Mouse and Cheese
EasyAges 4-9
A square maze with wide paths. Help the mouse find the cheese, then colour both in.
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Printable Mazes for Kids — Free Activity Pages
10 printable sheets · Ages 4–9 · Easy detail
Mazes are the quietest activity sheet there is. A child solving one is concentrating hard and saying nothing, which makes them the standard choice for waiting rooms, long journeys and the last ten minutes of a lesson.
This starter set has a square maze where a mouse must reach the cheese, and a round maze where a bee travels in to a flower at the centre. Both use wide, clearly separated paths so younger children can succeed without help.
Once solved, both sheets can be coloured, which gives the page a second life.
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One PDF containing all 10 sheets, ready for US Letter or A4.
Open all 10 — PDFHow to use these coloring pages
- Choose a design from the grid below.
- Click the sheet to open the print-ready version in a new tab.
- Print it straight away, or save it to your device first.
- Set your printer to US Letter or A4 and choose “Fit to page”.
The coloring pages
Bee to the Flower
MediumAges 4-9
A circular maze leading from the outside edge to a flower in the middle.
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Mouse and Cheese
MediumAges 4-9
Help the mouse find its way through to the cheese.
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Bee to the Flower
MediumAges 4-9
A round spiral maze leading a bee to a flower at the centre.
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Rocket to the Planet
MediumAges 4-9
A wide-path space maze from rocket to planet.
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What Mazes Teach
Planning before doing
The fastest way through a maze is to look ahead before drawing. Children who trace with a finger first and only then commit a pencil line are practising exactly the plan-before-you-act habit that helps with longer tasks later.
Handling a dead end
A maze gives a child a safe, tiny experience of being wrong and backing up. There is no cost to a dead end and no audience, which is a useful pairing at this age.
Try it the other way
Ask your child to solve the maze backwards, starting at the cheese or the flower. Working from the goal to the start is often easier, and noticing that is a genuinely clever discovery.
More mazes for kids
Fish and Treasure
MediumAges 4-9
An underwater maze ending at a treasure chest.
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Rabbit and Carrot
MediumAges 4-9
A square maze with a rabbit at one end and a carrot at the other.
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Puppy and Bone
MediumAges 4-9
A very simple wide-path maze for the youngest children.
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Car to the Garage
MediumAges 4-9
A road maze leading a small car home to its garage.
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Frequently asked questions
- Are these coloring pages free?
- Yes, every sheet in this collection is free to print and download, with no account needed.
- How hard are these mazes?
- Both are easy, aimed at ages four to nine. The paths are wide and there are only a few dead ends, so children rarely need help.
- Can I print these for a whole class?
- Yes. Teachers, childminders and homeschooling parents may print as many copies as they need for their own children. Selling the files or reposting them elsewhere online is not permitted.
- What paper should I print on?
- Plain 80–120 gsm US Letter or A4 paper works for crayons and coloured pencils. Choose 'Fit to page' in your print dialog. If your child uses felt tips or paint, step up to 160 gsm card so the colour does not bleed through.