From the perspective of number of pieces, the small puzzles are from 50 to 300 pieces, the medium puzzle are from 300 to 1000 pieces. The big puzzle are, of course, over 1000 pieces, and they are intended to involved a group of people (as family activity, for example). The most important thing to remember when you are getting a jigsaw puzzle is that they can be played by one person as well the entire family.
Putting a jigsaw puzzle together can be achieved efficiently and simply in several steps easy to follow.
- When you are opening the jigsaq puzzle spread it out on a flat surface big enough to spred all them out to make them visible after you are turning them with the picture side upward. A table or the floor of the room, for example, are good. Every time it's important you pay attention not to loose piece or you may never finish the game.
- Select the edge pieces and put them to one side of the flat surface. This gives you and invaluable starting point for you game. Usually the edge pieces are the ones with one or two straight edge, but for shaped jigsaw puzzles determning edge pieces may be a difficult task.
- Become familiar with the shapes. All the shapes of a puzzle are under specific rules, a few of them. Understanding them will only help you do the jigsaw faster.
- Put pieces with similar colors and patterns together in small groups. It's allright to take the picture on the box as reference. Set the blocks of patterns and colors into their proper place in the puzzle.
- Start work with a group of similar pieces, put them together and continue with the other groups.
- Put the remaining pieces of the jigsaw puzzle together to fill in the holes and finish the game. This may be the longest and hardest part of doing a puzzle.
Finally I can only say that the experience will only improve your speed in doing jigsaw puzzles. So, keep doing them and have some fun with friends and family. You can also try the puzzles over the internet to practice between the times you are doing them in real world. If you have made this into a hobby you should know that there are a few books and websites with helpful jigsaw puzzle techniques - search for them and read as you can. Join the community of puzzle makers and share information.
