Slider Puzzle

Turn boxes into sliding puzzle pieces

What you will need:
• Cardboard boxes • Pencil • Pencils
or thick card • Scissors • Paint
• Tape • Glue • Black felt pen

1 You will need nine little cardboard boxes, or some thick pieces
of cardboard. The important thing is that all nine parts are
exactly the same size. You will need to hold them together
while you decorate them. Do this with tape that peels off
quite easily.
Take a sheet of thick cardboard, hold the pieces firmly so
they don’t move and draw around the edge of them all. Now
with one of the squares mark the height on the outline: twice
at the top and twice at the bottom.

2 Put the little box on the sides and mark the width twice on
each side – so that you have the width of three and height of
three little rectangular boxes. With a ruler, join all the marks -
so you have a large rectangle around the smaller one.
Ask a grown-up to help cut these sections out.
Make sure the frame is the same size as all of the little
boxes combined.

3 Cut another piece that’s exactly the same shape before

adding a third uncut sheet as the base.
Glue the frame pieces down onto the base: one and two.

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4 Once the glue is dry, paint the outside of the frame first using
a vibrant orange. Use a bright green for the inside of the
frame.
Paint the pieces the same green as the inside of the frame.
Take them apart to make it easier. Paint the tops and all the
sides too.
To make the puzzle, stick all the boxes back together again,
except one.

5 Draw the outline of your puzzle drawing. You can draw

whatever you like but make sure each of the pieces has at
least a little bit of the drawing.
Paint your image a funny, stripy cow – black and white wavy
lines!

6 Once painted go around all the edges with a black felt-tip pen.
Finally take the boxes out and mix them up. Remember,
there’s one empty space so you can slide the pieces of the
puzzle around.

7 The important thing is that each piece must have a part of

the drawing on it.
Turn small boxes into your very own puzzles to amuse your
friends and family!

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