Have fun with math with our Halloween tangrams math activity. A fun way to pair a favorite kids holiday with a great, hands-on math lesson. We really enjoyed creating halloween themed pictures using the simple shapes. It’s not quite as easy at it looks, but it definitely encourages kids to get thinking! Terrific STEM for Halloween!
Tangrams are a great math activity for kids of all ages!
Since we usually spend a lot of time using pumpkins for our activities, I thought it would be fun to try something a little different. I printed out this paper tangram printable and cut out several sets of colored tangrams for math play. I used metallic and glittery scrap book paper as well as foam sheets. Add paper and the pattern to our Halloween Tinker Kit!
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We found a bunch of different Halloween themed tangram puzzles by searching around the internet, but you can print out some puzzles here for easy reference. Also, my son enjoyed creating his own ideas. {as seen above}.
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You can find both images that show which positions the shapes are placed in to complete the puzzle as well as images that are completely filled in for more of a challenge. Tangram puzzles can be terrific for multiple age groups this way!
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I simply set up my smart device to show the image we were going to try and create with our tangrams. Of course, tangrams are an awesome way for kids to explore shapes.
We had fun making our own pumpkin but also used more than just the traditional set. Make a work of art out of our Halloween tangrams math activity by gluing the shapes in place and adding your own drawings or creative touches. How about google eyes! Most of all, have fun with the shapes!
MORE FUN HALLOWEEN MATH
We have even more fun and simple Halloween Math ideas to share with your kiddos!
- Halloween Math Sensory Bin
- Roll A Jack O’Lantern Game
- Halloween Math With Candy
- White Pumpkin Geoboard
- Halloween Search and Find
- Halloween Color By Number
- Roll A Skeleton Halloween Game
More Fun Things To Do This Halloween
- Halloween Science Experiments
- Halloween STEM Activities
- Halloween Art Projects, and Crafts Too!
- Halloween Board Games
Printable Halloween STEM Activities Pack
150+ Pages of Halloween-Themed Materials!
This Halloween project pack is suitable for home, school, and group use for kids in grades Kindergarten through elementary but is scaleable for many ages and abilities.
What’s Included:
- 25+ Halloween theme science and STEM activities with printable sheets, instructions, and useful information all using easy-to-source materials perfect for limited-time needs. Includes a Halloween engineering pack with fun, problem-based challenges for kids to solve!
- The skeleton activity pack includes building a skeleton challenge and a coding challenge! Try a skeleton bones bridge-building STEM challenge!
- Halloween theme brick printable activities for hands-on learning with math that is perfect for early finishers or home fun and reinforces basic math concepts.
- Bonus fun pack includes games and activities to round out your Halloween theme activities such as I Spy, bingo, matching, Would You Rather cards, scavenger hunt, word search, A-Z Halloween hunt, and a coloring page.
- Halloween STEAM Pack includes artist-inspired projects by Warhol, Lichtenstein, and more!
Your tangram printable link is missing =0( Help!
I will go take a look! Thanks!
Would love this printable link too!
The link is missing! Could it possibly be added?
Oh, please put the link here. We would all love to print these! Thank you for your idea.
The link to the tangram is in there!
Could you send me the link for the tangram printable or add it above?
Hi, the link is highlighted in the text!