Tangram Puzzles
Here's some puzzling fun for the kids from ancient China! Tangrams, "seven
pieces of cleverness", are an ancient Chinese puzzle which is still mind-bending
and intriguing today! We've developed some fun printable tangram puzzles which are perfect for kids - they help with logic and thinking skills, dexterity .. and they are just plain puzzling fun! Explore our tangram puzzle printables below...
How to play
Print out one of our Tangram templates - either in colour or black and white -
onto cardstock. Cut out very carefully along the lines. Now use the seven pieces
to make "pictures" - either inventing your own or using our printable Tangram puzzle pages as a challenge (you will find 10 puzzle pages below). Younger children can lay the Tangram pieces over
the printed puzzle pages and move them around until they fit; older children can
just use the printed page as guidance.
Tangram templates:
Tangram template
Tangram template - colour
Tangram puzzle pages to print:
Teachers - you can always print these patterns out in greyscale if you are
using them in the classroom! Why not print out a set of the tangram puzzle pages,
laminate them, and keep them as time-fillers for children who have finished
their work early?
Our tangram templates should fit exactly if younger children want to use the
tangram puzzle pages below as a base to build their tangram pictures on.
Tangram puzzle pattern - boat NEW!
Tangram puzzle pattern - candle NEW!
Tangram puzzle pattern - chair NEW!
Tangram puzzle pattern - dog NEW!
Tangram puzzle pattern - house NEW!
Tangram puzzle pattern - rocket NEW!
Tangram puzzle pattern - cat
Tangram puzzle pattern - person
Tangram puzzle pattern - rabbit
Tangram puzzle pattern - swan
Back to Chinese New Year Puzzles
Back to Puzzles for Kids
|
