C. Carey Cloud » Cracker Jack » The 6 Square Puzzle
C. Carey Cloud created the 6 Square Puzzle for Cracker Jack in 1940. He later created the Last Round-Up Puzzle, which is very similar to the 6 Square Puzzle. Printed on tri-fold cream colored card stock with red and green ink, which is typical of a Carey Cloud paper prizes.
There are two versions of this game, one version has colored discs, the other has colored symbols. Both versions are shown below.
6 Square Puzzle - Colored Symbols version
Here's How To Start:
Press out colored symbols and place in squares as marked on left. Now, without lifting any of them, move from one square to another until you have them arranged as they appear in position as shown above.
6 Square Puzzle - Colored Discs version
Here's How To Start:
Press out the colored colored discs and place in squares as marked on left. Now, without lifting any of them, move from one square to another until you have them arranged as they appear in position as shown above.
For the Solution to the 6 Square Puzzle, scroll down to the bottom of the page.
Start by placing the star, moon, cross, circle, and square pieces in their starting location.
1st - move the moon, one position to the left
2nd - move the square, one position up
1st - move the circle, one position to the right
2nd - move the moon, one position down
1st - move the star, one position to the right
2nd - move the cross, one position up
3rd -move the moon, one position to the left
1st - move the circle, one position to the left
2nd - move the square, one position down
1st - move the star, one position to the right
2nd - move the circle, one position up
3rd -move the moon, one position to the right
1st - move the cross, one position down
2nd - move the circle, one position to the left
3rd -move the star, one position to the left
1st - move the square, one position up
2nd - move the moon, one position to the right
3rd -move the star, one position down
Congratulations! You've just solved the 6 Square Puzzle!