Are you going on vacation this month? Why not take our monthly free printable with you? This August word search printable features many of the national days this month.
The summer word search features several national days of August hidden for you to find in this custom word search puzzle. Look in any direction for the words, even diagonally.
Use the seek and find puzzle to take a few minutes of free time for yourself, or give your kids an activity that they will love.
Keep reading to find out more about the August national days and get our free word puzzle.
This free August printable is exclusive to readers of Always the Holidays and reminds you of the reasons to celebrate the month, one day at a time.
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Some of the links below are affiliate links. I earn a small commission, at no extra cost to you, if you purchase through one of those links.Which national days are featured in this August word search printable puzzle?
August is National Family Fun Month, National Golf Month and National Peach month, but that is not all there is to celebrate.
The month is full of days that honors back to school activities, the outdoors, pets, food and many fun activities. You’ll be able to find many of them in the August word find puzzle.
There is also National Coloring Book Day, National Vinyl Record Day, National Gossip Day, Hooray for Kids Day, National Toilet Paper Day, and so much more.
Do you love animals? Don’t forget Black Cat Appreciation Day, and Dinosaur Day this month.
More about the national days of the year
If you like this summer word search printable and you’d like to find out what other days are celebrated in August, be sure to check out the list of national days in August.
There are over 200 days to celebrate this month!
Do you want to find out more about all the national days? Be sure to check out our national day guide.
The guide gives information on all the blog posts on the site that contain information about these special days of the month.
You will get lots of different ideas for celebrating all of the national days. Did you know that there are over 2000 special days to celebrate each year?
Food national days in August to look for in the free word search puzzle
Each month of the year is filled with food and drink days to celebrate, and August is no exception. Many of these days are included in our custom word search printable.
Since it is the middle of the summer for us here in the USA, it’s no surprise that August features outdoor food.
If you are a foodie, you’ll enjoy celebrating these August national food days (and searching for some of them in the seek and find puzzle!).
- National Oyster Day
- National Root Beer Float Day
- National White Wine Day
- Fajitas Day
- National Zucchini Day
- National Waffle Day
- Eat a Peach Day
There are many other tasty food holidays. This month has at least one each day of the month!
For all our word search printables for national cays, check out these pages:
We have a free word search printable puzzle for each month of the year! Each one features national days of that month.
For more word search puzzles for each month, check out these pages:
- January national days word find puzzle
- February national day word search printable
- Word search of March national days
- April national day word search printable
- May national day word find puzzle
- June national days word search puzzle
- July national day word search puzzle
- August word search printable of national days – This page!
- September national day puzzle to search and find
- October national day printable word search puzzle
- Word search printable for November national days
- December national day word search printable
Holiday word scramble and word find printables
In addition to our monthly word search printables featuring the national days of the year, we also make holiday themed word search puzzles.
- Groundhog Day – word search puzzle
- Valentine’s Day – word search and word scramble
- Mardi Gras – word search and word scramble
- St. Patrick’s Day – word search and word scramble
- Spring – word search and word scramble
- Father’s Day – word search and word scramble
- Independence Day – word search and word scramble
- Summer – word search and word scramble
- Labor Day – word search and word scramble
- Fall – word search and word scramble
- Halloween – word search and word scramble
- Thanksgiving – word search and word scramble
Check back often, we frequently add new word scrambles and word searches!
Get the August word search printable of national days
Please note: These custom word search printables take a long time to make. They are for personal use only.
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We appreciate your help in supporting the site. The printables may not be used for any retail purpose or for mass distribution.
You can either download the word search for August national days through the link below, or print it out in the project card at the bottom of the page.
Click here to download the August word search. The puzzle will print out on on a full sheet of paper in the portrait format.
Be sure choose portrait orientation and “fit to page” for the printable area on your printer settings. Printing this way will give you a full page printout.
If you prefer to download the August printable from the project card at the bottom of the page, scroll down and press “print”. It will print out the puzzle in a slightly smaller size.
Directions for the August word search printable
Words in this seek and find puzzle can be found left to right, top to bottom and diagonally in any direction. Look for the words at the bottom in the top part of the puzzle.
Circle the national day words and then cross them off on the bottom as you find them in the printable word search.
August printable word search answers
Sometimes word puzzles can be challenging. If you’re having a hard time finding the answers in this August word search of national days, don’t worry!
We have an answer key for you to reference! Get the August word search answer key here.
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What is your favorite national day to celebrate in August? Did you find it in the word search printable?
Admin note: This post first appeared on the blog in May of 2020. We have updated the post to add new photos, a printable project card for the word search printable and a video for you to enjoy.
Word Search Printable for August National Days

Get your pencil ready and search this puzzle for national days of the month of August.
If you have a hard time solving it, feel free to refer to the answer key on our site.
Materials
- Glossy photo paper or heavy cardstock
Tools
- Deskjet Printer
Instructions
- Load your heavy card stock or glossy photo paper into your Deskjet printer.
- Choose portrait layout and if possible "fit to page" in your settings.
- Print the August word search puzzle and look for the words in the word list.
- The list of words on the bottom of the seek and find puzzle are found left to right, right to left, top to bottom, bottom to top, and diagonally in any direction.
- Look for the words at the bottom in the top part of the August printable.
- Circle the national day words and then cross them off on the bottom as you find them in the puzzle.
Notes
Using this print function on this card will print a word search that fills about 3/4 of an 8 x 11 sheet of paper.
To fill the entire page, choose "fit to page" on your printer if you have this setting, or use the link in the post above and print using the browser print feature.
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Tammy
Wednesday 31st of May 2023
I used to be able to find colorful kid-friendly calendars for each month with national days listed. Now I just find lists of days on this site. Do you still post the monthly calendars?
Carol
Wednesday 31st of May 2023
Hi Tammy. We discontinued the calendars about a year ago.
Rayna Langdon
Monday 1st of August 2022
Is there an August 2022 printable calendar available? We use it at the school for planning different activities. I used to be able to find the printable calendar each month but I don't see August.
Carol
Thursday 4th of August 2022
Thank you for your question! We have discontinued our calendars, and will not be making them in the future. However, we do have a full list of the national days in August which you can find here. This page contains even more national days than our calendars previously had!
We have also started making free printable word searches featuring the national days of each month. You can find all the word search printables under the puzzles tab on the main menu bar.