Idioms Word Search, Scramble and Crossword Puzzle

I made this idioms puzzle set for my Year 4 and Year 5 pupils during our figurative language unit. The kids would read phrases like "it's raining cats and dogs" and think it meant actual animals falling from the sky. So I put together a word search, a word scramble, and a crossword using common idioms like raining cats and dogs, piece of cake, break a leg, hit the sack, spill the beans, cost an arm and a leg, under the weather, let the cat out of the bag, bite the bullet, and kill two birds with one stone. Nothing fancy — just puzzles to help the real meanings finally stick.

The PDFs are six pages. Three puzzles, each with its own answer key page. The word search works well for quiet time after break. The scramble gets them talking because they argue about whether "break a leg" really means good luck. The crossword I use for partners with meaning clues. I added a couple simple cat, dog, and cake drawings but nothing too busy.

Works for Years 4 to 6. Print and go. Sometimes I have early finishers use an idiom in a sentence on the back. The kids actually ask for these now.