Turn your favorite picture into a puzzle!
So satisfying to finish an enormous jigsaw puzzle. But, all that effort and then what? You can glue it together. But maybe you really don't want a picture of a strange farm in winter on your wall.
How about this for an alternative?
Find your favorite picture of something you love and then turn it into a jigsaw puzzle.
There are dozens of places that will do just that for you from your local Walgreens to custom puzzle websites like collage.com.
And, they aren't that expensive.
A 20×30, 1,000-piece picture puzzle usually costs about $30. But you can often find a sale around the holidays when such a puzzle can be half price.
If you use an online company, you'll be able to choose a picture right from your Facebook or Instagram account. Or, you can choose something from photos on your phone, for example.
If you want to select an old photo on paper, you can get it scanned at a high resolution from at a place like Walmart, where they will enlarge that photo and make a puzzle for you.
Keep in mind that very small photos on paper may well lose clarity if you blow them up too large.
Small puzzle postcards can be a great greeting card. For example, get a nice picture of yourself waving to the camera, then have a puzzle company add the words "Happy Birthday to You, from Grandma."
How fun!
Allyson Good curates senior living, health, and family content. She is formerly the Managing Editor of Active Life, a print newspaper published in 2016-2017 for seniors, choosing practical articles on health, money, safety, and everyday living for older readers. She is also an avid gardener and offers up Garden Hints and Tips on a regular basis.
