Checkered Ornament Christmas Puzzle
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Get in this holiday spirit with this checkered ornament Christmas puzzle which involves arranging six pieces to create an ornament with a checkered design.
Warning – it’s trickier than it looks!
Looking for more Christmas activities and puzzles for your classroom? Here’s just a few examples of the other holiday activities I have created.
Instructions
Arrange the six given pieces to decorate the ornament with a checkered pattern. Pieces may be rotated, but they may not overlap one another.
I have a new original puzzle to share with you today.
Puzzle Source
This puzzle is my original creation.
There is just something about the holiday season that gets me in the puzzle creation mood. Previously, I have created and shared the Decorate the Tree Puzzle.
Adapting the Puzzle for Younger Students
If I was teaching younger grades, I would print the ornament template on green or red cardstock. Then, I would print the checkered pieces on regular paper.
After students solved the checkered ornament puzzle, I would have them glue their pieces on the ornament and then cut out the ornament (leaving a bit of the colored border around the edges.
Then, we would punch holes in the top of the ornaments and add ribbon that would allow us to hang our ornaments on our classroom tree.
If I was printing off sets of this puzzle for my classroom with no intentions of using this as decoration later on, I think I might print the checkered pieces on colored paper. This would make it easier to see which parts of the ornament are not yet covered.
Looking for more chess-themed activities and puzzles for your classroom? Here’s a few examples of the other chess-related activities I have created.
Puzzle Solutions
Puzzle solutions are available on a password-protected solution page. I do not openly post the puzzle answer keys because one of my goals as a resource creator is to craft learning experiences for students that are non-google-able. I want teachers to be able to use these puzzles in their classrooms without the solutions being found easily on the Internet.
Please email me at sarah@mathequalslove.net for the password to the answer key database featuring all of my printable puzzles and math worksheets. I frequently have students emailing me for the answer key, so please specify in your email what school you teach at and what subjects you teach. If you do not provide these details, I will not be able to send you the password.
Not a teacher? Go ahead and send me an email as well. Just let me know what you are using the puzzles for. I am continually in awe of how many people are using these puzzles with scouting groups, with senior adults battling dementia, or as fun activities in their workplace. Just give me enough details so I know you are not a student looking for answers to the puzzle that was assigned as their homework!
Thank You! I am going to send this as a family math project to my virtual elementary students.
Is the checkered ornament a pattern throughout the ornament? Do you have an answer key?
The checkered pattern goes across the ornament. I try not to post answers online since my students know the power of google. Sorry!
Hi Sarah, my 6th graders enjoyed working on this challenge today, but none of us (including myself) were successful after about 20 minutes of work. Thanks for all of your puzzles (: