Thursday, March 10, 2016

World record for biggest collection of completed puzzles

Good luck to this lady as she attempts the Guinness World Record for for the biggest collection of completed jigsaw puzzles.

She has now completed 1,030 puzzles and she's confident she's done enough to set a Guinness World Record.  We wish her luck!
Read about her here

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Puzzle Nail Art

Do you love to do puzzles? If yes and even if no, this puzzle nail art is a fun design to do and fabulous to look at. The technique combines colour blocking and simple dotting to make these puzzle pieces. All that is used is  two colours and some scotch tape!












Dominoes and puzzles - a mix made in heaven?

If you love dominoes and you love puzzles, then take a look at this video
Such patience!



Friday, January 29, 2016

Children and puzzles

Constructing puzzles helps your child's development in so many ways - here are just a few - 
1) Problem Solving
2) Developing patience and resilience
3) Recognizing patterns
4) Shape sorting
5) Hand eye coordination
6) Developing dexterity and coordination
7) Memory

We have some beautiful puzzles, especially floor puzzles, in stock.  Most of these are not easily found in the stores in New Zealand.
Dirt Digger 50 pieces

Giant colors and shapes 2 x 30 pieces

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

World Puzzle Days 2016

Join in World Puzzle Day - well it goes for 2 months actually. Compete with puzzlers worldwide to see who can complete the most puzzles. Read about it on this post.


We seriously need more registrants from New Zealand, so come on puzzlers, register now!

Thursday, November 19, 2015

WASGIJ Christmas 10 The mystery shopper


The WASGIJ Christmas puzzle this year is as usual hilarious. The image shown on the box depicts the local department store thriving with shopper's trying to pick up the best Christmas bargains in the lead up to the big day! The store is gleaming with Christmas decorations that are hanging from the ceiling, Christmas tree and employee's costumes - but what has caught the eyes of the busy shopper's at the perfume counter? Is it that must-have bargain that will put a smile of their child's face? That is the image of the 'solution' jigsaw puzzle you have to piece together!

Saturday, October 31, 2015

What If? puzzles

The What If? Series from Ravensburger are a jigsaw for people who enjoy a comedy puzzle with a challenging twist.  Based on the idea that things don’t always turn out how you think or hope they will, you have to imagine what might happen if the events shown on the box change.
The image on the box is different to the puzzle image but you have to figure out how!

What If? 5 The Village Hall
The Caretaker at Grimley village Hall thinks he''s really organized. He''s convinced that his new bookings system is absolutely fool proof. But WHAT IF the caretaker didn''t take enough care? And WHAT IF the village hall was double-booked? The picture on this pack shows what the caretaker would like to happen. the puzzle inside the box shows what really did. 
You can see other What If? puzzles on our website here