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    Brain Teasers

    Brain teasers and puzzles for kids
    Our family loves a good, clever brain teaser! They serve as boredom busters for thinking kids and help children learn how to apply problem solving and logic skills. In this collection of brain teasers you will find everything from diy puzzles, waiting games and logic games. Have fun!

    clever brain teasers and logic games for kids
    Tchuka Ruma game board with button tokens

    Tchuka Ruma: Solitaire Game for Kids

    List of word games

    16 Word Games for Kids and Families

    Thanksgiving word puzzle printable and riddles

    Thanksgiving Puzzles, Rebuses and Riddles

    Halloween riddles on paper with gourd on orange background

    Halloween Brain Teasers for Kids: Rebuses and Riddles

    String and bead puzzle for problem solving.

    More Old School Fun: String and Bead Puzzle

    brain teaser advent calendar printable and decorative jar

    Make Your Own Brain Teaser Advent Calendar

    Wood puzzle logic game

    Gift Guide for Kids: Best Single Player Logic Games

    image showing 5 different offline coding games for kids

    5 Coding Games for Kids to Play Offline

    Two filled in tromino boards in orange and blue

    Trominoes: Mathematical Puzzles for Kids

    Moon Spinner brain teaser with blue background

    Moon Spinner: Brain Game of the Month

    Supplies for making paper triangle puzzle

    Triangle Puzzle Will Stump Your Kids Longer than You Thought Possible

    Classic peg solitaire puzzle game board set up to start.

    Have Patience! Two Brain-Building Solitaire Board Games

    boy thinking at school desk

    15 Brain Games for Kids to Build Mental Agility

    sim game

    Sim Pencil Game: A Mathematical Brain Teaser for 2 Players!

    ThinkFun Cat Crimes game

    Game of the Month: Cat Crimes

    10 cards for math card puzzle

    Five Pointed Star: A Math Card Puzzle

    Take-Along Boredom Busters for Kids

    Perimeter magic triangle puzzle with printable.

    Magic Triangle: Math Puzzle for Kids

    Pentalpha puzzle is a brain teaser for kids and families from Crete. Looks simpler than it is.

    Pentalpha Puzzle: A Brain Teaser from Crete

    The impossible paper puzzle is a fun trick for kids.

    The Amazing, Stupendous, Impossible Paper Puzzle

    Waiting games for kids that will stretch their brains.

    20 Waiting Games For Kids That Will Tickle Your Brain

    Peg solitaire triangle game is a logic game for kids and adults. Free printable to play at home

    The Tricky Tricky Peg Solitaire Triangle Game

    Beginning and quick brain tease for kids working on logic and strategy.

    Quick Brain Teaser Puzzle For Kids (and Grown-Ups)

    Fun and amazing brain teasers for family gathering with cropped images

    Fun and Amazing Brain Teasers for Family Gatherings

    Tower of Hanoi math and logic puzzle and solution. Great for kids.

    The Tower of Hanoi: Math Logic Puzzle for Kids

    Word puzzle lunch box notes for literacy at lunch!

    Word Puzzle Lunch Box Notes: "Wuzzles"

    T puzzle is a brain teaser that is harder than it looks. Free printable and the solution.

    T Puzzle (Boggle Your Mathematical Mind)

    Magic square is a math puzzle game for kids.

    Magic Squares Math Fun

    Symmetry paper trick. A brain teaser for kids.

    Brain Teaser: Symmetry Paper Trick

    Wow your kids with a geometry magic trick.

    Geometry Magic: Turn 2 Circles into 1 Square

    Math art with a Mobius strip! So fun for kids.

    Math Art with a Möbius Strip

    Fun thinking games for kids.

    Five Thinking Games for Kids

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