Free Printable Valentine’s Day Word Search

If you are looking for Valentine’s Day word search templates that are free, you have come to the right spot! Look no further!

February 14^th will be here before you know it, so download these free printable word searches featuring Valentine’s Day words. This is a great way to provide a fun activity to help celebrate the holiday. 

Each printable worksheet is free to download and comes in an easy-to-print PDF file. These are great for classroom use for students or personal use with your kids. 

So, check out our selection of free Valentine’s Day word search printables below. 

History of Valentine’s Day

Before we jump into the fun printable word search activities, let’s discuss why we celebrate Valentine’s Day. 

Valentine’s Day is celebrated on February 14^th each year. People in the United States and other countries around the world exchange candy, cards, flowers, and other gifts with their loved ones in order to honor St. Valentine.  

Who is St. Valentine you may ask? 

St. Valentine was a Roman priest who helped couples secretly marry. When Emperor Claudius II ruled Rome, marriage was banned because the emperor thought single men made better soldiers.  

Having no wife or kids allowed the men to focus only on becoming fierce warriors. They did not have to worry about anyone at home. 

St. Valentine did not agree with this law or way of thinking, so he helped perform many marriage ceremonies secretly. St. Valentine was eventually caught, jailed, and sentenced to death. 

While he was in jail, he fell in love with the jailer’s daughter. Right before his death, St. Valentine wrote the girl a love letter that was signed “From Your Valentine.” 

St. Valentine died on February 14^th around the year 270. Pope Gelasius would later declare the day of St. Valentine’s death, Valentine’s Day.

Cupid

Cupid, the Greek God of Love, is another symbol of Valentine’s Day. As most know, Cupid is the angel-like baby holding a bow and arrow.  

While the strike of an arrow would normally be hurtful, that is not the case with Cupid’s arrow. It is believed that Cupid’s arrow would ignite love and passion in people. Cupid is believed to be the matchmaker of Valentine’s Day.

Valentine’s Day traditions have changed over the years. In the early years, people exchanged handmade cards with love letters inside. 

Today, billions of dollars are spent to purchase cards, chocolates, and other romantic gifts for loved ones. What will you exchange with your friends and family this year?

Printable Valentine’s Day Word Search Puzzles

(Please note that these word search printables are NOT to be sold for commercial purposes.)

Below we have created several Valentine’s Day word search printables for our readers. These word search games are perfect for a fun classroom activity when studying or celebrating Valentine’s Day.  

The free Valentine’s word search games are also a fun way to entertain your kids at home. Whether you’re keeping kids busy or providing an educational activity, these word searches are sure to please kids of all ages. 

If you have included Valentine’s Day in your lesson plans, these free worksheets work well as an extension activity for early finishers to complete as seat work. You could also use the printable activity as morning work when your students enter the classroom.

The free Valentine’s Day word search printables come in different levels of difficulty depending on the age level of your students or kids. Each free download also comes with an answer key. 

The difficulty levels available include:

1. Easy (Kindergarten or First Grade)

2. Intermediate (Second Grade or Third Grade)

3. Advanced (Fourth Grade or Fifth Grade)

Kids love finding hidden words in word puzzles! Themed words such as Valentine, love, Cupid, heart, and many more different words are included in these free word searches.  

The word list on each word search is full of terms associated with Valentine’s Day. You can also use this vocabulary list to introduce new terms that the students or kids aren’t yet familiar with.

Just click on the images or use the pink download links above to access the PDF files now! 

Educational Valentine Word Searches

Word search games are an educational way to provide fun activities for children of all ages.  Kids will have so much fun finding hidden vocabulary words and mastering spelling skills while celebrating Valentine’s Day.

Whether your child is in kindergarten or 3^rd or 4^th grade, these word searches are a perfect educational Valentine’s Day activity to incorporate into your homeschool curriculum. 

If you’re a schoolteacher, simply pass out these word searches after the Valentine’s Day party to keep kids in learning mode. Keeping kids focused while also having fun celebrating Valentine’s Day is easy to do with these word search puzzles. 

Young children everywhere enjoy having fun while learning! Add these Valentine’s word searches to your Valentine’s Day party for an educational activity and holiday fun! 

Give a holiday-themed prize to whoever finishes first, second, and third! These Valentine’s Day word searches are sure to be a hit with all the kids.

You may also like our printable Martin Luther King Jr. Word Search and our Black History Month Word Search printables!

Final Thoughts on the Valentine Word Search Puzzles

We hope you enjoy our Valentine’s Day word search puzzles and that your students have a good time completing them. We know our kids did!

The printable Valentine’s Day word search is a great activity for people of all ages to have some Valentine’s Day fun! 

Not only do the word search printables serve as fun puzzles, but they also introduce kids to some new vocabulary words associated with Valentine’s Day and its history. 

Happy Valentine’s Day!

For more fun printables, check out our free February calendar and our St. Patrick’s Day Word Search!

Do you have additional words to add to our printable Valentines Day word search puzzles?

Comment below to share with us!