Food and Drink Puzzles

You might have to think laterally to come up with a word for each letter of the alphabet - all to do with biscuits! I can think of lots beginning with C - chocolate chip, cookie, crumble, crunchy - but not many beginning with Z!

Search for all your favourite, well-known biscuits in this fun word search puzzle. Mine's a gingernut please! This word search puzzle is available in lower case or upper case versions, and whichever you choose comes with a solution on page 2.

Encourage reluctant drawers with this fun puzzle. All they need to do is copy a few lines and they will have completed their own ice cream picture.

The seeds on this strawberry make it a challenge to copy. Complete this tasty strawberry picture puzzle.

Here's a delicious cupcake waiting to be eaten, but the children will have to find their way through the maze first...

Here's one of our trickier mazes! Can the children find their way to the pretty cupcake in the middle of the maze?

This puzzle will appeal to all the cupcake lovers out there! Can the children find which two cupcakes are identical? Then why not colour the cupcakes in?

Is there a fruit or vegetable for every letter of the alphabet? Have a go at this alphabet challenge and see if you can come up with one...

Can the kids unscramble the clues and then match each type of fruit to the correct picture? Of course the pictures act as a hint, too.

This puzzle requires very close observation. Can your children find 10 differences between the two ice cream sundaes?

There are 6 delicious looking ice cream cones on this puzzle. One is slightly different to the other five. Can your children use their powers of observation to work out which it is?

The kids will have fun copying this ice cream picture from one grid to the other. I only hope it doesn't make them feel too hungry for ice cream!

Which of these 6 yummy looking ice cream sundaes is different from the others? You'll have to look very closely to find the odd one out.

Copy our two ice lolly pictures from the grid on the left to the grid on the right, then colour them in!

Here's a challenging puzzle to keep the kids busy - in fact two puzzles, as we have an easier and harder version of this picture. Don't tell the kids what it is and see how many squares they have to fill in before they work it out...

Strawberries and cream really is a yummy treat! How many smaller words can you make with the letters in STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM?

These word star puzzles are anagrams but with something a little extra to make them appeal more to children! This set of 8 puzzles feature various summer fruit and veg...  

Here's a challenge for the kids - or the adults! Can you come up with a type of sweet / candy or treat food for every letter of the alphabet? Z might be a bit tricky...

Word wheel challenges are a great activity if you have 10 minutes to fill or are stuck inside on a rainy day. You can take as long as you like, or set a challenging time limit! Maybe there could be a small prize for anyone who finds the 9 letter word?

Our word wheel challenges ask kids to find as many words as they can, using the letters only once and always including the letter in the middle of the wheel. If you've found a puzzle from a topic page, it might give you a clue to finding the nine-letter word.

Here's a challenge - to make as many words as possible from the letters in the word wheel, using the letter in the centre every time. There's a nine-letter word to find too, and the kids might feel a bit peckish once they've found it...