It is simply a spiky ball in a cage and the object is to remove the ball from the cage. Friday afternoon, the Minter family came in after school and got to competing over who could be the youngest person to complete the puzzle.First, Erik (13) finished the puzzle. Then Ben (11) was able to complete it.
Since they finished the first puzzle, I gave them a second one. The object of this one is to get the wooden square inside the hollow square by sliding the pieces around without lifting anything up. While the boys were trying to figure it out, I noticed that their little sister Alea (8) was watching everything intently. (I'm sorry if I spelled your name wrong!) I asked her if she wanted to try the spiky ball puzzle and she nodded. Everyone was astounded when she finished it in record time, officially becoming the youngest person to complete it! So, we let her try the wooden puzzle, and again she beat her older brothers all to pieces, finishing in record time!
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| Erik |
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| Ben |
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I had a third puzzle, a cube with a maze on all sides, but none of the kids were able to figure it out.
The puzzles were given to me by my mom, who buys them for us at Christmas time to figure out on Christmas day. Since we had so much fun with the puzzles, over the weekend I asked her if she had any more. Well, of course she did! So now I have 5 more puzzles that I know how to do, and 6 that I don't. There are a variety of difficulty levels
If you are looking for a challenge, come on by. You can be the first person to solve all the brain teasers!
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