This was a neat little idea. There were a dozen mini-puzzles in the box, each an irregular shaped picture of a dog making a funny face. (They call them “selfies” even though I don’t think the dogs were taking the pics.) Each mini-puzzle has a different colour of backing, so you can sort them out before you get started, or just try to do them with all the pieces jumbled together.
This is a very old puzzle that I think we picked up at a flea market somewhere. You’ll be able to tell how old it is by the fact that the crowded cast of Disney characters doesn’t include anyone from The Lion King, Pocahontas. or any of their later hits. Instead you get the Disney pictures that I grew up with. Except for The Sword in the Stone. I never saw that one. Which means I had no idea who those characters were. Luckily there was an index on the back of the box that labeled everyone.
The thing that impressed me the most about this one though is that all the pieces were still there. For a puzzle this old, and one that has passed through several hands, that’s very rare. And I think this is especially remarkable for a puzzle where the pieces don’t fit together very well. They really just sit next to each other and if you nudge your work in progress, however slightly, they come apart.
This was one of two puzzles that came in one value box (but they were in separate bags, naturally). I already showed a picture of the other one, which was of a bunch of little cakes. This one probably had the same sugar content along with the same degree of difficulty. I can’t say either puzzle was a favourite and I’ve given them away so won’t be doing them again.
A tasty treat of a puzzle for you. Not as hard as it looked at first, but the pieces were kind of small and thin. I’ve done it a couple of times now and I don’t think I’ll be doing it again.
A hole in the ocean.
This is an index to my posts of puzzles that I’m either working on or have completed. Enjoy!
Well, that was disappointing
We’ll always have Paris
Slow train coming
Bouquet
Sweet stuff
Fruity
Disney all-stars
Doggy selfies
We’ll always have Colmar
Where in the world?
Breakfast with Audrey
Pretty houses
The old grey mill
Pond life
Solving Nemo
Fixing a hole
Circular puzzles are often a bit tricky but this one was really well designed and a lot of fun.
Another favourite puzzle around these parts. Nice and simple. One that you can do in a single sitting.
After posting a pic of a now forever incomplete world map puzzle, I thought I should balance things out with a puzzle of tourist highlights in Paris that at least has all its pieces.
Alex Good 