Medium Maze for Ages 6-8 — Set 245821
This 12×9 maze starts empty on purpose: before solving, a six-to-eight-year-old draws their own tiny character at the entrance and then guides it to the exit.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Maze: medium (ages 6-7)
How to use this worksheet
- Invite your child to draw a small character beside the entrance, an animal, a robot or themselves, no bigger than a fingernail.
- Talk about where the character wants to go, then draw its route through the corridors to the exit.
- At the exit, your child can add what the character finds there: a treasure, a home or a friend.
What this worksheet teaches
Adding a character gives the child ownership of the puzzle and a reason to reach the end. Drawing it small practices fine motor control, and the maze itself trains planning several moves ahead, judging which branches lead nowhere and keeping lines inside medium-width corridors.
Play idea
Give the character a mission written on the back of the sheet, such as "deliver the letter" or "find the lost cat". After solving, your child reports whether the mission succeeded.
Questions and answers
Questions from parents
Does the maze come with a character?
No, the page has no drawings at all; the character is your child's own creation, which is part of the fun.
Will drawing a character distract from the maze?
Usually the opposite: children who have invested in their character want to see it reach the exit.
Why a 12×9 maze for this idea?
It is long enough for a proper journey but still fits a single session for ages 6-8.