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Mazes for 7 year olds

30 mazes in the sizes a 7 year old actually works at: bigger than the preschool boards, smaller than the ones that frustrate. The grids are real steps, not the same maze relabelled, and each card prints its measured route.

30 printable sheets · Checked and published by Nora Quill

Starter boards, 14 by 18

Eight mazes of 252 squares with wide corridors and short dead ends. This is the size for a 7 year old who has done a few mazes before but still traces with a finger first. Squares print at almost 13mm, so an ordinary pencil has room to wander.

Printable maze for 7 year olds, age 7 starter level, a 14 by 18 grid with 33 dead ends, puzzle 151101 Maze 1: Age 7 starter 14 x 18 A starter board of 252 squares with 33 short dead ends. The good route is 93 steps. Puzzle #151101. PDF
Printable maze for 7 year olds, age 7 starter level, a 14 by 18 grid with 31 dead ends, puzzle 151102 Maze 2: Age 7 starter 14 x 18 The first size on this page: 14x18, wide corridors and only 31 turnings that go nowhere. Puzzle #151102. PDF
Printable maze for 7 year olds, age 7 starter level, a 14 by 18 grid with 25 dead ends, puzzle 151103 Maze 3: Age 7 starter 14 x 18 252 squares at 12.86mm each. The correct route crosses 101 of them past 25 dead ends. Puzzle #151103. PDF
Printable maze for 7 year olds, age 7 starter level, a 14 by 18 grid with 33 dead ends, puzzle 151104 Maze 4: Age 7 starter 14 x 18 A 14 by 18 grid to start age 7 on: 252 squares and a route of 43 steps. Puzzle #151104. PDF
Printable maze for 7 year olds, age 7 starter level, a 14 by 18 grid with 24 dead ends, puzzle 151105 Maze 5: Age 7 starter 14 x 18 A starter board of 252 squares with 24 short dead ends. The good route is 73 steps. Puzzle #151105. PDF
Printable maze for 7 year olds, age 7 starter level, a 14 by 18 grid with 30 dead ends, puzzle 151106 Maze 6: Age 7 starter 14 x 18 The first size on this page: 14x18, wide corridors and only 30 turnings that go nowhere. Puzzle #151106. PDF
Printable maze for 7 year olds, age 7 starter level, a 14 by 18 grid with 28 dead ends, puzzle 151107 Maze 7: Age 7 starter 14 x 18 252 squares at 12.86mm each. The correct route crosses 159 of them past 28 dead ends. Puzzle #151107. PDF
Printable maze for 7 year olds, age 7 starter level, a 14 by 18 grid with 26 dead ends, puzzle 151108 Maze 8: Age 7 starter 14 x 18 A 14 by 18 grid to start age 7 on: 252 squares and a route of 133 steps. Puzzle #151108. PDF

The central size, 16 by 21

Eight mazes of 336 squares, the middle of this page and the size most second graders settle into: big enough to need a plan, small enough to finish before attention runs out. Every card states the exact route length measured off its own board.

Printable maze for 7 year olds, age 7 level, a 16 by 21 grid with 38 dead ends, puzzle 151201 Maze 9: Age 7 16 x 21 A maze of 336 squares pitched at second grade. The solution runs 106 steps. Puzzle #151201. PDF
Printable maze for 7 year olds, age 7 level, a 16 by 21 grid with 34 dead ends, puzzle 151202 Maze 10: Age 7 16 x 21 A 16x21 grid with 32 junctions and one route of 210 steps. Puzzle #151202. PDF
Printable maze for 7 year olds, age 7 level, a 16 by 21 grid with 38 dead ends, puzzle 151203 Maze 11: Age 7 16 x 21 38 dead ends spread across 336 squares; the correct route is 152 steps end to end. Puzzle #151203. PDF
Printable maze for 7 year olds, age 7 level, a 16 by 21 grid with 34 dead ends, puzzle 151204 Maze 12: Age 7 16 x 21 The central size for age 7: 16 by 21, which is 336 squares, with 34 dead ends. Puzzle #151204. PDF
Printable maze for 7 year olds, age 7 level, a 16 by 21 grid with 42 dead ends, puzzle 151205 Maze 13: Age 7 16 x 21 A maze of 336 squares pitched at second grade. The solution runs 168 steps. Puzzle #151205. PDF
Printable maze for 7 year olds, age 7 level, a 16 by 21 grid with 36 dead ends, puzzle 151206 Maze 14: Age 7 16 x 21 A 16x21 grid with 34 junctions and one route of 162 steps. Puzzle #151206. PDF
Printable maze for 7 year olds, age 7 level, a 16 by 21 grid with 31 dead ends, puzzle 151207 Maze 15: Age 7 16 x 21 31 dead ends spread across 336 squares; the correct route is 150 steps end to end. Puzzle #151207. PDF
Printable maze for 7 year olds, age 7 level, a 16 by 21 grid with 33 dead ends, puzzle 151208 Maze 16: Age 7 16 x 21 The central size for age 7: 16 by 21, which is 336 squares, with 33 dead ends. Puzzle #151208. PDF

Challenge boards, 18 by 24

Eight mazes of 432 squares carved with a little extra branching, so a fork turns up every few steps. For the child who finishes the central size without slowing down. When these fall too, the easy mazes page takes over.

Printable maze for 7 year olds, age 7 challenge level, a 18 by 24 grid with 68 dead ends, puzzle 151301 Maze 17: Age 7 challenge 18 x 24 A stretch for a child who owns the central size: 432 squares, 68 dead ends and a route of 93 steps. Puzzle #151301. PDF
Printable maze for 7 year olds, age 7 challenge level, a 18 by 24 grid with 59 dead ends, puzzle 151302 Maze 18: Age 7 challenge 18 x 24 A board of 432 squares that forks every few steps: 56 crossings and 59 dead ends. Puzzle #151302. PDF
Printable maze for 7 year olds, age 7 challenge level, a 18 by 24 grid with 70 dead ends, puzzle 151303 Maze 19: Age 7 challenge 18 x 24 18x24 with 70 dead ends. If this one falls without a fight, the site's easy mazes are the next step up. Puzzle #151303. PDF
Printable maze for 7 year olds, age 7 challenge level, a 18 by 24 grid with 61 dead ends, puzzle 151304 Maze 20: Age 7 challenge 18 x 24 The tall rung of the page: 18 by 24 squares and a little extra branching, with 55 junctions. Puzzle #151304. PDF
Printable maze for 7 year olds, age 7 challenge level, a 18 by 24 grid with 66 dead ends, puzzle 151305 Maze 21: Age 7 challenge 18 x 24 A stretch for a child who owns the central size: 432 squares, 66 dead ends and a route of 87 steps. Puzzle #151305. PDF
Printable maze for 7 year olds, age 7 challenge level, a 18 by 24 grid with 55 dead ends, puzzle 151306 Maze 22: Age 7 challenge 18 x 24 A board of 432 squares that forks every few steps: 53 crossings and 55 dead ends. Puzzle #151306. PDF
Printable maze for 7 year olds, age 7 challenge level, a 18 by 24 grid with 67 dead ends, puzzle 151307 Maze 23: Age 7 challenge 18 x 24 18x24 with 67 dead ends. If this one falls without a fight, the site's easy mazes are the next step up. Puzzle #151307. PDF
Printable maze for 7 year olds, age 7 challenge level, a 18 by 24 grid with 67 dead ends, puzzle 151308 Maze 24: Age 7 challenge 18 x 24 The tall rung of the page: 18 by 24 squares and a little extra branching, with 64 junctions. Puzzle #151308. PDF

Classroom sheets: two mazes to a page

Six sheets that print two different 14 by 9 boards, labelled A and B, on one page. Built for class sets: one sheet per pair of desks, and the two boards are proved different before the file is written, never assumed from the seeds.

Printable sheet of 2 mazes for 7 year olds, 14 by 9 squares each, puzzle 151401 Maze 25: Two for age 7, 14 x 9 each A double sheet for the classroom: two different boards of 126 squares and 29 dead ends in all. Puzzle #151401. PDF
Printable sheet of 2 mazes for 7 year olds, 14 by 9 squares each, puzzle 151402 Maze 26: Two for age 7, 14 x 9 each Two boards a page at 12.22mm a square, 140 steps of route across A and B. Puzzle #151402. PDF
Printable sheet of 2 mazes for 7 year olds, 14 by 9 squares each, puzzle 151403 Maze 27: Two for age 7, 14 x 9 each Two different mazes on one page, 14x9 each, so one sheet serves a pair of desks. Puzzle #151403. PDF
Printable sheet of 2 mazes for 7 year olds, 14 by 9 squares each, puzzle 151404 Maze 28: Two for age 7, 14 x 9 each Two 14 by 9 mazes on one sheet, A and B, 252 squares between them: the classroom sheet. Puzzle #151404. PDF
Printable sheet of 2 mazes for 7 year olds, 14 by 9 squares each, puzzle 151405 Maze 29: Two for age 7, 14 x 9 each A double sheet for the classroom: two different boards of 126 squares and 28 dead ends in all. Puzzle #151405. PDF
Printable sheet of 2 mazes for 7 year olds, 14 by 9 squares each, puzzle 151406 Maze 30: Two for age 7, 14 x 9 each Two boards a page at 12.22mm a square, 100 steps of route across A and B. Puzzle #151406. PDF

Why a page just for age 7

Seven is the age where maze books go wrong in both directions: the preschool sheets are finished in forty seconds and the grown-up ones end in a scribble and a bad mood. The gap is real and it is measurable. This page fills it with three genuine board sizes, 14 by 18, 16 by 21 and 18 by 24, sitting exactly between this site's easy tier and the point where mazes start demanding adult patience.

The sizes are not labels printed on the same puzzle. The grids are different, the corridor widths are different, and each card states the route length and dead end count measured off its own board. A child can see themselves climb the ladder, which at this age is most of the fun.

Which size to hand over first

  • Starter, 14 by 18. For a 7 year old who has met mazes but not often. Wide 13mm squares, short dead ends, finished inside ten minutes.
  • The central size, 16 by 21. Where most second graders settle. Big enough to need a plan, small enough to finish before attention runs out.
  • Challenge, 18 by 24. Carved with extra branching so a fork turns up every few steps. When these fall without a fight, graduate to the easy mazes and then keep climbing.

The classroom sheets

The two-maze sheets print two different boards, A and B, on one page, and the two boards are checked to be genuinely different before the file is generated. One sheet serves a pair of desks, or one child gets a rematch without a second trip to the printer. Print the class set without the final pages and keep one full copy in your folder: every maze here carries its answer as the last page of its PDF.

Printing them right

Set the printer to 100 percent or actual size, never fit to page. Every sheet is drawn as a real A4 page with a 15mm margin, so it prints on US Letter without cropping too. Black and white draft quality is fine; there is no colour on the page to lose, and the walls are drawn heavy enough to survive a tired toner cartridge.

How to use these sheets

  1. Pick a sheet and press Print. The file is a PDF sized for A4 and Letter paper.
  2. Print it in black and white at normal quality. None of these sheets need colour ink except the colour by number pages.
  3. Keep the answer page for yourself, or print it too if you want to check the work later.

How to Print These Sheets

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