Valentine Crossword Puzzles Printable for a Class Party

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Valentine's Day Crossword

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Answer key: Valentine's Day Crossword

1F2C3JRH4LOLLIPOPYEC5CNOA6CU7PIDLRAE8BAKE9RINGTD10C11HERRYONEY

Across 4 LOLLIPOP · 6 CUPID · 8 BAKE · 9 RING · 10 CHERRY

Down 1 FRIEND · 2 CHOCOLATE · 3 JOY · 5 CARE · 6 CARD · 7 PEN · 11 HONEY

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Cards and Mail 34

  • Address House number, street, city and ZIP code
  • Admirer Person who thinks you are wonderful, sometimes without saying who they are
  • Anonymous Sent with no name on it
  • Card Folded paper with a picture on the front and your name inside
  • Crayon Wax coloring stick
  • Deliver Bring something to the person it is addressed to
  • Doily Ornamental mat of paper or fabric, full of cut-out holes
  • Embossed Pressed so that the design stands up from the paper
  • Envelope Paper pocket with a flap that you lick or tuck shut
  • Exchange Swap in which everyone in the room both gives and gets
  • Fold Bend paper in half so that one side lies on the other
  • Glitter Tiny sparkly flakes that stick to wet paste and to everything else
  • Glue Sticky white liquid that holds paper shapes in place
  • Greeting Friendly opening words, such as Hello or Good morning
  • Handmade Crafted by a person, not by a factory
  • Lace Delicate fabric full of tiny holes that edged the fanciest old greetings
  • Letter Pages written to someone and posted; also one of 26 in the alphabet
  • Mailbox Where the carrier leaves what the post brings; classes decorate their own
  • Marker Felt-tipped coloring tool with a cap
  • Origami Paper-folding art whose name comes from Japanese words for folding and paper
  • Pattern Design that repeats, such as stripe, dot, stripe, dot
  • Pen Writing tool with a nib or a ball point
  • Poem Piece of writing set out in short lines, not paragraphs
  • Quill Feather cut to a point and dipped for writing, as poets did in the 1400s
  • Rhyme What the words blue and you do at the ends of two lines
  • Ribbon Long strip of satin tied around a present
  • Scissors Two-bladed tool for cutting out paper shapes
  • Secret Something you keep to yourself and do not tell
  • Shoebox Empty footwear container that many pupils decorate to collect their deliveries
  • Signature Your name written by your own hand at the bottom
  • Sonnet Verse form with as many lines as the date of the holiday
  • Stamp Small sticky square that pays for a trip through the post
  • Sticker Small picture with a gummed back, peeled from a sheet
  • Symmetry What a shape has when its two halves are mirror images

Hearts, Flowers and Symbols 27

  • Arrow Pointed shaft that an archer shoots
  • Balloon Rubber bag filled with air or helium and tied to a string
  • Bouquet Bunch of cut blooms tied or wrapped to be given
  • Bow Curved weapon of an archer, or a knot with two loops
  • Cherub Chubby winged child in old paintings and on old greetings
  • Cupid Winged archer of Roman myth, often shown as a chubby boy
  • Daisy Bloom whose white rays are plucked one by one in a counting game
  • Dove Bird that is a symbol of peace
  • Gift Something wrapped and given
  • Heart Shape seen everywhere on the day, and the muscle that pumps your blood
  • Key It opens a lock
  • Locket Small case on a necklace that opens to show a tiny photo
  • Lovebird Small African parrot named for the way pairs sit close for hours
  • Pastel Pale, soft shade of any color
  • Petal One of the soft colored parts of a bloom
  • Pink Color of flamingos and bubble gum
  • Purple Color of grape jelly
  • Red Color of a stop sign and a fire truck
  • Ring Circle worn on a finger
  • Rose Classic bloom of the day, with a prickly stem
  • Swan Long-necked water bird that glides across a pond
  • Teddy Stuffed bear named for the nickname of President Theodore Roosevelt
  • Thorn Sharp woody point on a plant stem
  • Tulip Cup-shaped spring bloom grown from a bulb
  • Venus Roman goddess of beauty, and the second planet from the Sun
  • Violet Small bloom that shares its name with a bluish color of the rainbow
  • Wings Pair that a bird, a bee or an angel flies with

Treats and Party 29

  • Bake Cook in an oven
  • Banner Long sign strung across a room
  • Bingo Game won by covering five squares in a row
  • Candy Sugary snack sold in bars, bags and boxes
  • Caramel Chewy golden-brown sweet made by heating sugar
  • Cherry Small round stone fruit on a long stem, the top of a sundae
  • Chocolate Brown sweet made from roasted and ground cacao seeds
  • Cinnamon Spice made from the inner bark of a tree
  • Cocoa Hot brown drink for a cold afternoon, or the powder it is stirred from
  • Confetti Tiny bits of colored paper thrown in celebration
  • Cookie Flat baked treat cut out with a shaped cutter, then iced
  • Cupcake Small cake for one person, baked in a paper liner
  • Dozen Twelve of anything
  • Frosting Creamy sweet topping spread on a cake
  • Fudge Soft, rich squares made from sugar, butter and milk
  • Garland Chain of paper shapes hung as a decoration
  • Honey Golden food that bees make from nectar; also a pet name
  • Lollipop Hard sweet on a stick
  • Marshmallow Soft, puffy white sweet toasted over a campfire
  • Mint Cool-tasting herb, or a small sweet that freshens breath
  • Napkin Paper square for wiping sticky fingers
  • Party Classroom celebration with games and snacks
  • Punch Fruity drink ladled from a big bowl
  • Recipe List of ingredients and steps for making a dish
  • Sprinkles Tiny colored sugar bits shaken over a topping
  • Strawberry Fruit that wears its tiny seeds on the outside
  • Streamer Long curling strip of crepe paper
  • Truffle Round soft-centered sweet named after a lumpy fungus it resembles
  • Vanilla Flavoring that comes from the pods of an orchid

Friendship and Kind Words 36

  • Adore Like someone very, very much; it rhymes with before
  • Buddy Close pal, in casual speech
  • Care Look after someone, or the feeling that makes you do it
  • Cheer Shout of encouragement; with up, to make a sad person feel better
  • Cherish Hold dear and treat as precious
  • Classmate Pupil who learns in the same room as you
  • Compliment Nice remark about someone, such as I like your drawing
  • Family Parents, children, grandparents and other relatives
  • Forever For all time, with no end
  • Forgive Stop being angry with someone who has apologized
  • Friend Person you like and enjoy spending time with
  • Generous Glad to give more than is expected
  • Gentle Soft and careful, never rough
  • Grandma Your mother's or father's mother, informally
  • Grateful Feeling thankful
  • Helpful Ready to lend a hand
  • Hug Squeeze with both arms
  • Include Make sure nobody is left out
  • Invite Ask someone to come along or join in
  • Joy Great happiness, in three letters
  • Kindness Quality of treating others warmly and well
  • Listen Pay attention with your ears
  • Love Strong feeling of deep caring for someone
  • Loyal Faithful through good times and bad
  • Neighbor Person who lives next door
  • Polite Having good manners
  • Promise Statement that you will surely do something
  • Respect Regard that shows you value someone
  • Share Let someone else use or have part of what is yours
  • Smile Happy curve of the mouth
  • Sorry Word that begins an apology
  • Teacher Grown-up who leads the class
  • Thoughtful Showing that you considered another person's feelings
  • Together With each other, not apart
  • Trust Belief that someone is honest and will not let you down
  • Welcome Reply to thanks: you're ___

Calendar and History 24

  • Amethyst Birthstone of the holiday's month, a kind of quartz
  • Calendar Chart of the months and days of a year
  • Century Period of 100 years
  • Chaucer English poet of the 1300s whose verses about birds choosing mates are the first known to tie the day to romance
  • Duke Noble rank below prince: Charles of Orleans, who held it, wrote the oldest surviving verse for the day
  • Emperor Title of Claudius II, the ruler in the old stories about the day's namesake
  • February Shortest month of the year
  • Finland Nordic country that treats the holiday as a day for all your pals
  • Fourteen Ten plus four: the date of the holiday
  • Groundhog Animal whose own day comes twelve days earlier, on the second of the month
  • Howland Esther ___ of Worcester, Massachusetts, who built a business on lacy greetings in the mid-1800s
  • Japan Island nation where a follow-up holiday called White Day comes one month later, on March 14
  • Leap Kind of year in which the holiday's month gains a 29th day
  • Legend Old story handed down that may or may not be true
  • Parliament Lawmaking body; famous medieval verses describe one held by birds
  • Penny One-cent coin; Britain's ___ Black of 1840 was the first of all postage labels
  • Rome Capital of Italy and of the ancient empire in which the day's namesake lived
  • Saint Holy person honored by a church; the day is named for one
  • Spoon Welsh custom: a carved wooden one is given as a token of affection
  • Tower Tall narrow building; the oldest surviving verse for the day was written by a prisoner in the one in London
  • Tradition Custom handed down from one generation to the next
  • Valentine The holiday's namesake, and the word for a note sent that day
  • Victorian Era named for the British queen whose profile was on the first postage labels
  • Winter Season in which the day falls north of the equator

How this list was compiled: 150 clues written for this site, leaning to friendship, kindness and the classroom card exchange: no dating, kissing or couples clues. Every factual clue was checked against English Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org) in September 2026. The five people named are public figures who died long ago. The Claudius story is told as legend, and the Chaucer link as the first known, not as settled. Licence: own work

How it works

These Valentine crossword puzzles, printable on Letter or A4, are about friendship, kindness and the card exchange, with no dating or couples, so one sheet suits a whole class. They are vocabulary crosswords, and one set reaches back to Chaucer.

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From the card box to Chaucer

Cards and Mail has Doily, Quill and Embossed. Three more sets cover hearts, flowers and symbols, treats and party, and friendship and kind words, from Adore to Welcome. Calendar and History is for older solvers: Amethyst, Groundhog, Finland. Easy Valentine Clues, the opening set, has familiar answers such as Heart, Cupid and Lollipop.

History, with its hedges kept

The first known link between the day and romance is thought to be a Chaucer poem of about 1382, in which birds choose their mates. The oldest surviving valentine was written by a duke held in the Tower of London after 1415. The Claudius II story is legend, so its clue says old stories.

  • For a party station, print Easy Valentine Clues with the word bank on (More options). Press New puzzle for each table so neighbors cannot copy.
  • Friendship and Kind Words works in any week of the year: pair it with a lesson on compliments.
  • Older classes can run Calendar and History as a research race: every answer, from Howland to Penny, can be confirmed in an encyclopedia.

Questions and answers

Are these free Valentine crossword puzzles printable for a whole class?

Yes, with no sign-up and no copy limit. Each sheet prints with a Name and Date line, so a finished puzzle can go home in the card bag. The answer key prints last, and the line that starts "Print gives" has the page count.

What age are the clues written for?

Easy Valentine Clues suits about grades 2 to 4, with answers such as Hug, Candy and Envelope. The themed sets suit grades 4 to 8. Calendar and History is the hardest, with Chaucer, Howland and Parliament. These bands are our judgement, not a published standard.

Why is Finland in a Valentine's Day crossword?

Because Finland keeps the day differently. Its Finnish name, ystävänpäivä, means Friend's Day: a day for friends more than couples, which is how most classrooms treat it. Japan is in the set too, because White Day follows a month later, on March 14.

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