Tag: Mini Puzzles

The Circus Comes to Town

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The Circus Comes to Town by Jan Dedman – Mr. Bob Puzzles – 40 pieces

I wish I could tell you that this one was fun, but it actually wasn’t – at least not for me. I’m not even sure why that is, but it’s the truth.

Mr. Bob Puzzles are very good quality, and normally bright, colorful images are exactly my pile of pieces; this image, unfortunately, was not. The quality was excellent, it just wasn’t the right puzzle for me at the time I suppose.

Usually the border isn’t where I start on a puzzle this small, but because there was a band of white around the edge the pieces were easy to find and put together.

I found the whimsy pieces a bit disappointing; they didn’t match the image at all. Australia is always one of the pieces in a Mr. Bob Puzzle, but the other whimsies were just generic forms that I’ve seen before from this brand – and they had nothing to do with the circus. I suppose you could say the teddy bear could be a prize one wins from a game at the circus midway, but otherwise none of them make sense, at least not to me.

Again, I love this brand of puzzle and have developed a wonderful friendship with the founder of the company; and even though this was a very good quality puzzle, I just wasn’t feeling it today.

It has much more to do with me than the puzzle itself.

Main Street In Progress…

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Main Street by Joseph Holodook – Cra-Z-Art – 500 pieces

Just barely started on this set of shaped mini puzzles, it’s the last set that I have yet to assemble – which is a little depressing. I’ve enjoyed all of the different and amazing sets they have available and it’s a bit sad that there aren’t any more for me to do.

Still, at least this one’s here to enjoy, right?

Aloe You Vera Much

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Aloe You Vera Much – MicroPuzzles – 150 pieces

To all my faithful tens of readers – Aloe You Vera Much! 💕 Isn’t this an adorable puzzle for the “holiday” today? I thought it was. (We don’t actually consider Valentine’s Day a holiday in our house, it’s expected that we treat each other with love and kindness all year long.)

It’s a cute little cartoon image full of succulents; which, by the way, was the extra little gift I got in my subscription box this month…

Absolutely the most unexpected of extras that I’ve ever received with my puzzle subscription, that’s for sure! I don’t know what went into sending these out to all of their subscribers, but it couldn’t have been overly easy. Luckily they didn’t have to worry about keeping them watered while they were in the mail. 🌵

I enjoyed putting this image together, and thought it was the perfect sentiment for today. Happy Valentine’s Day my friends!

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!