Tangrams are fun for everyone, not just kids. You can get a basic pattern here. Then you can look for printable puzzles online, or you can check out a tangram book from the library. For younger kids, giving them the "answer" sheet to begin with is a good start. It gets them familiar with how the pieces fit together. Then they can start trying to figure them out on their own. Adrian started playing with them at age 4 1/2 and now at almost 6, he's starting to try to do the puzzles himself, rather than look at the answer sheet. He also loves coming up with his own designs.
I made mine with craft foam sheets. I added magnets to the back. You could make them out of anything though, from simply cutting the paper you printed the pattern on, to crafting a fine set out of wood (I've seen these and they are gorgeous!). For a magnetic set, you need to make 2 parallelograms, one flipped, or else you won't be able to do all of the designs. Just don't forget to leave out the unneeded parallelogram when you do the design!
Here is Adrian and his favorite tangram, a cat! (You can see the extra parallelogram off to the left there)
I made mine with craft foam sheets. I added magnets to the back. You could make them out of anything though, from simply cutting the paper you printed the pattern on, to crafting a fine set out of wood (I've seen these and they are gorgeous!). For a magnetic set, you need to make 2 parallelograms, one flipped, or else you won't be able to do all of the designs. Just don't forget to leave out the unneeded parallelogram when you do the design!
Here is Adrian and his favorite tangram, a cat! (You can see the extra parallelogram off to the left there)
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