Tangram, one of the most amazing puzzle & game, is a set of seven neatly cut plane pieces of wood, card board or plastic that are put together to form interesting shapes. Playing Tangram is to make tangram figures and the challenge is to use all the seven pieces without overlapping to create the figure.
I remember the excitement when I first read about the tangrams and I made a set for myself from teak wood and got it polished from a friendly carpenter. I found Tangram excellent for developing the sense of geometry and a great fun for a curious mind (I've actually introduced it to many of my students, and 10/10 they all loved it ! ).
The best thing about these seven pieces is that it allows you to create lot of amazing figures and once you innovate a new figure, let’s say a House or a Cab, you can pass it to your friend as a challenge to recreate the same using the seven pieces also called the tans. So this 'easy to keep in pocket' Tangram is a recreation and a 2-D dissection puzzle as well. Here are some suggestive figures for you to enjoy making them as puzzle.
Homemake a Tangram for yourself :
Although the Tangram is now easily available at Toy stores here is an low- cost paper cut method of making Tangram at home:
make a Tangram for yourself and if you are creative enough you can create an new figure and add it to the ever increasing number of Tangram Figures worldwide !
