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EclipseCrossword makes it easy to create a crossword puzzle that’s totally “you.” But, all that freedom can be daunting at first. If you’re having trouble thinking of what to make for your first crossword, here are a few to get you started:
- Have a website? Take bits of information from your website—your middle name, your dog’s name, what high school you went to, etc.—and put them in a crossword for your visitors!
- Teach any classes? Whether it’s a 200-person class at a university or a 10-person Sunday School class, your students will enjoy doing a lesson-themed crossword puzzle. For younger kids, pick, for example, the eight biggest topics from the lesson and put them in a puzzle to give to them at the end. For older students, you can pick a variety of topics from the lecture, both important and obscure, and put them together in a puzzle.
- Putting together an instructional manual or a text packet? Most booklets of this type will have some sort of “chapter review.” Instead of bland questions at the end of each chapter, be creative—add a crossword or two, a few “creative thinking” questions, and make it more interesting.
- Run a departmental newsletter? Put together a crossword and put it in your next issue. Whether it’s work-related, seasonal, or completely irrelevant, it will “brighten up” the newsletter, and encourage employees to actually read it.
- Work at a doctor’s or dentist’s office? Put together a small puzzle and leave some copies in the waiting room. Keep your patients entertained!
