Shape Shifters

What are these shapes? For each one, make a list of guesses — then reveal our interpretations to compare with yours. There are no wrong answers; it’s about imagination.

Shape 1

Show our interpretations

• a full moon rising over a mountain
• a balloon held by two strings
• the top of a clown’s hat
• a coin being passed via chopsticks
• a snowball on a rooftop
• what the guy at the circus sees before he dives 100 feet into a barrel of water

Shape 2

Show our interpretations

• a flea circus act
• the last thing a snake’s lunch sees
• a stylish 1960’s end table
• a duck looking out from behind a mirror
• a brick balanced on top of 2 ice cream cones
• two flies about to land on a string of banners

Shape 3

Show our interpretations

• an antenna on a rooftop
• a decapitated stickman
• an upside-down martini glass
• a weathervane, after a strong wind has blown the chicken off
• a pointy hat with a propeller on top

Shape 4

Show our interpretations

• a CD in a toaster
• a rainbow behind a building
• a tire in the garbage
• a baby in bed
• a businessman in his office in a ship, peering out a porthole
• a fingertip sticking out through a hole in a glove
• a huge eyeball being cooked in a pot
• a coffee mug on its side
• a lock
• a suitcase
• a ladybug on stilts (casting a shadow)