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Maze Generator

Printable mazes in four sizes, from easy 8×8 to expert 25×25, square or circle, up to four different mazes per set with the solutions on the last page. Every maze has exactly one route. Free, no account.

Difficulty

Easy suits ages 4 to 6, medium 6 to 8, hard 8 and up, expert for anyone who wants a real challenge.

Shape
Mazes (one per page)
Paper

Prints 2 pages: the maze, then the solution on the last page. Free, no account.

Medium maze

Start at the green arrow, finish at the red one
Name: Date:
SF

Medium maze · Solution

SF

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Using the mazes

What a maze teaches, and how to pick the right one

A maze looks like a time-filler, but a child solving one is doing three things at once: planning (looking ahead before the pencil moves), visual tracking (following a corridor with the eyes without losing the place) and pencil control (staying inside the walls). That is why occupational therapists use mazes for fine-motor work and why they sit comfortably in a pre-writing programme alongside line tracing. The easy 8×8 maze is built with that use in mind: corridors wide enough for a chunky pencil and a route short enough to finish in one go.

Pick the size by how long you want it to take. Easy mazes take a 5 year old one to two minutes. Medium 12×12 is the right morning-work size for first and second grade. Hard 18×18 keeps a 9 year old busy for five minutes or more, and expert 25×25 is for the puzzle fans at the back of the room, older siblings, and anyone who asks for “a really hard one”. Because every maze is a perfect maze, there are no loops to cycle round and no shortcuts; the only way through is the route on the solution page.

Teach the strategy, not just the puzzle. Ask children to trace the route with a finger first, then with the pencil. Show them that when they hit a dead end they should go back to the last fork rather than to the start. Older children can be shown the “hand on the wall” rule: keep one hand on the left wall and you will eventually reach the exit, because a perfect maze has no islands.

Ideas that work: print four different medium mazes and run a race, with the solutions page for the judge; use a circle maze as a “find the way to the centre of the planet” story starter and ask for a sentence about what is found at the finish; give an easy maze as the calming activity after recess; and keep a stack of hard mazes in the early-finisher tray. For a party, print the title as the birthday child's name and one maze per guest.

The S and F labels can be switched off for children who find them distracting, leaving just the green entrance and red exit arrows. The solution path prints in colour (or mid grey on a mono printer) with the route widened so it is easy to check at a glance. Shuffle gives a different set of mazes from the same settings; print again without shuffling and you get the identical sheet.

Pair the easy mazes with the pre-writing worksheets and line tracing worksheets for a complete pencil-control session, or print a themed word search or crossword to go with a hard maze for a puzzle pack.

How it works

How to print a maze

Three steps from a blank page to a stack of puzzles with their solutions.

  1. 1

    Choose the difficulty

    Easy 8×8 for pre-K and kindergarten up to expert 25×25. Square or circle shape, and an optional title for the sheet.

  2. 2

    Set how many

    One to four mazes, each on its own page, with the solutions together on the last page. Shuffle for a fresh set.

  3. 3

    Print

    Letter or A4. Save as PDF from the print dialog if you want a file for the class drive or to send home.

Good questions.

Something else? hello@getworksheet.co

  • Yes. Pick a size and shape, press Print or Save as PDF, and the mazes print with a solution page at the end. There is no account, no watermark and no limit. The mazes are drawn in your browser, so nothing is uploaded.

  • Yes, exactly one. The generator builds a "perfect" maze: every cell is connected to every other cell by one route, with no loops and no sealed-off areas. The solution page shows that route from the green start arrow to the red finish arrow.

  • Easy (8×8) suits ages 4 to 6: wide corridors, a short route, good for pencil control. Medium (12×12) is right for 6 to 8 year olds and the first ten minutes of a lesson. Hard (18×18) takes most 8 to 11 year olds several minutes. Expert (25×25) still prints with corridors about 7 mm wide, so it is a real puzzle rather than a fine-motor test.

  • Press Shuffle. The layout is generated from a seed, so the same settings always give the same mazes until you shuffle, which means you can reprint the identical sheet for a child who lost theirs. Printing up to four mazes at once gives you four different puzzles, each on its own page.

  • US Letter and A4. Choose the paper in the builder; the maze is sized to fill the printable width of the page, with a Name and Date line above it. Choose "Save as PDF" in the print dialog to keep a copy or send it home.

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