Tangram 10 Wood Puzzle | Classic 10 Piece Brain Teaser

What is the Tangram 10 puzzle? This is our handmade, 10-piece take on the classic tangram, crafted in our Florida shop. Ten precision-cut puzzle pieces fit in a compact wooden base with a removable cover, making it perfect for travel and classroom use. Unlike the familiar seven-piece set, Tangram 10 arrives in two stacked layers: each layer uses five pieces to form two perfect smaller squares. Your warm-up is to rebuild both 5-piece squares; then combine all ten pieces to make one larger master square. After that, take on approximately 190 silhouette challenges using all the pieces.

• Contents and build: 10 cherry finished wood pieces (1/4 inch thick), wooden base with removable cover, instructions, and solutions.
• Size: box measures about 5.3 in square; compact for coffee tables, classrooms, and travel.
• Skill focus: spatial reasoning, decomposition, symmetry, problem solving, and screen-free focus; ideal for STEM enrichment.
• Personalization: Add laser-engraved personalization for names, dates, or messages.

How it plays. Start by repacking each 5-piece layer into its square to lock in angles and lengths. Build the larger master square with all 10 pieces to internalize relationships you will reuse in later problems. Then explore silhouettes spanning animals, people, objects, and abstract forms. Every problem uses all ten pieces with no gaps or overlap, honoring the strict tangram rule set while adding fresh combinational depth. Educators appreciate the built-in progression, the availability of solutions for step-by-step instruction, and the tactile geometry that supports discussions about congruence, area, perimeter, reflection, and rotation.

Materials and feel. We laser cut the pieces from 1/4 inch thick cherry finished wood, for crisp geometry and durability. The base and wood cover keep everything together so the set can live on a desk or end table without loose parts. The Tangram 10 is made in Florida by our family workshop.

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A brief history of tangrams. Tangrams are Chinese dissection puzzles in which flat geometric pieces, called tans, are arranged to form new shapes. Modern sets typically have seven pieces, and the goal is to reproduce silhouettes using all pieces without overlap. Most historians place the puzzle’s origins in China in the late 18th century; by the 1815–1820 period it had become a full-blown craze in Western salons after traders brought problem and solution books to the United States and Europe. Interest surged again around World War I. For an accessible overview, see Wikipedia’s tangram entry and this readable piece on how tangrams spread West, The Diffusion of Tangrams. Museum references and archives also document early pattern books and sets, for example the Smithsonian’s Book of tangram designs.

What makes Tangram 10 special. Moving from seven to ten pieces unlocks new strategies: stacked layer packing, fresh triangles and quadrilaterals, and more ways to mirror, rotate, and compose silhouettes. You still use all the pieces for every challenge, but the added variety keeps solvers engaged far longer. The included booklet’s ~190 problems and solutions ensure there is always a next step, whether you are practicing solo, in a classroom center, or at a coffee table with friends.

Who it is for. Curious kids, design-minded adults, teachers, and puzzle enthusiasts. Tangram 10 is approachable for families yet rich enough for seasoned solvers. Explore more sets in our Tangram collection, or pair this with other geometric brain teasers across the site.

Summary of specs. 10 pieces (1/4" thick cherry); base with wood cover; approx. 5.3 in square; includes instructions and solutions; handmade in Florida by Creative Crafthouse.

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