Shape gallery
Tangram Shapes and Patterns
Explore tangram images of animals, people, objects, letters and geometric shapes. Open a puzzle to arrange the seven pieces yourself.
Tangram images by theme
These patterns show the pieces in color. Choose an image to solve the same shape as a silhouette.
Animals
Look for a tail, a beak or a shell in the outline.
Browse AnimalsPeople
Turn the pieces to suggest a person in motion.
Browse PeopleVehicles
Find a long edge for a hull, a wing or a rotor.
Browse VehiclesEveryday objects
Pick out the seat, handle or teeth in each outline.
Browse Everyday objectsBuildings
Find the straight edges of roofs, bridges and stairs.
Browse BuildingsLetters
Build letter outlines with the same seven pieces.
Browse LettersNumbers
Compare the wide and narrow parts of a digit.
Browse NumbersGeometry
Make clean edges with squares, triangles and slanted shapes.
Browse GeometryDesign your own tangram pattern
Start with the square or parallelogram and add triangles around it. When the outline suggests an object, move the remaining pieces to complete it. To trace your shape on paper, use the seven-piece cutout on page 2 of the card pack sample.