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Some finished puzzles


courdorygirl

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Here's a few of my completed puzzles.  The penguins were first, and my first attempt at freehand.  It measures about 4"X4", I found the picture in a calendar at the dollar store.  I had a tiger too but the paper got wet in the humidity and wrinkled, and the cuts came out all crazy.

 

The second is a 8"X10" Princess Bride puzzle I made for my husband.  I'm still sanding the pieces, but I'm happy with how it came out.  Also my first attempt with a pattern, that I measured out and drew myself.  It came to 121 pieces, and the pieces are about 1/2" square.

 

The third one I finished is the pony puzzle.  Like the movie one, I switched to glossy photo paper, which is thicker and seems holds up to the sticky southern weather better. It's my first attempt at following the natural lines to make a unique puzzle.  I initially made it for my niece but she's still too little, so I haven't decided if I'm going to hang on to it, or give it to someone else, or try to sell it.  (Obviously, copyright issues would be a concern.)

 

Let me know what y'all think!

 

Oh, and they were all cut from 1/4" Baltic Birch with a size 2 spiral/puzzle blade.

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Great job!  I really like the idea of cutting puzzles out of pictures like this, I might have to try and make some for the Grandkids!!

 

 

Thanks!  There was some trial and error, so I'll save you some trouble.  You'll need fairly thick paper, like photo paper or card stock to print on, especially if you live somewhere humid.  I use spray glue, and I found that thinner paper would wrinkle up as it dried.  Glad you like the idea, I liked it too!

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Many moons ago when I worked some at HD, we had a special at Christmas where several of us made gifts for all the kids.  I did some puzzles by printing coloring pages that the kids could then color.

 

That's what I'm working on today.  My mom found a color-in calender that's meant for kids.  I'm going to laminate the pages before gluing them onto my Birch, in hopes of keeping it from wrinkling up.

 

 

Having never done a puzzle, you make it look easy.   ;)  They all look terrific.  Is this going to be your main scrolling interest?  If it is I can see them getting bigger and better. ;)

 

Marg

 

Thanks!  They really aren't hard.  It's my main interest at the moment, although I do want to get into other toy making slowly.  I don't have the expendable funds at the moment to buy a lot of patterns or books.

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