Free Printable Halloween Theme Cut & Paste Puzzle

This free printable cut and paste puzzle for Halloween is low-prep fine motor fun for kids 3-5! Your child and/or students can work on their fine motor skills and problem solving abilities as they recreate the cute Halloween themed picture. Don't worry - it's cute, not spooky.

A preview of two printable Halloween cut and paste puzzles. Both puzzle show the same image of a cute black cat and a jack o lantern. One puzzle has a hint image and the other has a blank grid to paste the pieces onto. The pages are shown with a red marker, a pair of scissors, and a roll of tape.

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How to use cut & paste puzzle printables

Cut and paste puzzles can be surprisingly difficult for young children. Children usually start solving puzzles by look at the puzzle piece shape, not the picture.

That strategy won't work for this cut and paste puzzle because each piece is a square! The square pieces mean your child or students have to look at the picture on the piece and match it up with the other pieces. That's why one page has a hint image for children who are just learning how to solve puzzles.

There are two versions of this cute Halloween puzzle: one with a light background image in the solution area and one without a picture.

Children who have mastered simple puzzles with the reference image can move on to the plain white background version for an extra challenge.

Older children can start with the hint-free version of the puzzle.

Here are ideas for different ways to use this printable puzzle:

Let your child use a blunt-tipped pair of small scissors so s/he can practice their cutting. We own multiple pairs of these small Fiskars scissors.

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Your child can paste the image in place, or not glue it down so they can solve the puzzle multiple times.

Young kids love gluing. My daughter enjoys using a small pot with a paintbrush and white glue for her gluing activities. For less mess, use a non-toxic glue stick. You can also use poster putty or even a piece of play dough.

Elmer's All Purpose School Glue Sticks, Clear, Washable, 4 Pack, 0.24-ounce...

Bonds to paper, cardboard, foam board, display board, and more
Washes easily off hands and out of clothes
Non toxic and acid free

This cut and paste puzzle can also be transformed into a file folder game or busy book page. We made this mermaid puzzle into a file folder game. Please visit that post for step by step instructions with photos.

halloween themed 4 piece puzzle download area

As mentioned above, this printable pack has two pages: one with an image to help your child assemble the cute Halloween picture picture and one page without a hint image.

Any faint lines in the preview images below are the result of image compression to help this page load more quickly. The PDF file is in high resolution for printing. Download information is located below the preview images.

These pages are licensed for personal use. This means you are welcome to print and use these pages as many times as you you want for your own children, students, therapy clients, scouts, library activities, etc. as long as you are personally organizing the activity.

You are not licensed to sell, or redistribute, the files to other adults for use with their students/children. This includes posting them for sale or download on other websites. Instead, please refer them to this post so they can download their own copies.

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Text "click here to download your free printable" (halloween four part puzzle)

I hope your little learner enjoys the cut and paste puzzle as much as mine does! Make sure to grab these additional printables for your Halloween theme while you're here on The Artisan Life:

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