October 2026 print pack

October opens on World Teachers' Day, when a word search is a small thank-you that fits on one sheet. Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day turn the second week toward ships, maps and the people who were already here, and Red Ribbon Week brings words about healthy choices into the third. The month ends on National Pumpkin Day, with autumn harvest puzzles for the last classroom days of October.

Any puzzle here prints as a class set from its own page: choose how many copies, and the answer key prints last.

Week of Monday 5 October · World Teachers' Day — 5 October

Teacher Appreciation Week — puzzle Easy · 10×10 · 8 words Teacher Appreciation Week — Answer key
Jobs in a School — puzzle Medium · 16×16 · 15 words Jobs in a School — Answer key

Week of Monday 12 October · Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day — 12 October

The Age of Exploration — puzzle Easy · 12×12 · 8 words The Age of Exploration — Answer key
Columbus Day Word Bank — puzzle Medium · 14×14 · 16 words Columbus Day Word Bank — Answer key
Famous Explorers in History — puzzle Hard · 26×27 · 20 words Famous Explorers in History — Answer key

Week of Monday 19 October · Red Ribbon Week (drug-free awareness) — 23 October

Red Ribbon Week — puzzle Easy · 10×10 · 8 words Red Ribbon Week — Answer key

Week of Monday 26 October · National Pumpkin Day — 26 October

Easy Pumpkin Patch — puzzle Easy · 10×10 · 8 words Easy Pumpkin Patch — Answer key
Pumpkin Patch — puzzle Medium · 13×13 · 17 words Pumpkin Patch — Answer key
Pumpkin Spice Everything — puzzle Hard · 12×12 · 18 words Pumpkin Spice Everything — Answer key

This pack's sheet, every Monday. We'll email you the week's sheet from the print pack every Monday, usually medium — for your class or the activity table. Stop any time.