This page has 12 free printable mazes for kids plus 11 answer keys — 23 sheets in all. Each maze is a full-page puzzle with a start character and a goal: a cat looking for a fish, a squirrel for an acorn, a rabbit for a carrot. Every sheet downloads as a free PDF on US Letter and needs no signup.
These are solving pages, not coloring pages, and they arrive already in color — a colored border, a colored character at the start and end, and a grey maze grid. That is worth knowing before you print a class set: they look best from a color printer, and they still work in greyscale because the path itself is drawn in black on white.
What’s in this collection
Twelve mazes and eleven matching solution sheets — 23 downloads in the grid below. Each has its own Download PDF and Print button, so you can print the puzzle now and keep the answer key back until it is needed.
Four maze shapes, easiest to hardest
The outline of the maze is what sets the difficulty, more than the size of the sheet:
Triangle mazes are the easiest — the walls narrow as you climb, so wrong turns end quickly. Circle mazes run in rings and are the most forgiving to restart, because you can always follow a ring back out. Hexagon mazes are the middle ground and the most common shape here. Square and rectangle grids are the hardest: even corridors, no shape cues, and the densest of them packs corridors barely two millimetres apart.
The answer keys
Eleven of the twelve mazes have a matching solution sheet, identical to the puzzle but with the correct route traced through it in red. They are separate downloads on purpose — you can hand out the puzzle without the answer sitting on the back of the same sheet. One maze, the rabbit-and-carrot square grid, is the easiest in the set and ships without a key.
How to print these
Every sheet is US Letter (8.5 × 11 in) portrait, with the maze inside the printable margin. Plain copy paper is fine; choose “Fit to page” if your printer asks. Unlike the coloring pages on this site, these sheets carry color of their own — print in color if you can, or in greyscale if you are running a class set, since the maze walls stay black either way.
FAQ
What age are these mazes for?
Roughly 5 to 10. The triangle and circle mazes suit a five-year-old; the dense square grids will occupy an eight- to ten-year-old for a while. Start with the shape, not the page size.
Do the mazes come with answers?
Eleven of the twelve do, as separate solution sheets with the route drawn in red. They download individually, so you decide when the answer appears.
Can I print these in black and white?
Yes. The borders and characters are colored, but the maze itself is black on white, so a greyscale print stays completely solvable.
Are these free for classroom use?
Yes. Print as many copies as you need for your home or your own classroom. Re-selling or re-uploading the files elsewhere is the only thing not allowed.
For more no-prep puzzle sheets, the printable word searches work the same way with letters instead of walls, and the activities collection holds the rest of the free puzzle sets on the site.