Wooden Tangram Puzzle

The seven boards of skill

In China the tangram is called qīqiǎobǎn, "seven boards of skill". It reached Europe and America in the early 1800s, where it became a genuine craze; Lewis Carroll was among its devotees. The rules have never changed: use all seven pieces, lay them flat, never overlap. From those limits come thousands of figures, from animals and boats to people in motion. Mathematicians have proven that exactly thirteen convex shapes can be made from the set.

Read more: A History of Tangrams

Why a wooden tangram

Card and plastic sets do the job. Wood makes a tangram an object worth keeping out on a desk or coffee table. Our pieces are cut from sustainably sourced hardwood and sanded by hand until the edges meet flush. When the square is complete, it looks like a single board. Each set is backed by our lifetime guarantee.