Since I’ve been posting new Alexandria Jones stories this week (beginning here), I’ve gone back and re-read the old Christmas posts. I noticed that the original Graph-It Game included a religious design, but nothing for those who don’t celebrate Christmas.
So I updated the post with a new, non-religious puzzle. Here it is, if you want to play…
Graph-It Game Design
For this design, you will need graph paper with coordinates from −8 to +8 on both the x- and y-axis. Connect the points in each line. Stop at the periods, and then start a new line at the next point.
(-8,8) – (-8,0) – (0,8) – (-8,8) – (-4,4) – (0,4) – (0,8) – (8,8) – (4,4) – (0,8).
(8,8) – (8,0) – (4,0) – (4,-4) – (8,0) – (8,-8) – (0,-8) – (4,-4) – (0,-4) – (0,-8) – (-8,0) – (-8, -8) – (0,-8).
(-8,-8) – (4,4) – (0,4) – (4,0) – (4,4) – (8,0).
(8,-8) – (-4,4) – (-4,-4) – (0,-4) – (-4,0) – (-8,0).
(0,-2) – (0,-4) – (4,0) – (2,0) – (2,-2) – (-2,-2) – (-2,2) – (2,2) – (2,0) – (1,1) – (1,0) – (2,0) – (0,-2) – (-2,0) – (0,2) – (1,1) – (-1,1) – (-1,-1) – (1,-1) – (1,0) – (-4,0) – (0,4) – (0,-1) – (-1,0) – (0,1) – (1,0) – (0,-1) – (0,-2).
Color in your design and hang it up for the whole family to enjoy!
Now Make Your Own
Of course, the fun of the Graph-It Game is to make up your own graphing puzzle. Can you create a coordinate design for your friends to draw?
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You can see all the Alexandria Jones Christmas posts at a glance here:
CREDITS: “Love Christmas Lights” photo by Kristen Brasil via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).
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