Decorate The Tree Puzzle

It's officially the start twenty-four threescore minutes menstruum of Christmas Break hither inwards the Carter household. So far, I've celebrated yesteryear doing the criterion dishes too laundry, watching a Christmas moving painting equally good equally empty-headed exit of debt reality shows on Amazon Prime, created too tested a Christmas-themed puzzle, cooked quinoa tacos for lunch, too sewed a headband/ear warmer that turned out to endure a mobius strip.

s officially the start twenty-four threescore minutes menstruum of Christmas Break hither inwards the Carter identify Decorate the Tree Puzzle          s officially the start twenty-four threescore minutes menstruum of Christmas Break hither inwards the Carter identify Decorate the Tree Puzzle          s officially the start twenty-four threescore minutes menstruum of Christmas Break hither inwards the Carter identify Decorate the Tree Puzzle

Yesterday, my students were taking their semester tests. When I wasn't frantically grading completed tests too doing notebook checks, I took a chip of fourth dimension to expect through Color Square Puzzle too the Pyramid Challenge. I've typed upwards ii or iii more, only I convey non had a direct a opportunity to job them alongside my students yet.

Inspired yesteryear all the puzzles I looked at yesterday, I got a chip sidetracked on my occupation to type upwards roughly of the puzzles, too instead I ended upwards trying my paw at creating my ain puzzle. Though I've solved quite a few puzzles, I am completely novel at this occupation of creating a puzzle. So, I'd dear to listen constructive feedback on how to amend this puzzle or futurity puzzles.

I'm calling my start puzzle "Decorate the Tree." Given that it is Christmas themed too my students are currently on Christmas break, I'm non going to larn a direct a opportunity to crusade it out alongside my ain students until NEXT year. I however desire to portion it hither on my weblog for others to job though.


The tree template is designed to endure printed on 11 x 17 cardstock (affiliate link). If yous don't convey the might to impress on xi x 17 paper, yous tin impress the PDF scaled to 65%. This volition range a letter-sized board. If yous range this, yous volition also postulate to scale the puzzle pieces to 65% when yous impress them on letter-sized paper. This is what I did for testing the puzzle out at home.

In add-on to the tree template, yous volition also postulate to impress ii sheets of puzzle pieces.

The start canvass has nine trominos. These should endure printed on dark-green newspaper to shape the mass of the Christmas tree. 
The 2nd canvass has nine squares. These tin endure printed on whatever color. Each foursquare represents an "ornament." I chose to impress mine on cherry-red newspaper to arrive extra festive.

Once yous convey your tree template too puzzle pieces, it's fourth dimension to "Decorate the Tree." The occupation is equally follows: Use the dark-green pieces to encompass the tree. You may flip or rotate whatever piece. Don't forget to leave of absence spaces for the ornaments! Every job of the tree must endure covered without overlapping whatever pieces. No ornamentation may deport on whatever other ornament, non fifty-fifty at a corner.


I convey institute i solution myself, too my hubby institute a totally unlike solution today when he tested it out. I'm non certain how many solutions be yet.


If yous would similar to crusade the puzzle out for yourself, yous tin download the files here. If yous convey whatever ideas on how to amend this puzzle or futurity puzzles, I'd dear to listen them! 

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