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Printable Maze Puzzles, Educational Mazes

Maze puzzle of Statue of Liberty

"Liberty Enlightening the World," New York (1886)

Amazeing Art™ mazes promote both structured and creative thinking, increase problem-solving skills, and are popular and fun. These puzzles have been published by HarperCollins, reproduced by the British Museum, featured on CBS and Fox television, and used in Ben & Jerry's commercials. They are great educational puzzles for home schooling or road trips and make unique presents for gifted and talented children.

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Mind-boggling mazes [with] enough loops and tangles to stump even the savviest of enthusiasts..."

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What is a maze? Is it simply an intricate network of passages? In the ancient world a maze was more than this: it was a place of "planned chaos," where order and disorder existed simultaneously. To those unlucky enough to be lost within, all is confusion. To those who can see its pattern from afar, however, the maze revealed its artistry and design.

On this site you can download free printable mazes, learn to draw mazes, buy fun and educational gifts, explore the history of mazes and labyrinths, and more:

Maze puzzle of the Statue of Zeus.

The Statue of Zeus at Olympia

The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was the most famous artistic work in all of Greece and one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and it made a profound impression on all who saw it.

Pausanias, a Greek traveler who wrote the earliest guidebook to ancient Greece in 150 AD, described the statue in great detail; yet he also wrote that "records fall far short of the impression made by a sight of the image."...

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 printable maze puzzle

Finally, here are some interesting photos of me getting lost or trying to confuse people. Linking to the Amazeing Art website? Get some help with buttons and code. And, if you want to use my art for anything other than personal, non-commercial use please ask for permission.

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A simply-connected maze has pathways that never re-connect with one another, so every path either leads to additional paths (a fork) or to a dead end.

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