Daniel's Diet Crossword for Kids (Easy, Medium and Hard)

These free Daniel's Diet crossword puzzles come in three levels, so every reader in your class can finish one. Every answer comes from the King James Bible (Daniel 1:1–21), and each level downloads with or without an answer key.

• Easy (ages 5–7): short answers, simple clues and a word box to pick from.
• Medium (grades K–2): more words and no word box.
• Hard (grades 3–5): kids look up each verse in their Bible to find the answer.

Use them after the Daniel's Diet Sunday school lesson, with the maze and word search.

The Bible story

Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah were among the children of Israel brought to be taught in the palace of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and the king appointed them a daily provision of his meat and wine. But "Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself" with it, and he asked Melzar to prove them ten days with pulse (food grown from seeds) to eat and water to drink. At the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the king's meat, and God gave them knowledge and wisdom, so that "among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah." Read the whole story in Daniel 1:1–21 (KJV).

Memory verse: "As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams." (Daniel 1:17, KJV). It is printed on every level.

The clues

The easy crossword has 6 answers and a word box to pick from. The medium crossword has 8 clues like these:

• Nebuchadnezzar king of ___ came unto Jerusalem. (Daniel 1:1)
• Among the children of Judah were ___, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. (Daniel 1:6)
• Daniel ___ in his heart that he would not defile himself. (Daniel 1:8)
• Daniel asked ___ to prove them ten days. (Daniel 1:11)
• "Let them give us ___ to eat, and water to drink." (Daniel 1:12)
• After ten days their faces looked ___ and fatter in flesh. (Daniel 1:15)
• God gave the four children ___ and skill in all learning. (Daniel 1:17)
• Daniel had understanding in all visions and ___. (Daniel 1:17)

The hard crossword has 11 clues, each with its verse printed after it, so kids find the answers in their own Bible.

Answer keys

Each level downloads two ways: the puzzle on its own, or with a second page that shows the answer (the filled grid with each answer's verse). Print the key for helpers, or let kids check their own work.