Decorated traditional mazes

For younger children, a more decorated maze will keep them occupied and interested. This is a traditional maze but very colorful. These mazes quickly become childish for older kids.

AGE: Easy 3 years – Medium 7 years

Path mazes

A path maze, as simple as illustrated, serves as an introduction for toddlers to mazes. The complexity of the path maze can be increased to make it more suitable for older children.

AGE: Very easy 2 years – Hard 7 years old

Underground mazes

This type of maze is designed with a focus on illustration to captivate and maintain the interest of young children in maze solving. However, older children may perceive it as childish.

AGE: Easy 3 years – Hard 5 years old

Inside a shape mazes

A maze like this is about the illustration and theme of the maze- the complexity of the maze sets the suitable age group.

AGE: Easy 5 years – Hard 10 years old

Ladder mazes

For younger children, a more decorated maze will keep them occupied and interested. These mazes require a little more understanding of space and awareness of where one is allowed to walk.

AGE: Easy 5 years – Medium 9 years

Rope mazes

These mazes require a little more understanding of space and that the ropes go over and under each other.

AGE: Easy 5 years – Hard for teens

Complex path mazes

This type of maze focuses on illustration and theme, with the complexity determining the suitable age group.

AGE: Easy 5 years – Hard 10 years

Traditional mazes

This is typically what a maze looks like when generated by a maze generator. While it serves its purpose as a maze, it may not be particularly engaging for younger children.

AGE: Easy from prechoolers – Hard for teens

Room mazes

This maze is a variation of the traditional maze, but because it extends into rooms, it becomes harder to discern the correct path. This increases the difficulty level of the maze.

AGE: Easy 7 years – Hard for teens

Mazes with obsticals

This maze has multiple solutions that have been blocked off by some kind of obstacle. The larger the maze, the higher the difficulty level.

AGE: Very easy 5 years – Hard for teens

Hidden word maze

One way to make a traditional maze more interesting is to incorporate it into a second task. In this puzzle, the objective is to find the letters and piece them together to form the hidden word, requiring the child to be able to read.

AGE: Easy 7 years – Hard for teens

Criss cross Mazes – advanced rope maze

This maze has multiple starting points, but only one leads to the center. In mazes like this, the child must understand that paths can go under another path.

AGE: Easy 7 years – Hard for teens

Advanced path maze

This maze is a path maze, but with a twist. All houses must be visited, yet you can only traverse the same path twice. The goal is to find the one path that takes you past all the houses.

AGE: Easy 7 years – Hard teen

Advanced maze with obsticals

This maze has a lot of dead-ends. It is a little bit harder to spot the right path when the obstacle is another path.

AGE: Easy 7 years – Hard for teens

Arrow maze

This maze requires the child to know how to follow an arrow and remember which path they have used before. Find the shortest way to the basket by only following the direction of the arrows.

AGE: Easy 7 years – Hard for teens

Arrow maze in a grid

This maze requires the child to know how to follow the arrows from one side of the puzzle to the next. The child needs a bit more understanding of following directions.

AGE: Easy 7 years – Hard for teens