Farm Maze Printables with Animals to Color
A farm maze in three grid sizes for ages 3 to 12, with routes of 86, 217 and 299 cells and a cow, pig, chicken and sheep in the corners to color.
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A farm maze with a story
Four farm animals wait around the edge of this farm maze rather than inside it. The maze is a plain rectangular grid with thin walls, a Start arrow and a Finish arrow on the outer edge, and a solution page that shows the route in orange, while a cow, a pig, a chicken and a sheep sit in the margin corners above and below it, small line drawings ready to color. Before the pencil goes down, ask who is making the trip: a lost lamb heading back to the barn, a hen looking for her chicks, or a farmer carrying a bucket of milk to the kitchen. Younger children enjoy coloring the sheep or the chicken first and drawing the barn beside Finish.
Which grid for which child
The easy farm grid is 12 cells wide and 15 tall, with 12 mm passages and a route of 86 cells, which suits ages 3 to 5 and a fat crayon. Grown to 18 by 23, the medium grid has 8 mm passages and a 217-cell route for ages 6 to 8. The hard grid, at 27 by 34 cells and 5.5 mm, asks ages 9 to 12 to follow a route 299 cells long. Both PDFs hold the same grid with the same corridor widths, so pick the one for your paper, A4 or US Letter, and keep the scale at 100 percent.
Planning a farm morning
On the day before a farm visit, the easy and medium sheets make a settling task while permission slips are collected. Afterward, pair the maze with the Farm Afternoon spot-the-difference puzzle, which shows a house, a cat and an apple tree, for a two-activity farm table.
Skills practiced & tips
- Draw a barn beside Finish and choose which corner animal makes the trip before solving.
- Let a preschooler solve with a finger first, then with a crayon.
- Say each turn aloud as the pencil moves: up, down, left or right.
- Keep the answer page apart in a folder until the end.
Fun facts
- A cow's stomach has four compartments that work together to digest grass.
- Hens lay eggs whether or not there is a rooster in the flock.
- One of the first big corn mazes cut for visitors opened on a Pennsylvania farm in 1993.
Classroom ideas
- Pre-K (ages 3 to 5): each child colors one of the four corner animals, gives it a name and guides it home on the easy grid.
- Grade 1: after a farm read-aloud, solve the medium grid and retell the story as the animal's trip to the barn.
- Grade 3: measure the 12 mm and 5.5 mm corridors with a ruler and discuss why narrower paths make a maze harder.
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Frequently asked questions
Are farm animals drawn inside the maze?
Not inside it. The grid itself is a clean pattern of walls, and a cow, a pig, a chicken and a sheep are printed as small line drawings in the corners above and below it, ready to color.
How long is the route on each farm maze?
The answer path crosses 86 cells on the easy sheet, 217 on the medium sheet and 299 on the hard sheet. The hard grid has 918 cells in total, so about one cell in three is part of the route.
Which farm grid should a preschooler use?
The easy grid, 12 cells wide and 15 tall, with 12 mm passages and an 86-cell route. It suits ages 3 to 5 and a fat crayon; the medium grid is for ages 6 to 8 and the hard grid for ages 9 to 12.
About this printable
- Made with AI assistance (vector drawing authored by a language model) and checked by automated tests and an AI reviewer.
- Checked by automated tests and an AI reviewer on 22 Oct 2026.
- Free for personal and single-classroom use. See the license. Read the license · How these are made · Report a problem.
- Vector PDF, 2 pages, 186×254 mm art box — prints edge-safe on A4 and US Letter.
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