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Tiger – 1st Grade
Stories in Shapes
Elective
Requirement 3

Tangram Animals

Tiger – 1st Grade
Stories in Shapes
Elective
Requirement 3

Tangram Animals

Snapshot of Activity

Using tangrams make animal shapes. 

Indoor
2
2
2
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  • Copies of cut-out tangram and animal shapes found in Additional Resources 
  • Printer  
  • Scissors, a pair for each Cub Scout 

Before the meeting: 

  1. Print Tangram Cut Out for each Cub Scout. 
  2. Print Tangram Animal Designs for each Cub Scout. 
  3. Set up meeting space to allow Cub Scouts and adult partners to work on activity together. 

During the meeting: 

  1. Inform the Cub Scouts that shapes are all around us and if we look, we can see circles, squares, triangles, and other shapes in everyday objects like a car, a house, or even a tree.  For this activity Cub Scouts will use a special group of shapes called tangrams.  A tangram is a puzzle invented in China that is made by cutting a square of paper into seven pieces. These pieces can be used to make many different figures and shapes. 
  2. Have Cub Scouts with the help of their adult partner cut out the tangrams and then have them arrange the tangrams into the different animal shapes. 
  3. If time allows encourage Cub Scouts to create something of their own design using all seven pieces of the tangram. 

Additional Resources

Tangram Animal Designs

Tangram Cut Out

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Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver
Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Learning for Life Distinguished
Service Award. He received the Messengers of Peace Hero award from
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