Tangram & Pattern Puzzles

The tangram is the most efficient puzzle ever designed: seven pieces, one square, and an open-ended set of pictures that a child can copy, invent or fail at and try again. It is also the easiest puzzle to manufacture well, which makes it a reliable wholesale line.

This range covers the classic seven-piece tangram, magnetic tangram sets for travel, larger pattern-block assortments with cards, and geometric puzzle games that combine the tangram with a picture book or card deck. Plywood pieces with water-based paint; magnetic versions use a magnetic sheet under the board. Sets run from a pocket-size seven-piece to a 200-piece classroom assortment.

Tangram sells to two buyers. Retailers take the boxed and magnetic versions for gift and travel; schools and education suppliers take the large sets and the card-based versions. If you are building a curriculum range, pair a tangram set with a pattern block set — they teach the same ideas at two levels.