Nursery World - Match point

All you need is a box of matches, a few coins and a button to banish those rainy day blues. Lynne Garner puzzles it out unfortunately, the weather sometimes calls a halt to outside play, particularly at this time of year. But that does not dampen the desire to keep the mind active so we have gathered together some puzzles we hope will put an end to those rainy day blues.

unfortunately, the weather sometimes calls a halt to outside play, particularly at this time of year. But that does not dampen the desire to keep the mind active so we have gathered together some puzzles we hope will put an end to those rainy day blues.

Better still, all you need to set up these puzzles are a few matches, a handful of coins and a small button.

If you can't work out the answers: look at the diagrams. So get puzzling!

Puzzles using coins

Puzzle one

You will need:

* Six two-pence coins

* Six 10-pence coins

Setting up your puzzle:

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