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With America’s Independence Day holiday coming up, I’ve got a fun new resource available to challenge your kids’ critical thinking skills: my 4th of July Sudoku Puzzles. These free and kid-friendly Sudoku printables are perfect for some patriotic learning and fun.
Note: For more patriotic printables, see my 4th of July activities page.

Sudoku is a great way to exercise one’s brain with fun, engaging, puzzles that stimulate critical thinking and cognitive skills.
The goal of Sudoku is to fill in a 9×9 grid such that each row, column, and 3×3 sub-grid includes one and only one of each digit from 1 to 9.
Depending on the number of blank spots in the Sudoku puzzle, the difficulty can range from quite easy to extremely challenging.
In the 4th of July Sudoku Puzzles I am sharing today, I have made the game kid-friendly by adapting it to use patriotic images filled with red, white, and blue instead of numbers.
In the download, I have included one playing board with a 9×9 grid and three playing boards that have been shrunk to a 4×4 grid in order to make the game age appropriate for young children.
Here is a sneak peak at the four 4th of July Sudoku games included in the download:

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More 4th of July resources
More 4th of July posts from Gift of Curiosity:
- Books about the American flag
- 4th of July Montessori activities
- Fireworks in a jar
- 4th of July sensory bin
- Sticky paper American flag craft
- 4th of July Printables Pack
- 4th of July do-a-dot printables
- 4th of July Bingo
- 4th of July Sudoku
- American flag printables
For more 4th of July activities, see me 4th of July Activities page and my 4th of July Pinterest board.