Jigsaw puzzles are enjoyable pastimes for kids and adults alike.
But did you know that the jigsaw puzzle was invented not for entertainment but for teaching geography? It was John Spilsbury, an English teacher, who created the first jigsaw puzzle in 1767. You can read about the history of jigsaw puzzles on the The American Jigsaw Puzzle Society web site.
A jigsaw puzzle can have as few as 4 pieces to as many as 1,000 pieces. Needlesss to say, these things can be very entertaining and highly addictive. You can spend hours putting together a jigsaw puzzle of the Mona Lisa or Mickey Mouse.
My younger sisters and I used to create our own jigsaw puzzles. We would draw our favorite cartoon characters on a piece of cardboard. We would color our drawings and then cut the cardboard in different shapes and sizes.
Coming up with our own jigsaw puzzle designs was fun and gave our creativity free rein. While the jigsaw puzzle creation was fun, it was even more fun once our puzzles were all cut up into small pieces and we had to piece them together. On many occasions, we mixed our pieces and made a race out of assembling our puzzles.
You can create your own jigsaw puzzles. All you need are stiff cardboards, color pens or crayons and scissors. You can even print out your favorite cartoon character, paste it on your cardboard and cut it out.
Or you can buy pre-made jigsaw puzzles. There are many places online where you can buy jigsaw puzzles. You can even get a 21 jigsaw puzzle sampler assortment for less than $10
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And then there are the ready-to-color and cut jigsaw puzzles
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This type of jigsaw puzzle is popular with kids because most kids love coloring books. They also encourage creativity in all budding young artists. Imagine the many hours of entertainment and fun these ready-to-color and cut jigsaw puzzles will give them.
Jigsaw puzzles can be a fun family activity. It's one of the things you can do with your kids, with your siblings, with your nephews or nieces.
If you're a parent, putting together jigsaw puzzles
is definitely a worthwile activity you can do with your kids. Try it today!
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