{"id":976,"date":"2014-07-09T15:53:36","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T20:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mrspollifax.com\/blog\/?p=976"},"modified":"2017-12-19T13:16:31","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T18:16:31","slug":"create-your-own-puzzles-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrspollifax.com\/blog\/create-your-own-puzzles-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Create Your Own Puzzles Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Create your own puzzles online for free at the Discovery Education website. It is a fun and creative activity to share the stories of our favorite author with your family and friends. And, of course, if you would like to share them with your fellow fans you can save them in a PDF format and I will make them available here on the <a href=\"http:\/\/mrspollifax.com\/blog\/fan-fiction\/puzzles-and-search-a-words-from-the-books\/\" title=\"Puzzles and Search-A-Words\">Puzzles and Search-A-Words page<\/a>. The theme or clues can be from any of the books written by Dorothy Gilman a.k.a. Dorothy Gilman Butters. The solution page should be included with each submission. All you have to do is go the CONTACT US page, upload your file and will post it on the page. Of course, we will write an article about your submission and give you create for the creation.<br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nWe cannot compensate you for creating the puzzles or search-a-words and they will be available to all your fellow fans here for FREE. Thank you for taking the time to create them so that we can all print them out and enjoy them.<br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\nJust Click on the Link Below to get started!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoveryeducation.com\/free-puzzlemaker\/\" title=\"Create Your Own Puzzles and Search A Words For Free\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.discoveryeducation.com\/free-puzzlemaker\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We went ahead and created a new Search-A-Word Puzzle with the solution page called Dorothy Gilman Characters. You can download it directly from our website by clicking the link down below:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mrspollifax.com\/downloadfiles\/DGcharactersSearchAWord.pdf\" title=\"Dorothy Gilmans Characters Search A Word\" target=\"_blank\">Dorothy Gilman&#8217;s Characters Search-A-Word<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\namzn_assoc_placement = \"adunit0\";\namzn_assoc_search_bar = \"true\";\namzn_assoc_tracking_id = \"dorgilfanpag-20\";\namzn_assoc_ad_mode = \"manual\";\namzn_assoc_ad_type = \"smart\";\namzn_assoc_marketplace = \"amazon\";\namzn_assoc_region = \"US\";\namzn_assoc_title = \"Dorothy Gilman Books\";\namzn_assoc_linkid = \"322805b78aaf3090f2e8963e2506f06e\";\namzn_assoc_asins = \"B00K4C4GXQ,B00K4C4GX6,B000XUBBY6,B00HP3Q51S,B00K4C4GXG,B00WTJ9K5G,B00K4C4GYU,B00K4C4H0I,B004SOVBMK,B00K4C4GWC,B00K4C4GYK,B00K4C4GZ4,B00K4C4GWM\";\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Create your own puzzles online for free at the Discovery Education website. It is a fun and creative activity to share the stories of our favorite author with your family and friends. 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