Kay in Cal Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 We started a 1500 piece jigsaw puzzle on Saturday. It has been several years since we've done one--dh and I used to work puzzles before we had kids. I'm enjoying it... but it's also one of those that is mostly just one or two colors, with huge swaths of similarity, so it is taking FOREVER. I thought I'd ask the board just for fun... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 Jigsaw puzzles: Fun or infuriating?Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 Can't say that I've ever enjoyed a jigsaw puzzle. My guys love them, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in CA Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 love your avatar, but can't abide the jigsaw puzzle : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 Love puzzles, but must admit to not liking Thomas Kincade puzzles as much. Very difficult.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 I've been wanting to try one of the large 3d puzzles for ages. Dh bought me a little one, a grandfather clock, and that was cool. I think it all depends on the picture. My puzzle with a cartoon style paella party is fun, doing the forest background to Neuswanstein was akin to torture. :) Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 Why? I mean, really. Take a pic, chop it up, put it back together. What. is. the. point????? My mom loves jigsaws, though, & I have found them to be quite calming when she's in town, if that says anything. Fwiw, though, I distinctly remember wondering what the point was of playing dolls when I was about 3. I couldn't come up w/ a good answer, & I dropped the doll & never played again. Some people say I'm too serious. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB in NJ Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 Oh I think they're fun. Mom and I usually take one or two down the shore with us. We sit around the table, looking out at the ocean and the dolphins playing, sipping our Cranberry Twist wine and doing a puzzle. Yep. They're fun. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soph the vet Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 We have a large table in our family room that has a constantly changing 1000 piece puzzle on it. My ds7 is the master puzzle assembler. When he was 2 he could do 60-100 piece puzzles which my dds never could. They were still on the 24 piece variety at that point. I think it is fun to have history puzzles. We'll be breaking out the giant Civil War puzzle here any day now. Right now he's got a huge peacock he's working on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyThreeSons Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 My mother in law just completed several weeks of radiation therapy. In the family waiting area at the hospital, each table had a jigsaw puzzle set up. As the patients and families came back day after day, we would work on the puzzles, just kind of picking at them. The bigger puzzles would be there for days at a time, the smaller ones would get done in a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elisabeth in IL Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 My parents always do a puzzle or two around Christmas. I like to "help" a little but I'm glad that it isn't my responsibility to complete it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melinda in VT Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 We have a large table in our family room that has a constantly changing 1000 piece puzzle on it. My ds7 is the master puzzle assembler. When he was 2 he could do 60-100 piece puzzles which my dds never could. They were still on the 24 piece variety at that point. I think it is fun to have history puzzles. We'll be breaking out the giant Civil War puzzle here any day now. Right now he's got a huge peacock he's working on. This is what I would like to have, but our current living conditions (and the current 2yo) just don't allow it. DH got me a large piece of felt that rolls up around an inflatable insert. It allows me to work on a puzzle after the kids are in bed and then store it safely out of reach. Life is busy enough that it can take me months to finish a puzzle, but it's much better than nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Virginia Dawn Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 Why? I mean, really. Take a pic, chop it up, put it back together. What. is. the. point????? Just like many kinds of mind games it's all about seeing relationships, making connections, and the satisfaction of meeting a challenge. The most serious child I have used to work puzzles almost constantly, until life became enough of a challenge to satisfy him. Maybe the challenges of daily living are enough for you, maybe they are not enough to keep your mom's mind occupied. If you keep puzzles around for when she visits, she might also be kept occupied by crossword puzzle books. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 Brings back memories of Cape Cod. Working on a great puzzle on a rainy day looking out the window at the ocean. No one here likes them much... So I listen to AfriCam and play Mahjong on the web. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melinda in VT Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 Why? I mean, really. Take a pic, chop it up, put it back together. What. is. the. point????? My mom loves jigsaws, though, & I have found them to be quite calming when she's in town, if that says anything. Like someone else mentioned, I like the brain challenge. I enjoy doing Sudoku, too. It's one of the ways I work to keep my mind sharp. It's also great for conversations. When one of my kids does a puzzle with me, we tend to talk about things that maybe we wouldn't talk about if our hands weren't busy doing something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jail warden Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 I love puzzles for themental challenge also, however when it gets close to the end I tend to stayup way too late thinking it's got to be done.:tongue_smilie: So therefore for me they are both fun and infuriating! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 fun - addictive. Infuriating - when the cats jump onto the table and mess it up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRAAB Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 I enjoy jigsaw puzzles, but not in the summer. That's winter time entertainment. We did a couple Thomas Kincaid ones and one of stained glass windows. Hard. Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krista in LA Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 I love puzzles except for the 2000 piece puzzle we had of several satellite dishes with a blue background. It literally took us years to finish it and it was a pretty big puzzle so we couldn't just put it away. Of course after sitting out for 3 years, when we finally finished it, it was missing one piece. I was ready to put it back in the box and part with it after a month, but dh insisted on finishing it. I hated that puzzle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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