How can I use this resource?

With this resource, you can make 20 different impossible objects that will dazzle your eyes. Impossible objects are graphic, two-dimensional constructs. Drawing such optical illusions is usually complicated, but with these templates it’s child’s play! The original form is shown on a grid and all you have to do is copy it onto a blank grid. Such simple ‘brain gymnastics’ trains the concentration and imaginative spatial abilities.This resource is suitable for anyone who wants to exercise their imagination.

What does this resource contain?

This resource contains 20 templates for making impossible objects. Each template has a grid with an original form and a blank grid for you to copy it. You can print the templates on white or colored paper and use a pencil or a pen to draw the lines. You can also color the objects with crayons, markers, or paints. 

About impossible objects

Impossible objects give the illusion of a three-dimensionality that couldn’t exist in reality. They’re optical illusions whose individual parts the brain interprets differently. At first glance, these three-dimensional forms appear completely normal. Because you can’t grasp the whole picture immediately, you comprehend them in stages, so to speak. Just like a puzzle, you begin to put all the information together, and only then do you realize that these objects couldn't exist in reality. In most cases the brain can switch back and forth between a ‘possible‘ and an ‘impossible‘ object. The larger the form is, the harder it becomes to comprehend such spatial illusions. These illogical forms exert a certain fascination, and in this case art trumps reality. Many neurologists, psychologists, mathematicians, and artists such as M. C. Escher (1898 - 1972) and Oscar Reutersvärd (1915-2002) dealt with this phenomenon.