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Jigsaw Puzzles Anyone?

Susan - s3js

Susan - s3js

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I've always loved them and my kids got me this nifty 1000 piece puzzle table that sits on a card table, spins around, has drawers for sorted pieces, and a lip that keeps the pieces from sliding off. What does not do is keep me from dropping the piecs and having them bounce under the sofa where I can reach them. They need to remedy that LOL.

Anyway, do you rework your puzzles later, give them away, trash them? My Dad probably has 50 or more stored away all with all their pieces. I need to decide what to do with them. Ideas?
 
I LOVE puzzles. We're working on one right now that I had created from a photo I took. When we are done, we put all the pieces in a ziplock so they dont get lost, put it back in the box and either donate them to friends or take them to Salvation Army. If I loose a piece or the darn dog gets ahold of a piece (never seen again) we throw the puzzle away. A friend of mine gives his to Senior Centers, and he's always looking for other places to drop them off.
 
I gave my grandma one of those for Christmas, but it tilts up to help reduce neck strain because she has neck issues. I tried making my own version this winter by propping up a cork board and using plates for my "drawers" to sort the puzzle pieces. I have found that it strains my neck too much to do puzzles. I get migraines from it so I had to stop. I love doing them though!
 
We almost always have a puzzle going. We have a piece of plywood that we keep on top of the dog crate and just move that onto the DR table when we want to work on it. (Or I should say-- we keep the puzzle on the table 99% of the time and move it onto the dog crate when we want to eat LOL)
DH got me a felt puzzle mat for Christmas, but I wasn't crazy about how I couldn't slide the pieces around so I don't use it often.
We do 1000-piece puzzles, so if there are a couple of missing pieces (darn dogs!!) I'll mark how many are missing on the box. We pass them along to friends or do them over again.
 
I go through cycles with puzzles. I really enjoy putting them together for a bit, but then I lose interest and donate them. Before I know it, I'm buying new ones and diving back into that puzzle phase all over again. :rolleyes:
 
Puzzles... :thinking2: My Dad was a puzzlemaster!
He had his puzzle table, light and system. He separated the pieces by shape and then by color. He finished one for me that has Jesus' face superimposed over the cross and says at the bottom "I am with you always". It means the world to me and reminds me that he is still with me. My younger sister likes them. I think it is her way to remember Dad.
Me? I can't stand them! Puzzles of any kind make me crazy. :rolleyes1::rolleyes1::crazy:
 
faerywings said:
We almost always have a puzzle going. We have a piece of plywood that we keep on top of the dog crate and just move that onto the DR table when we want to work on it. (Or I should say-- we keep the puzzle on the table 99% of the time and move it onto the dog crate when we want to eat LOL)
DH got me a felt puzzle mat for Christmas, but I wasn't crazy about how I couldn't slide the pieces around so I don't use it often.
We do 1000-piece puzzles, so if there are a couple of missing pieces (darn dogs!!) I'll mark how many are missing on the box. We pass them along to friends or do them over again.
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What is it with dogs and eating the cardboard puzzle pieces!!!! Our shitzu is the worst! We also do 1000 pieces. Less feels like less of a challenge.
 
AK_Tracy said:
I LOVE puzzles. We're working on one right now that I had created from a photo I took. When we are done, we put all the pieces in a ziplock so they dont get lost, put it back in the box and either donate them to friends or take them to Salvation Army. If I loose a piece or the darn dog gets ahold of a piece (never seen again) we throw the puzzle away. A friend of mine gives his to Senior Centers, and he's always looking for other places to drop them off.
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I do this too, when I can.
 
faerywings said:
We almost always have a puzzle going. We have a piece of plywood that we keep on top of the dog crate and just move that onto the DR table when we want to work on it. (Or I should say-- we keep the puzzle on the table 99% of the time and move it onto the dog crate when we want to eat LOL)
DH got me a felt puzzle mat for Christmas, but I wasn't crazy about how I couldn't slide the pieces around so I don't use it often.
We do 1000-piece puzzles, so if there are a couple of missing pieces (darn dogs!!) I'll mark how many are missing on the box. We pass them along to friends or do them over again.
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Shame on those puppies!
 
Amandajk said:
Puzzles... :thinking2: My Dad was a puzzlemaster!
He had his puzzle table, light and system. He separated the pieces by shape and then by color. He finished one for me that has Jesus' face superimposed over the cross and says at the bottom "I am with you always". It means the world to me and reminds me that he is still with me. My younger sister likes them. I think it is her way to remember Dad.
Me? I can't stand them! Puzzles of any kind make me crazy. :rolleyes1::rolleyes1::crazy:
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This sounds like my mother-in-law. From 2012 until 2018 I spent almost every Friday night with her. We'd sit up late just being girls and working a puzzle. She taught me this system. When I got up the next morning, she had breakfast ready and we spent until lunch over coffee. Then I had to go home!
 
Susan - s3js said:
This sounds like my mother-in-law. From 2012 until 2018 I spent almost every Friday night with her. We'd sit up late just being girls and working a puzzle. She taught me this system. When I got up the next morning, she had breakfast ready and we spent until lunch over coffee. Then I had to go home!
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It was helpful to him- he began 10 years ago in an effort to stay off the threat of Alzheimer's. He ended up being diagnosed 9 years ago and passed last July. But I KNOW it made a difference, as he was coherent 98% of the week that I last saw him.
 
Amandajk said:
It was helpful to him- he began 10 years ago in an effort to stay off the threat of Alzheimer's. He ended up being diagnosed 9 years ago and passed last July. But I KNOW it made a difference, as he was coherent 98% of the week that I last saw him.
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What a sweet memory! Alzheimer's is so tough. Hugs!
 
I enjoy Jigsaw Puzzles. I even do online simple ones. I prefer 500 piece ones. We now live in a one bedroom unit so no room to do jigsaws but in our Retirement Village activities room we have an ongoing jigsaw anyone is welcome to add to. So far there is just myself and another lady doing it. When finished I might take a photo and share.

I have used a couple over again twice. Especially a favourite I had of two tigers in the snow. All the jigsaws I owned were destroyed when our home was flooded 3 years ago.
 
A-M said:
I enjoy Jigsaw Puzzles. I even do online simple ones. I prefer 500 piece ones. We now live in a one bedroom unit so no room to do jigsaws but in our Retirement Village activities room we have an ongoing jigsaw anyone is welcome to add to. So far there is just myself and another lady doing it. When finished I might take a photo and share.

I have used a couple over again twice. Especially a favourite I had of two tigers in the snow. All the jigsaws I owned were destroyed when our home was flooded 3 years ago.
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Oh, what a horrible experience. I understand that pain all too well. My nifty puzzle table has a cover to go on the puzzle to keep it safe. The whole slides easily under a bed or a tall dresser, even our couch. Just sayin'!
 
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We love puzzles. Especially during the Winter months. Usually keep a few favorites. The rest we give to the local library and trade them for a different one! :)
 
We did smaller ones with the kids when they were younger, and we do have some more intricate high count ones, but we rarely pull them out...our round glass dining table would be the prime place to do them, but I usually lay out laundry to sort there because it is the one surface where there usually isn't cat hair :hiding2: It would be fun to set one up again for us to randomly work on...we did this a few years ago and it took a while for the four of us to finish it :beatingheart:
 
I love puzzles! I got hooked again recently, and I only do puzzles that I want to frame and hang. Right now I have 12 framed puzzles around the house, and I have three brand new that I need to buy frames before starting them.
I can't believe how someone spends so many hours on a puzzle, and then tears it apart! Also I never get second hand puzzles. I'm scared there'll be missing pieces, smoke smell or pet hair...
 
I am another jigsaw puzzle lover but haven't done one in years and years! When my daughter was born (many many years ago) we lived in a small flat and in the flat right next door to us lived a married couple who were around our ages with young children as well. They became fast friends and Sue would come over every night after dinner and we would work on these huge puzzles and just laugh and talk have a couple of :wine4:, it was such a terrific thing to do, a great relaxing end to the day.

I remember the biggest puzzle we did had 2,000 pieces! That took us ages to complete! We ended up putting lacquer over the top and then gluing it to a board and Sue kept it in their flat for ages! lol!

Each night when we would finish for the night we would lay down a light plywood piece of timber over the top of the puzzle on my dining room table, then cover it with a heavy tablecloth. It was never touched during the daytime when the older kids were up and about running around etc. it was only uncovered at night! lol! Fun times for sure!
 
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