Turn coloring and cutting into a math adventure with this DIY Mini Tangram Puzzle for Kids from HOMER! Kids can create their very own set of colorful shapes and then use them to create their own puzzles.
Materials Needed:
🖨️ Printed ‘Mini Tangram Puzzle” template (cardstock recommended)
🖍️ Crayons, markers, or colored pencils
✂️ Child-safe scissors
📦 Small bag or envelope for storing the pieces
⏱️ Time Needed: 15–20 minutes
👩👧 Best As: A do-together activity initially (adults can help with cutting and modeling, then kids can explore building puzzles independently afterward)
How to Use:
- Print the tangram template on sturdy cardstock.
- Let your child color each shape with their own creative flair.
- Carefully cut out the seven pieces or have your child cut them out using child-safe scissors.
- Try fitting the shapes back into the square—or explore new designs!
- Store pieces in a bag or envelope for easy reuse.
Build creativity, confidence, and critical thinking—all through play with shapes!
Tangram puzzles aren’t just fun—they’re powerful learning tools!
As kids color, cut, and play, they strengthen fine motor skills, practice visual-spatial reasoning, explore geometry concepts like area and symmetry, and build problem-solving confidence. By turning math into a hands-on game, tangrams help children see shapes in a whole new way.
✨ Want to make it even more engaging? Print page 1 twice so that your child has more shapes to work with. Then, challenge them to create their own animal, house, or letter using the tangram pieces—or take turns guessing each other’s creations!
Want to support your child’s early literacy, math skills, and creativity?
Try HOMER free for 30 days
