Tangram is a Chinese puzzle that was created more than 4000 years ago. The simple manufacture of tangram makes this puzzle even more popular. The puzzle consists of 7 parts: 3 triangles (2 large, 1 medium), square and parallelogram, which as a whole form one large square. If you add up all 7 fragments of tangram, you can get a wide variety of figures, the outlines of which resemble various household items, structures, animals, and even people.
Diversity
Rate the assembled flat tangram puzzle pieces, photos of which are given below. In everyday life you can find various names of this board game, such as: “constructor of geometric shapes”, “cardboard puzzle”, “cut puzzle”.
Popularity and Variability
The idea of constructing from the elements of tangram can be found in numerous displays of famous designers, in architectural projects, bold decisions of landscape design. The most popular is the use in the design and construction of furniture. For example, transforming tangram tables, upholstered and cabinet furniture, etc. The popularity of furniture built on this principle is explained by its practicality and convenience. After all, it can be modified at the slightest desire of the owner. A happy owner of tangram furniture with his own hands will be able at any moment to radically change the interior of the room.
There are a huge number of variations that can be assembled from triangular and quadrangular shelves. When purchasing such furniture, the buyer receives supporting instructions with various pictures and figures, which can be obtained using these shelves.
Puzzle Benefits
But above all, tangram is a fascinating tool for the development of the logical thinking of a person, especially a child. A do-it-yourself tangram is one of the best pastimes of parents with their children. The puzzle will help the child acquire the skills of analyzing images, highlighting geometric shapes, breaking an object into parts, and composing parts of the whole.
Instruction manual
The process of creating tangram is simple. The cost of this puzzle is low. Do-it-yourself tangram is often made of white or color cardboard. For example, you can use cardboard from an office folder, boxes from under any household appliances, colored cardboard for students. A more practical and durable version can be made of plastic. On any of the proposed surfaces, it is necessary to apply a template and cut. Note the insignificant time spent on creating a tangram puzzle with your own hands, the diagram of which is given below and can be used as a template.
Cutting out the elements according to the template, you get a ready tangram with which you can start playing. Together with the child, you can choose from a variety of samples an outline that is interesting to you and put together a figure that should consist of all seven parts of the tangram that do not overlap each other. By the same principle, you can invent your own figures. For the smallest, they draw patterns on paper and assemble the elements like a mosaic.
Do-it-yourself tangram puzzle will allow you to have fun and useful time!