The Giggle Brain Puzzle Book

Name: The Giggle Brain Puzzle Book
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Author: Ethan Ginsberg

120+ Hilarious Puzzles for Middle School Kids — Cryptograms, Word Fill-Ins & Word Scrambles

120+ puzzles · Cryptograms, Word Fill-Ins, Word Scrambles

The Giggle Brain Puzzle Book is a 120+ puzzle activity book built for middle school kids, with cryptograms, word fill-ins and word scrambles that make them laugh while they think. It is a screen-free gift for tweens, and it holds up on road trips, in classrooms and on rainy weekends.

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About The Giggle Brain Puzzle Book

This is 120+ puzzles written for middle schoolers, which is a much harder audience than it sounds. Too easy and they are insulted, too dry and they are gone, so every puzzle here leads with the funny.

The mix is cryptograms, word fill-ins and word scrambles. Kids get a code to crack and a joke as the reward, which is a much better trade than a worksheet.

Parents and teachers buy it as the screen-free option that kids actually pick up. It travels well, it works as a classroom filler, and it makes a solid stocking stuffer or birthday gift for a tween.

What's inside

120+ hilarious puzzles built for middle school kids
Cryptograms, word fill-ins and word scrambles
Humor written to land with tweens rather than talk down to them
Puzzles short enough for a car ride or a class period
A screen-free activity kids will pick up on their own

Book details

Puzzles: 120+
Puzzle types: Cryptograms, Word Fill-Ins, Word Scrambles
Written for: Middle school kids, Kids, Tweens
Category: Themed
Where to buy: Amazon

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Who it's for

Middle schoolers and tweens who want funny, not homework
Parents looking for a screen-free activity that actually gets used
Teachers who need early-finisher and indoor-recess material
Road trips, flights, summer break and waiting rooms
Birthday gifts and stocking stuffers for the 10 to 14 crowd

The Giggle Brain Puzzle Book

120+ puzzles · Cryptograms, Word Fill-Ins, Word Scrambles

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Frequently asked questions

What age is The Giggle Brain Puzzle Book for?

It is built for middle school kids and tweens. The humor and the puzzle difficulty are both pitched at that age, so it does not read as babyish to a sixth grader or as impossible to a fourth.

How many puzzles are in it?

There are 120+ puzzles across three formats: cryptograms, word fill-ins and word scrambles. That is enough variety that kids do not burn out on any one type.

Are cryptograms too hard for kids?

Not the way they are used here. The cryptograms are written for middle schoolers, and the payoff for cracking each code is a laugh, which is exactly the motivation kids need to stick with a code-breaking puzzle.

Is this good for classrooms or road trips?

Both. The puzzles are self-contained and short, so they fit a class period, an early finisher, or a stretch of highway. It is a screen-free option that kids tend to open without being told to.

Want to make your own puzzles first?

We built this book with the same tools we give away. Try the free cryptogram maker to print your own puzzles free, then pick up the book when you want a full collection in your hands.

Open the free cryptogram maker