Yes, we just did S’mores for National Graham Cracker Day about a month ago, but turns out there’s a National S’mores Day too! I certainly won’t say no to more gooey snacks over a campfire. So let’s go for another round!
Connect one set of graham crackers with marshmallows and chocolate to create s’more groups.
Happy Baba Marta Day! This is a Bulgarian holiday to celebrate Grandmother Martha, the bringer of spring. Observers exchange and wear red and white tassels, called Martenitsas to guard against evil. Once the wearer has seen a stork or blossoming tree, they remove the Martenitsa and hang it from the tree.
Today’s puzzle, colored to resemble a Martenitsa, is Comparison Sudoku.
I first saw a Detective Chess puzzle about a year ago, and the concept intrigued me. Invented by Jaime Poniachik in the late 1970s or early 80s, and received notoriety in Martin Gardner’s Puzzles from Other Worlds, published in 1981. Today is International Chess Day, so this seemed an appropriate puzzle. Can you figure out which chess pieces goes where?
Find all 36 dominoes in a double-seven set (0-0 through 7-7) in the grid. Mark each pairing off as individual dominoes. All pair possibilities are used, and no domino is used more than once.
Find all 28 dominoes in a double-six set (0-0 through 6-6) in the grid. Mark each pairing off as individual dominoes. All pair possibilities are used, and no domino is used more than once.
Scientists have been going round and round for decades about whether eggs or good for you, or if you should eat them in moderation. All I know is that I’m a sucker for a plate of deviled eggs, or a whole lot of over-easy fried eggs. Today is National Egg Day, in case you missed Egg Month in May. Of course, there’s always World Egg Day on October 11th, so you have another chance to enjoy this delicious staple.
A is for apple, B is for bee, C is for cat… Today’s puzzle is Easy as ABC. Find the three letters in each row and column, leaving the other three cells empty. Use the hints around the border, which tell you what you see first.
Did you know that you’re not limited to just A, B and C in an Easy as ABC puzzle? Today, we’re going to look for the letters A through D. Find the four letters in each row and column, leaving the other three cells empty. Use the hints around the border, which tell you what you see first.
Brush off your times tables, because I have one more back-to-school themed puzzle for you. In Factorism, your goal is to place the numbers 1 through 9 along the top and left of the grid. Numbers in the grid are the product of the factors for that row and column.
Fillomino is a popular Japanese puzzle. Divide the grid into polyomino regions that each contain a single number, ranging from 1-9.
