Right now I feel like a kid surrounded by his favourite toys, jigsaw puzzles!
But I know that more than one will say that it is not entertainment for the youngest ones as in some of the boxes it states from 12-99 years. My nieces would be able to bring here a huge collection of those difficult jigsaw puzzles that contain 1, 2 or 3K pieces. I used to do puzzles with them for a few summers when I was on family visits. We would need several weeks for one, and I think the hardest was to complete a Minions puzzle, as all the pieces were yellow, tiny and very similar to one another.
That was crazy but we had a fun time together, every evening for some hours of doing puzzles. I think we were on the limits of risk our families locked us up in a nuthouse. They couldn't understand the activity of searching for the right spot of one piece of the puzzle for hours. 😂
The Minions picture has been completed and framed and now it hangs in the room of my younger niece. As many other beautiful completed jigsaw puzzle pictures showing cities or landscapes. They frame it and store it, as there are not enough walls for each one.
As I share that passion with them I also tried to pass it on to my son when he was small. This tower of boxes with jigsaw puzzles is what is left as some of the boxes we threw away during the years due to the lack of space. The pieces are kept then in little plastic bags.
These cute puzzles are suitable for younger children. Apart from these, my son had wooden jigsaw puzzles that stayed in another country but they are kept. I don't let anyone throw them away as they are part of memories of my son's learning and playing activities when he was really small.
One piece is missing - my son hid it and we have never found it again. 😆
I don't have those cool and hard ones here but still, there are some 3D puzzles like the Eiffel Tower, Sagrada Família or a windmill.
The Sagrada Família was quite difficult to put together. We have never dismantled it as it is made of a kind of cardboard material, it would become damaged.
The windmill found its place on the balcony, among some plants. I took it inside just for the photo and to show what its inside part looks like. The pieces are marked so it is easier to put them together. It is made of tough plastic and is really resistant to climate conditions, for now.
In this puzzle collection, there are some really easy ones, you can see it by the size of the piece and the number that one set contains. For example, these are easy to do and it gives some pleasure when you finish a picture in a few minutes - even if it is just supposed to be done by children and not adults.
Other sets, like landscapes where all the colours are similar, take more time to be done. This is the picture of a grey sail in the sea, so everything is grey and pale blue here. I did it with my mother-in-law once she visited us. It took a few days.
There are some nice puzzles that I feel pity to dismantle after they are done. I did this castle with the garden full of flowers during the lockdown, every morning for a bit and then the day continued. You see, I put it on four pieces of cardboard (to fit the box later) and kept it this way. Now, if I want to frame it one day I just have to detach it from the cardboard and put these four big pieces together. I hope I will not mess up something and put the sky down or the flowers up 🤣
The keys are there just to show the size of the puzzle when done.
Here comes my favourite piece in the collection. We got it from my sister as a Christmas gift, several years ago. When it was done we also stored it on a huge piece of cardboard. It was sleeping under the bed until today...
How nice is this leopard and all the little butterflies and birds... There is a little frog too, in one leaf. We got 3D glasses in the box and when you look at the picture through them you see the butterflies and the leaves of the trees detached, as if they would fly. I couldn't take a photo (though I tried hahaha) with that effect, but believe me and imagine. It indeed is pretty.
Oops.
Not nice what happened after I took these photos of the leopard puzzle.
I tried to put it back on the cardboard and unfortunately, it didn't survive the attempt. 😭
Well, I will store the pieces in its box now and one day in some remote future do the jigsaw puzzle again. It is not possible today as after I took my son to school, had an appointment with my GP, gave one piano lesson, had a Pilates workout, went to the vegetable market, prepared the lunch, wrote this post, and headed back to work it is hard I can do a puzzle as well. Or should I try harder?
Does anyone want to challenge me to do the next one? (please? 😁) - El Mar (The Sea)
There are 200 pieces, many details and the pieces are in the plastic bag as you see. I could set a timer and do the picture, of course, record it to have proof... What do you think?
What time do you estimate I need to complete it?
Oh, and I should not forget to mention that this is the monthly theme for March:
Jigsaw Puzzle Collection!
Hold on, there will be board game collections too in one of the next months, but now I wanted to bring just these puzzles. Feel free to participate, if you share the same passion! :))
