Printable Heart Tangram Puzzle

This printable heart tangram puzzle is perfect for engaging students on Valentine’s Day or any day of the year!

February 2025 Update: When I originally shared this puzzle, I included a clipart image of a heart. Unfortunately, it did not exactly match the heart created by the puzzle. This caused confusion for many students, so I have recreated the downloads to feature a heart shaped outline which matches the final product.

Instructions

Arrange the ten provided pieces to form the shape of a heart.

Puzzle Source

I ran across this heart-shaped puzzle on Twitter when David Butler shared a Valentine’s Day puzzle that he had created for his wife.

David says that this puzzle is slightly modified from a traditional heart tangram puzzle.

Small Printable Version

The easiest option for using this puzzle is to print an individual copy of the puzzle for each student. The puzzle instruction page also doubles as a board for students to place the pieces on while solving the heart puzzle.

I cut out several copies of this puzzle and hung them on my dry erase board in a magnetic pocket for students to grab and take back to their desks.

Jumbo Version

I have also created a jumbo version of this puzzle which is perfect for hanging on your dry erase board or for using with students in groups.

I placed disc magnets on the back of each laminated piece and placed the heart puzzle pieces as well as the instructions (picture shows old version of the instructions which have since been updated with a more accurately shaped heart) on my dry erase board.

MATH = LOVE RECOMMENDS…

A laminator is a MUST-HAVE for me as a math teacher! I spent my first six years as a teacher at a school with a broken laminator, so I had to find a way to laminate things myself.

I’ve had several laminators over the years. I currently use a Scotch laminator at home and a Swingline laminator at school.

• Scotch Laminator
• Swingline Laminator
• Nuova Laminating Pouches

I highly recommend splurging a bit on the actual laminator and buying the cheapest laminating pouches you can find!

David Butler shared the image file he created for this heart tangram puzzle on twitter. It became slightly fuzzy when I enlarged the pieces, so I combatted this by putting the disc magnets on the sides of the puzzle pieces featuring the outline.

I have included the original small version from David as well as the enlarged version in the download at the bottom of this post.