Tag: Mini Puzzles

Music Mania

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Music Mania by Marc Arundale – Wentworth – 40 pieces

With so many colors and so much going on, this little 40 piece puzzle was harder than it looks! Still, it was completely absorbing and for the few minutes it took me to put together I was absolutely focused only on the puzzle – it was fantastic meditation for someone like me who finds actual meditation difficult.

I’ve still got about six more mini puzzles from Wentworth here, and because my queue is basically empty I think you’ll be seeing them very soon. I’ve got to get myself back to a place where I have enough completed puzzles that I can leisurely work on whatever puzzle feels right without worrying about what to post next.

Love these musical whimsies! Wentworth is usually great about making the whimsy pieces fit the image; it’s always entertaining for me to look through the pieces to find the whimsies and see how they relate to the picture on the puzzle.

This image looks as though it would be fun in a larger piece count, there’s so much to see and it’s difficult to actually take it all in when the image is so small. Music Mania was really enjoyable!

Cat House

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Cat House – MicroPuzzles – 150 pieces

We all know cat puzzles aren’t really my thing, but in a small puzzle like this it wasn’t bad at all. Besides, they’re painted and silly looking, those are definitely my things. It was a quick assembly for the most part; some was assembled in the bathroom, and the rest was put together in the puzzle room for a quicker completion.

*Forgive the shiny picture, it didn’t want to sit pretty when I tried to put the board against the wall so I had to take the pic standing over it and I couldn’t completely get rid of the glare.*

Sometimes I forget that it isn’t easy to see how small these puzzles actually are without something to compare them to…

They’re quite small, and it should be annoying for me and my aging eyes to work with – but they’re the opposite of annoying. I LOVE working with the little pieces and being able to lay the whole puzzle out on a cookie sheet that I can take to any room in the house. And I’m not sure why, but when I get one finished the sense of accomplishment is so much bigger than the little puzzle itself.

I’ve already got another one going in the bathroom. I’ve got quite a few here to do, and this month’s new puzzles are already on their way!

Zojoji Temple in Shiba, 1925

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Zojoji Temple in Shiba, 1925 by Hasui Kawase – Wentworth – 40 pieces

I enjoyed this puzzle very much, even though it went together quite quickly. My lack of puzzling in December and January mean that I don’t have any puzzles left in the queue and I was looking for some small, wintery-looking puzzles to get my completed puzzle count back up to where it should be.

As usual, it was great Wentworth quality. And for me there’s something so intriguing and lovely about Asian artwork, it’s just beautiful to look at as well as to assemble.

Aren’t these fantastic whimsies? I love the Geisha!

Clown Fish

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Clown Fish – Wentworth (Mini Mindful) – 40 pieces

This Mini Mindful puzzle from Wentworth certainly lived up to it’s name! The collection is designed to “calm your mind, piece by piece” with mostly difficult shapes and images that require concentration. You had to pay extremely close attention and I ended up finding that the rest of the world almost fades away as you’re looking for the next piece or color to fit into the picture.

Wentworth’s mini puzzles were already favorites of mine, but the Mini Mindful collection is even better in my opinion. Sometimes with the regular 40 piece minis it goes together a little too quickly, but the Mini Mindful puzzles take more brain power and it normally isn’t a quick assembly – love that!

The triangular pieces made this already challenging image even more so – it probably took me around 25-30 minutes to put this one together. Exactly what I needed that day. 🔺💖

Ripples at Sunset

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Ripples at Sunset – Dreamtivity – 101 pieces

Quick assembly that was my first completed puzzle of 2024. My youngest son got it for me for Christmas, and bought it at our local library during their book sale. I love that he wanted to get me something he knew I would like and did so by recycling a puzzle. What someone spends on me doesn’t make the gift good or bad, it’s the intention behind the gift that matters – and his mom thinks he did a great job.💖

This is a new to me company that I hadn’t previously heard of. Dreamtivity. To be honest the quality really wasn’t that great. The fit was loose and a bit wonky, and although the variety of shapes was good the actual cut of the pieces wasn’t great. The chipboard itself was a bit on the thin side, but not too much so. The image reproduction was the best part of the puzzle, it’s a beautiful image and it was reproduced very nicely with sharp, bright colors.

This was my first mini panoramic puzzle (I think) at only 101 pieces, and it was pretty enjoyable to assemble even with the less than optimal quality.