Pentomino Bundle: Tetromino and Pentomino Puzzle Generators, From a Child’s First Shape Page to the Classic 10×6 Rectangle
Page one of the book: a 4×6 board, three tetromino pieces, a pair of scissors. Page sixty: a 10×6 rectangle and all twelve pentominoes, and an adult who has been staring at the same gap for ten minutes.
Same kind of puzzle. Same rule: cover every square of the board, use every piece in the bank exactly once. What changes is the size of the pieces and how hard the solver has to think. Four squares per piece for the youngest solvers, five squares per piece for everyone who wants a real fight.
The Pentomino Bundle lets you build that whole climb. Tetromino makes the gentle pages with the five four-square shapes kids already know. Pentomino makes the demanding ones with the twelve classic five-square shapes. Every puzzle from either one comes with its answer and a sheet of pieces ready to cut out.
Two tiers, one choice: Pentomino Bundle Creative gives you both modules at Creative: drawn board shapes, your own piece choices, picture pieces, Puzzle Book Studio and Puzzle Slides. Pentomino Bundle Productivity gives you both modules at Productivity: everything in Creative, plus Time Saver batch runs, multi-collection books, JSON export and the licence to supply the puzzles to other publishers. Either way, the bundle costs less than buying the two modules separately at the same tier. Try both modules free in the demo before you pick.
Why One Shape Puzzle Is Never Enough for a Book
A single shape module leaves a gap at one end of your book.
With Pentomino alone, your youngest readers hit twelve unfamiliar shapes and a board that asks for patience they have not built yet. With Tetromino alone, your strongest solvers race through the last page and want something harder. The fix is the ramp: start with four-square pieces on small boards, step up to bigger tetromino boards and stricter move rules, then cross over to pentominoes and finish on the full twelve-piece rectangle.
That ramp is the whole idea behind this bundle: one rule, one look, and a difficulty curve that keeps climbing without a cliff in the middle.
- Tetromino covers the start: the five shapes I, L, O, S and T, small boards, quick wins, and presets built for activity books and cut-and-place work.
- Pentomino covers the finish: the twelve shapes F, I, L, N, P, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z, bigger banks, and the classic 10×6 rectangle with every piece once.
Readers who learn the rule on a tetromino page can already play the pentomino page. You explain it once; the puzzles just get harder.
Every Puzzle Ships as a Kit, From Either Module
Shape puzzles are easy to imagine and slow to make: draw the board, check the fit, then draw every piece again at cutting size. Both modules do the lot in one run:
- The puzzle page, with the board, any grey starter pieces, and the bank of pieces the solver must use, each piece labelled so a P never passes for a Y.
- The answer, generated together with the puzzle.
- Board-only copies of the puzzle and the answer, for layouts where the bank sits on another page.
- A cut-out sheet with the pieces at the board’s exact square size, so the pieces a child cuts out really fit the board they are holding. Set a minimum printed square size and no run prints pieces too small for small fingers.
Both modules start with Exactly one solution on, placing grey starters until a single covering survives. The answer in the back of your book is the only answer there is.
Export JPG, PNG, SVG or print PDF, and turn a run into a finished book with Instant Puzzle Books: title page, table of contents and solution cross-references included.
Three Dials, Two Modules, One Long Difficulty Curve
Both modules set difficulty the same way, so you can plan a whole book on one scale:
- Board size and piece count. A small tetromino board with three pieces is a quick win. A 5×10 pentomino board with ten pieces is a sit-down puzzle.
- The move rule. Pieces may be turned and flipped, turned only, or kept exactly as printed. Each step closes off placements the solver was counting on.
- Starter pieces. More grey starters make an easier page; fewer make a harder one.
The [Easy], [Medium] and [Hard] presets in each module combine all three. Run Tetromino [Easy] for the opening chapter, Tetromino [Hard] and Pentomino [Easy] through the middle, Pentomino [Hard] near the back, and save the 10×6 full set for the finale.
One Cut-Out Set, a Whole Class of Puzzles
Twenty-eight different worksheets usually means twenty-eight piece sets to cut out. Not here. Pick Same pieces in every puzzle, or the [Reusable Classroom Set] preset, and one laminated set of pieces solves every card in the run, each card a new challenge. Cut once, hand out fresh cards all term.
With the bundle you can build two sets: a tetromino set for younger groups or early finishers, and a pentomino set for the students who already solved everything else.
Creative in Both Modules: Draw the Board, Choose the Pieces, Change Their Faces
Both bundle tiers unlock Creative in each module, and this is where your pages start looking like nobody else’s.
- Drawn board shapes. Paint a heart, a rocket or a letter on the grid, holes included, and the generator fills it.
- Your own bank. One of each shape, the complete set, or exact counts of each piece. In Pentomino, that is how you make the classic 10×6 rectangle with all twelve pieces.
- New faces for the pieces. Letters by default; numbers, other letters, colour shapes or your own pictures instead.
- Puzzle Book Studio Creative for a fully designed book from one puzzle collection.
- Puzzle Slides: a PowerPoint deck with a clean board and every remaining piece as a movable picture at board scale, so a class can solve together on the screen.
Productivity in Both Modules: Whole Chapters From One Run
Pentomino Bundle Productivity turns both modules into chapter machines:
- Time Saver. Save an Easy, a Medium and a Hard row for each module, add a Full set row for the 10×6 finale, and one run delivers every chapter of the ramp, answers and cut-out sheets included.
- Puzzle Book Studio Productivity. Combine several collections in one book, so tetromino chapters and pentomino chapters sit in the same interior with one table of contents.
- JSON files of every puzzle, ready for your own apps and tools.
- Supply rights: besides selling your own finished products, you may sell or supply the generated puzzles to other publishers and sellers.
Who This Bundle Is For
Activity book publishers who want a shape section that grows with the reader, from a first cut-and-place page to a back-of-book challenge.
Logic and puzzle book publishers who want a fresh spatial puzzle type with one answer per board and a real hard end.
Teachers and Teachers Pay Teachers sellers who want differentiated sets: tetrominoes for younger or newer solvers, pentominoes for the fast finishers, both with laminate-once classroom sets and Puzzle Slides for whole-class sessions.
Volume publishers who want both modules feeding Time Saver and multi-collection books: choose Productivity.
Which Edition Should You Choose?
Both tiers include Tetromino and Pentomino, each with every core feature of the module. The tier decides how much more each module can do.
Choose Pentomino Bundle Creative when the look or the lesson matters: drawn boards, piece choice, picture pieces, Puzzle Book Studio Creative and Puzzle Slides in both modules.
Choose Pentomino Bundle Productivity when you fill books by the chapter or mix both puzzle types in one book: everything in Creative, plus Time Saver, Puzzle Book Studio Productivity, JSON export and supply rights, in both modules.
| What you get in both modules | Bundle Creative | Bundle Productivity |
|---|---|---|
| Tetromino and Pentomino, each with answers, board-only copies and exact-scale cut-out sheets | ✓ | ✓ |
| Move rules, Exactly one solution, starters, classroom sets, JPG/PNG/SVG/PDF export, Instant Puzzle Books | ✓ | ✓ |
| Drawn board shapes, your own bank, picture or colour-shape pieces | ✓ | ✓ |
| Puzzle Book Studio Creative and Puzzle Slides | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sell finished books, worksheets and packs to your own readers and customers | ✓ | ✓ |
| Time Saver batch runs from saved rows | ✓ | |
| Puzzle Book Studio Productivity: tetromino and pentomino chapters in one book | ✓ | |
| JSON export of the puzzle data | ✓ | |
| Sell or supply the generated puzzles to other publishers and sellers | ✓ |
Want your readers to play these puzzles on your own website? Choose each module’s Creative + Interactive or Productivity + Interactive edition on its own page instead: Tetromino and Pentomino.
Only need one of the two? Each module is also sold on its own: the Tetromino Puzzle Generator for gentle shape pages, the Pentomino Puzzle Generator for the twelve-piece challenge.
You are not locked in: you can upgrade after you buy, from Pentomino Bundle Creative to Pentomino Bundle Productivity. Pick the tier that fits the book you are making now, in the switcher at the top of this page.
Try Both Modules Before You Buy
The free Puzzle Maker Pro demo includes both modules. Make a tetromino page and a pentomino page, print the cut-out sheets, and fit the pieces yourself. Demo pages carry a watermark and come one per run; the bundle lifts both.
Get the free demo and decide with the pieces in your hand.
Licensing and Commercial Use
With Pentomino Bundle Creative, everything you make with either module is yours to sell to your own readers and customers: books on KDP, packs on Etsy or Teachers Pay Teachers, pages in your own store. You buy the licence once, and your output is watermark-free.
Pentomino Bundle Productivity keeps that and widens it: other publishers and sellers can buy or receive the generated puzzles from you, too.
Delivery is immediate: your download and both module licences appear in your member area the moment your order completes.
Product Details
| Product | Puzzle Maker Pro – Pentomino Bundle |
| Tiers | Pentomino Bundle Creative; Pentomino Bundle Productivity |
| Included modules | Tetromino and Pentomino, both at the tier you choose |
| Platform | Windows desktop |
| Internet required | No |
| Puzzle rule (both) | Cover every square of the board using every piece in the bank exactly once |
| Tetromino pieces | I, L, O, S, T, four squares each |
| Pentomino pieces | F, I, L, N, P, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, five squares each; the classic 10×6 full set (pieces turned and flipped) included |
| Boards | Rectangles up to 30 squares a side and 120 squares in all; drawn shapes with holes |
| Move rules | Turned and flipped; turned only; kept as printed |
| Solution | Exactly one solution by default, with the answer generated alongside every puzzle |
| Files per puzzle | Puzzle page, answer, board-only puzzle, board-only answer, exact-scale cut-out sheet |
| Output formats | JPG, PNG, SVG, PDF |
| Piece faces | Letters by default; numbers, other letters, colour shapes or pictures |
| Puzzle books | Instant Puzzle Books and Puzzle Book Studio Creative (both tiers); Puzzle Book Studio Productivity (Productivity tier) |
| Puzzle Slides | Both tiers |
| Batch creation | Time Saver (Productivity tier) |
| JSON export | Productivity tier |
| Upgrades | Bundle Creative to Bundle Productivity after you buy |
| Commercial licence | Sell finished books, worksheets and packs to your own readers and customers (both tiers); Productivity adds selling or supplying the generated puzzles to other publishers and sellers |
| Free demo | Yes, both modules |
| Delivery | Immediate, in your member area |
Questions Before You Buy
What exactly is in the bundle?
Two Puzzle Maker Pro modules: Tetromino and Pentomino. Pentomino Bundle Creative includes both at Creative; Pentomino Bundle Productivity includes both at Productivity.
What is the difference between a tetromino and a pentomino puzzle?
The pieces. Tetrominoes are the five shapes made of four squares (the falling-block shapes most kids recognise); pentominoes are the twelve shapes made of five squares. The rule is identical, so tetromino pages make the natural warm-up and pentomino pages the step up. The guides How Tetromino Puzzles Work and How Pentomino Puzzles Work walk through an example of each.
Do I need to learn two different programs?
No. Both modules open in the same Puzzle Maker Pro app with the same Creator layout, matching presets and the same kind of cut-out sheets. Learn one and you already know the other.
Can I put tetromino and pentomino puzzles in the same book?
Yes, with Pentomino Bundle Productivity: Puzzle Book Studio Productivity combines several collections, so tetromino and pentomino chapters share one interior and one table of contents. On both tiers, each module’s run also becomes its own finished book with Instant Puzzle Books.
Does every puzzle have only one solution?
By default, yes, in both modules. Switch Exactly one solution off for open activity sheets where any complete covering counts.
Can I sell what I make?
Yes, on both tiers: your finished books, worksheets and packs are yours to sell to your own readers and customers. If you also want to hand the puzzles themselves to other publishers or sellers, choose Productivity.
Which tier should I choose?
Creative if you make books one collection at a time and want drawn boards, picture pieces and Puzzle Slides. Productivity if you batch whole chapters with Time Saver, want tetromino and pentomino chapters in one book, or supply puzzles to other publishers.
I already own Tetromino or Pentomino. What should I do?
You can add the other one on its own page: Tetromino or Pentomino. The bundle is for buyers who want both, for less than the two cost separately.
Can I play these puzzles on my website?
Web play comes with the Interactive editions. If you want it, pick Creative + Interactive or Productivity + Interactive on each module’s page, Tetromino and Pentomino, instead of this bundle. Want to feel it first? Play a tetromino puzzle or a pentomino puzzle in your browser.
Can I upgrade later?
Yes. Start with Pentomino Bundle Creative and move up to Pentomino Bundle Productivity after you buy, when you are ready to produce by the chapter.
Is there a free demo?
Yes. The free Puzzle Maker Pro demo includes both modules, with a watermark and one puzzle per run.
Give Your Readers the Whole Climb
A shape section that starts with three tetromino pieces and a pair of child-safe scissors, and ends with twelve pentominoes in a 10×6 rectangle, is a section readers grow into instead of out of. Two modules make it; one bundle gets you both.
Pick your tier in the switcher at the top of this page. Not sure yet? Grab the free demo, make one page in each module, and see where your readers should start.
