When I first joined Pinterest I was madly pinning all these far out creative ideas, awe-struck by how brilliant they were. After a great deal of time had been sucked from my life on this site, I made the decision to discipline my pins and focus on ideas that were actually achievable in this one income family of ours. It was a wise decision, if I do say so myself. Take this one that I pinned away months ago, a photo jigsaw. It’s inexpensive, easy to make, educational and fun. Ticking a lot of boxes right there.
Finn has never been too keen on puzzles so I was hoping this idea would draw him in. What kid doesn’t like looking at photos of themselves? I was right. I didn’t tell him what the picture was of and this really threw him. I don’t think he recognised it was a photo of himself until he had pieced together about 5 of the paddle pop sticks. Once he figured it out he exclaimed “It’s me as a baby!” It wasn’t, it was a photo of Finn taken about 7 months ago. Toddlers and time, they really don’t go together do they?
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Harper worked it out pretty easily. She’s more the puzzle lovin’ type.
So there you go a handful of personalised puzzles for well under $3.
