Hand painted wooden puzzles

Wanganui based Marilyn Vreede's wooden jigsaw puzzles have helped children to recognise and name native birds, plants and marine life for more than two decades now.
Each individually hand-painted puzzle is "guaranteed non-toxic and safe to eat, although not recommended as part of a nutritional diet."

Marilyn started making them in the early '90s.  "They do last a long time and stand up to a lot of punishment and the pieces are large."
Marilyn's husband Marty Vreede screen-prints the outlines onto board and Marilyn hand-paints them individually.

What a fantastically talented lady! Read more about her here.

New large piece jigsaws

Motley and the tortoiseshell

We have just taken delivery of a beautiful selection of large format jigsaws. These are jigsaws with pieces that are half as big again as the pieces of a standard jigsaw. They are great for those who can not see or handle the pieces of a standard jigsaw.


Emerald Isle Cottage

New jigsaws with large easy to handle pieces

We have just received a beautiful selection of Ravensburger jigsaws with larger pieces for puzzlers who are visually impaired or who have difficulty handling the small pieces of a standard jigsaw.
Avian World



Dad's Shed

Doggie Delight

Check out our full range here.

jigsaws with large pieces

Do you love doing jigsaws, but get frustrated that you can no longer see the detail on the pieces well enough? Or do you know someone in that position? I find that I now need to have a light behind me so I'm not working in my shadow. We have just added another range of large piece jigsaws to our collection. These do make it easier to see the detail and jigsaw fans with less than perfect vision, or who find handling the little pieces fiddly, do love them.
What more, we are the only company in New Zealand (that we know of anyway) that has a selection of these for sale. Check out our range here.

New series of cat puzzles

We have just received a new series of cat puzzles by Lesley Anne Ivory. They have just 300 extra large pieces, so are suitable for children and adults who have difficulty handling the small pieces of a standard puzzle.

Lesley Anne Ivory is a most talented cat artist. Cats play an important part in Lesley Anne's life and the majority of her paintings are portraits of her own feline family.

Large piece jigsaws

Yesterday I put on a display for a local retirement village here in Palmerston north, New Zealand. It was a lot of fun. Many of the residents told us they used to do jigsaws but don't now because they can't see well enough, or their arthritis makes handling the pieces difficult. They were really pleased when I was able to tell them we have a range of jigsaws with large pieces, and we purchase jigsaws with light bright colours especially for those who can't see so well. What a great day we had, and left knowing some of the residents were delighted to be able to have another go at a jigsaw!