Jigsaw puzzles
Miss S has discovered she likes jigsaw puzzles.
We were loaned a set of 2 train puzzles – an alphabet and a number train – and she decided that she would work on that on the kitchen floor while I cooked dinner one day. It was terrific – she completed the puzzle in 2 hours (meaning I had 2 WHOLE hours to cook in peace without someone hanging off one leg and wanting attention). And she didn’t need my help – except to show her how to put the first pieces together and look at the picture on the box as a reference point.
Now here lies the problem. Having completed the puzzle, we tidied up after she showed Mr K what she accomplished when he got home from work. A couple of days later, I asked if she wanted to play with it again. She said, “But I’ve already done it”.
So, I made her some “new” puzzles from some stuff we have in our house.
What you need:
What to do:
What I learned:
- Choose brightly coloured pages/pictures. I’d recycled our old calendars so had to raid our current one – which is neither bright nor colourful.
- Make these after she has gone to bed, or you will be inundated with questions like “Can I play now? Are they ready yet?”.
- Be prepared to spend a long time cutting out the pieces – which was why I decided on straight and wavy lines for the 2nd and 3rd puzzle.
- Photograph/photocopy the puzzle before cutting so they can use that as a reference while they play.
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2 Responses
Very cute. Did you forget to photograph the pictures?
I didn’t take pics of each one before I cut them up. Not the same with “cut” lines.