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Jigsaw Puzzles – a do-it-yourself kit

 

On a recent holiday out West, I snapped a lucky group photo of our some of our grandkids. It was a lucky shot in which all of the kids were posed nicely, facing the camera.

When we returned home, my wife remembered that she had stashed away a couple of do-it-yourself photo jigsaw puzzles that would make a nice souvenir of our vacation.


Here’s the do-it-yourself jigsaw puzzle.

This one is called “Make-Your_own Jigsaw Puzzle” from Messisa & Doug, Item # 376.

My wife bought the kit at a large craft store for about $7.


This kit is to be used with a 5″ x 7″ photograph.

I printed a borderless photograph, cropped exactly as I wanted it to appear on the puzzle.
The kit includes an adhesive sheet onto which you place to photograph face up.

Turn the adhesive sheet over and you’ll see the outline of the twelve jigsaw pieces. Using scissors, you cut along the lines which mirror the shape of the wooden jigsaw pieces.


Finally, you remove the second paper backing from the adhesive sheet to reveal more adhesive. Each photo piece is then pressed onto the corresponding wooden puzzle piece.

This all takes about ten minutes and then your photo jig saw puzzle is ready!



My wife ended up making two of these puzzles to send to the grandkids in the photograph. We’re hoping that it will help them remember our visit.

 

Written by Arnie Lee

 


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