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Tangram Rubber Stamps DIY!

 A Tangram is a Chinese dissection puzzle consisting of 7 flat shapes. They all fit perfectly in one square. My dad is a Mathematician.  He collects "smart games". He loves all sorts of thinking games, puzzles and riddles. So I grew up putting tangrams together. You can even make all sorts of things with the pieces...animals, people, things!  Since geometric anything is all the rage, I though it would be fun to make a  Rubber Stamp Tangram and make cards! This would be so fun to make for a teacher appreciation gift--A little stack of cards and some envelopes wrapped in twine! Or just to send someone a smile in the mail!  Here's the Tangram. There's a cool website that explains it all here.   Supplies: Pink Carving Rubber:  I got mine here... Speedball Carving Block (you could do with with pink rubber erasers or scraps of cling mounted rubber) Hobby Knife Ruler, pen, scissors, 1.5" square paper Rubber Stamping Ink Pads or Cray...