I don't know if anybody remembers the Advent puzzle my daughter, Tiffany created in Illinois and sent to us in November. She bought a 1,000 piece puzzle, put it together and then divided it into 24 parts. My granddaughter, KC then decorated each bag into which they put the puzzle pieces.
After completing it, we put all the sections together and admired it. Then we divided it again and repackaged all of them. We are planning to send the advent puzzle next year to our grandsons in Maryland. It amazed us to think of all the work that went into creating this fun project for us.
Well, after Art completed that massive 3,000 piece Beatles puzzle that our son sent Art in February which took 9 months to complete and took up a lot of space in our dining room, we decided to do a modified version of what Tiffany did.
We separated the puzzle into 6 sections with 500 pieces in each...
We offered it to several friends here on Oahu, but they have laughingly declined.
Art is therefore planning to send it to a fun cousin on the Big Island who happens to love doing puzzles and has done huge puzzles before. At least we've made it a little easier for her. 😁
My goodness! I don’t think we’d have room for that.
ReplyDeleteI know I wouldn't. I live in a small duplex.
ReplyDeleteI remember both, that one at the top is so cool! That's pretty neat how you're "spreading the love", I admire people who have the patience to tackle these things.
ReplyDeleteThat 3000 piece puzzle is HUGE! Broken down into sections it just might be manageable. Your advent puzzle was a cool idea.
ReplyDeleteI can imagine it is harder than it looks with the advent puzzle since for many of the sections, you have no defined edge to work from. I will have to wait until my kids fly the nest before I attempt a 3000 piece puzzle like that. Nine months in a full house with no room and no way to ensure that the pieces won't be lost between the start and end, is just too long.
ReplyDeleteWhat a charming idea to pass the puzzles along. I do not have the patience, and too many other projects to do. (Didn't see any Rice Krispies in the top puzzle, which would be my goal.) Cheers, Linda in Kansas
ReplyDeleteOH my. Yes a great idea to break it down then share it.
ReplyDeleteLove how you are breaking them down and rehoming them. Those were too neat to just be one and done. You got me interested but since I don't have the room and own a puzzle destroying cat, I have started doing computer jig saw puzzles. I have a small screen so the smaller 67 piece ones fit my screen. They only take under 10 minutes to do but there are hundreds to chose from and are timed so it works out fine for me. Thanks for getting me interested,
ReplyDeleteMy late uncle loved doing puzzles.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I will ever tackle a 3000 piece puzzle. Doing a 750 piece now.
ReplyDeleteThat's a fantastic gift.
ReplyDeleteThe travelling puzzle, great idea!
ReplyDeleteI have never been a puzzle person, but I must say I was intrigued by this adventure into enormous puzzles! Not for me, but I can appreciate the effort involved. :-)
ReplyDeleteThat's an excellent way to share puzzles. I'm not good at all with them (no patience) but John enjoys them. Not at the 3,000 piece level though!
ReplyDeleteSO smart - to bag 500 pieces, which is so much more do-able! I almost cleared a table so I could do puzzles on but it soon got reassigned as a pile of clothes collector. Ah well. One of these days...
ReplyDeleteI don't have the patience for those puzzles
ReplyDeleteThis is a wonderful project! I love it!
ReplyDeleteHow nice to pass puzzles on to those who enjoy them. I get stressed just at the idea of doing a jigsaw puzzle but I know that lots of people find them very relaxing. I once had a student who was so hyperactive he would be swinging from the chandelier if the classroom had one. He certainly swung from everything else, but put him in front of puzzle and he would laser focus. Moments of calm and relief for the teacher and everyone else in the room.
ReplyDeleteI love this idea of dividing the puzzle into pieces.
ReplyDeleteI haven't done a puzzle in years. Even when stuck at home at the start of the pandemic, the idea did not occur to me then. And I don't think I could do one with 3000 pieces!
ReplyDeletei am a puzzle lover, the rest of the family, not as much. but they humor me and we put them together as a family!!
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