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PUZZLES
HOMEMADE PUZZLES
If you’ve already put together all the puzzles your own, here are some ideas for making your own!
Family Photo Puzzle
Craft Stick Puzzle
PUZZLE ART
Time to upcycle those old jigsaw puzzles with missing pieces! Here are just a couple of ideas to get you started.
If you are missing your friends, you can make and mail them a NECKLACE to let them know you are thinking of them.
What do you see when you look at an old puzzle piece? This activity will challenge you to use your imagination and turn old puzzles into CRAZY CREATURES.
TANGRAMS
Tangrams were invented in China sometime between 900-1200 AD and became popular in Europe around 1800. It consists of seven shapes called “tans” that can be rearranged into many different shapes.
This SITE gives directions for making your own set of tangrams and has links to printable puzzle sheets for you to solve.
In the book GRANDFATHER TANG’S STORY by Ann Tompert a little girl is lulled to sleep as her grandfather tells her a story using tangrams.
VIRTUAL ESCAPES
Since you can’t visit a real escape room while we are social distancing, try these two kid friendly virtual escape rooms created by librarians!
THE MISSING TIGER from The Cotsens Children’s Library in Princeton, NJ
THE HOGWARTS DIGITAL ESCAPE from the Peter’s Township Library in McMurray, PA
BRAIN TEASERS
We need to exercise our brains just like we do our muscles! This site has 100’s of BRAIN TEASERS to keep your brain in shape. They are organized by category, so, whether you like math puzzles or playing with words, there is something here for everyone!
OPTICAL ILLUSIONS
Sometimes our eyes like to play tricks on us and we need to put on our thinking caps to figure out what is really going on! See if you can figure out what is happening with these OPTICAL ILLUSIONS..
Create your own optical illusion and make this fun TOY with just a pencil and some paper.