Crossword puzzles are a way to challenge your mind, increase thinking speed, and jog your memory. They can be used in the classroom to reinforce new concepts and ideas in a fun, entertaining, and unconventional way. Create your own crosswords for party favors or games, or to test and increase mental agility. There's a variety of ways to use homemade crossword puzzles and there are many websites that allow you to create them online.
Visit Crossword Puzzle Games (www.crosswordpuzzlegames.com) and click on "Create Crossword" on the right side of the page under the "Navigation" tab. You are presented with a 20-box grid. Fill the grid in with hints and answers in the corresponding boxes. You aren't obligated to write all 20 hints and responses. Follow their instructions on making the best-structured crossword puzzle to make sure there isn't too much white space and check out their sample puzzles for clarification. This crossword-making tool is free to use.
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There is a free crossword creator at Free Crossword Puzzle Maker (www.puzzle-maker.com/CW/). Instead of providing a grid that needs to be filled in, this website provides a text box to write the hints and answers, formatting them with a slash in between. Clues may be up to 255 characters. Choose the number of rows and columns you want the puzzle to have and create a title for it. A crossword title could be helpful in providing a theme for your puzzle (for example, "Pop Culture").
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Visit the Crossword puzzle maker website (www.armoredpenguin.com/crossword/) to use the free crossword tool. Provide a title for your puzzle, the name of the author of the puzzle, and the description. This puzzle-maker allows variation in how puzzles look. Choose whether you want capital letters or lowercase, what language you want your puzzle to be in, the color of the blank squares, font type and more to make this puzzle as unique as you like. Use the grid provided to enter as many hints and responses as you want, but remember that if either the hint or response isn't provided, then it won't be used in the crossword.
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Made especially, although not exclusively, for educational and classroom purposes, TeacherView.com offers a free crossword-creator tool. Choose the size of your puzzle, selecting the number or rows and columns, and create your own grid. First, fill in the answer words you are going to use in the crossword. The empty boxes in the grid will be the black squares in your puzzle. The next step shows you how your puzzle will look with the words in it. Next, you're prompted to enter the hints and number the boxes as they are in a real crossword.
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