Puzzles train thinking, are an excellent tool for the creative and mental development of children, they can be used in a variety of educational and developmental activities, and assembly and disassembly of puzzles serves as a good anti-stress. In this article, you will learn how to solve and disassemble a clever African puzzle consisting of a block of wood with three holes through which a cord is threaded. In the central hole, the cord is secured with a gripping knot, and two wooden or plastic rings hang on its left side. To solve the puzzle, you need to move the rings to the right side of the cord, which at first glance seems impossible.
Instructions
Step 1
It is not difficult to make such a puzzle - it is not at all necessary to look for it in stores. Take a strip of wood, make holes in the lower side of it on the sides. Make a larger hole in the center of the strip.
Step 2
Fold the lace in half and insert it into the hole with the fold, and then thread the remaining ends into the resulting loop.
Step 3
Fasten the left end in the left hole, and the right end in the right, after putting two small rings (for example, curtain rings) on the left end of the cord before fixing it.
Step 4
To solve the puzzle, pull one of the rings to the center hole of the puzzle and pull the left and right loops of the cord extending from the middle hole toward you.
Step 5
Take the knot that secures the cords and pull it out, then pull the ring through the cord until it goes through the knot.
Step 6
Tighten the knot again inside the resulting small hole, then move the ring to the right. You easily moved one of the rings from the left sector of the puzzle to the right one, and now your task is to do the same with the second ring, which remained in the left sector.
Step 7
In the same way as in the previous case, pull the ring to the center loop and repeat all steps by pulling the loops and pulling the ring through the loops of the cords to the right side of the puzzle.
