turn bright gold each autumn.
3. HONEYCRISP — An apple variety picked in autumn, prized for its sweet, juicy and crisp flesh.
4. CORTLAND — An apple variety with red and green skin, often chosen for pies and fall baking.
5. RUTABAGA — A root vegetable harvested in fall, a cross between a cabbage and a turnip.
6. SQUASH — A general autumn vegetable group that includes butternut, acorn and pumpkin.
7. HAZELNUT — A nut that ripens in autumn and shows up in fall baking and stuffings.
8. PECAN — A nut harvested in autumn, and the classic filling for a Thanksgiving pie.
9. THANKSGIVING — The autumn holiday built around a family feast of turkey and harvest foods.
10. PILGRIM — The settlers remembered in Thanksgiving traditions and storybooks about the first harvest feast.
11. TRICKORTREAT — The phrase children call out on Halloween while going door to door for candy.
12. GOBLIN — A small, mischievous creature from folklore that appears in Halloween decorations and stories.
13. HOMECOMING — An autumn school tradition with a football game, a parade and a dance.
14. OVERCAST — A sky condition of thick gray clouds, common on cool autumn days.
15. MISTY — A weather word for foggy, damp mornings that are typical of the fall season.

In numbers: the puzzle hides 15 words, the file runs to 1 page, the answer sheet is included as a second file.