10 Expert-Level Tips for Doing a Jigsaw Puzzle
10 Expert-Level Tips for Doing a Jigsaw Puzzle
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Do jigsaw puzzles like a pro with these 10 expert-level tips!
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Great tips, my wife and I have decided to get in to puzzling this year, thanks for the great advice
Watching this video were the most nerdiest seconds of my life
A challenge I like doing is holding off working on the main subject.
The 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzle I’m working at the moment has three wolves as the main subject.
I’ve set all the wolf pieces aside (heads, hair, paws, etc.) Once I’ve finished putting everything else together, It’ll be fun finishing it on a high note with the final pieces being the wolves. Heck, I might even hold off the faces and fit them in last!
I enjoy the challenge of doing the jigsaw puzzle upside down.
I’m 14 turning 15 soon and I’m currently doing a 1000 pice puzzle I’m about half way done and found this 🥰
Have you ever done any of these expert-level puzzle hacks? Which one was your favorite?
Yes I loved your instructions on starting the puzzles
I’m a puzzle master I don’t start with the edges first I go from the middle of the way out to the edges
Hasbro came out with a clue puzzle(the board game clue). The gave you a small murder mystery story . you solve the mystery by putting the puzzle together. So there isn’t any picture to go off of and a lot of the pieces are the same color. So it’s been really hard to complete it. Its a 1000 pieces. So I sorted it and put the pieces in little trays I’m only doing one tray at a time. So far I’m working on tray number 3
Absolutely gorgeous 🥰
Tip #2 is cheating for the next time!
I do #5, the foam core. Also # 8
#6, 7, 9 are good ideas!
Just finished a 3,000 piece and found a piece missing and a duplicate piece (an identical edge piece). I can’t tell you how frustrating that was.
Holding it up to see the light is the #1 tip for me.
Hi Karen, I’ve not done a puzzle, since I lost my eye sight back in 86. I came Arcoss your channel by chance, while listening to some videos my friend sent me. I now complete a braille puzzle for the the first time in my life. Thank you Karen. (Signed joe Sam grandson)
I realize this video was made a couple years ago but have a suggestion for the foam core. If you have a dollar tree store around you, go there and buy their foam poster board. They come in white or white with a black covering on them. I always get the white ones, and like Karen says, I move them from the couch, to the bed at times or from my card table I usually work my puzzles on. The card table is an easy move too in case you want to be in the living room watching and or listening to the tv while working on a puzzle. The Dollar Tree foam poster boards are only $1.00, so I buy several at once, just to keep some on hand at home. They don’t take up much room, but do go to your dollar tree! Hope this don’t bite me in my tail, and next time I go get some it’s all gone….LOL I just did 4 deer, cabin related puzzles for my deer hunting brother to put on his walls, so I also glue the puzzles to the boards. Don’t have alot to trim off either with the 1,000 piece puzzles. I’ve got 2 puzzles coming from Amazon that are for my walls, and one I had personalized with a picture from my grandsons graduation from high school that will definitely be a living room picture. If the quality of it turns out ok, I’ve got 4 more graduation related pics to get done and make him his own collage. Happy Puzzling Everyone!!
I have started doing puzzles, but they are wood puzzles. Do you have any experience with wood puzzles. I completed my first one and I want to keep it together and frame it. Do you have any tips on how I can secure it in order to have it framed.
Repeat a puzzle? That’s very difficult once the glue dries!!! Thanks for your channel. I’m currently working on a puzzle of an owl that is the hardest puzzle I’ve ever worked on. And it’s going to look great hanging on the wall when I eventually finish it.
Ha ha, I just started making puzzles at a young 60 yrs and sharing other puzzles with family and friends and I have begged them to bag the edges separately.
Just getting in to the puzzle scene. Thanks for the tips.
And oh my God, you are so hot 🥵😉
I did a hole puzzle sideways
You should clean your baking pan!!
What about a puzzle sorter?
U have been a huge help in my life as a puzzle fan…. Been using all your tips to become a good puzzler… Doing 1000 2000 and 3000 and developed a really fast system….. now gonna start my first time 9000 Ravensburger Dragon Wood;;; bit afraid but watch your videos about big puzzles 🙂
Puzzles less than 1500 pieces are too fast to do and easy the problem is that i have back pain so i must do puzzles on a table so 1000-1500 is the limit. Good time it was.Last time i tried a big one it was a 4000 or 5000 thanks to lockdown 2 weeks
I’m doing a 500 piece jigsaw puzzle
The sky and stuff it’s hard lol
what a karen
I started getting really interested in jigsaw puzzles summer of 2021 and the first time I got my 1000 piece puzzle I really underestimated how difficult it was for me but I came to this video and it helped me dramatically that I finished the puzzle in 3 days, people probably finish it in 3 hours but I was very happy that I at least completed it, ever since my love for puzzles grew and I got more of them, Im coming back to this video cause my most recent puzzle is pretty difficult to me but im sure that this will help a lot, thank you very much for the tips.
There really is an audience for every thing.
I’m high functioning autistic and love doing puzzles as a casual thing to sit down and do if I feel like it. But my cats love sleeping on my puzzle while I’m working on it or in the box with all of the pieces in it so the zip lock bag trick will really help
I don’t do #2 as finding the edge pieces is part of the fun!
#5….I guess you don’t have pets, children, or any sort of uncontrollable body movements in order to do that and not be asking for a disaster!
A lot of the puzzles I get nowadays already come in a bag inside the box, so usually #1 is already done for me!
Most of these are pretty good tips, some of which I always use 😸
Sorting by color is practical. It doesn’t always mean it’s easier or quicker. I put my puzzle s together in sections.
Omg, My Cupcake Puzzle I Was doing for Two Weeks 😂😂😂
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To enhance the challenge, try to not look at the box. If possible, ideally have someone open it for you so you don’t see it. Or, just put the box top away after you open and don’t reference it again. Somewhat frustrating, somewhat satisfying.
I love your channel. I sort my pieces, and put them on sturdy paper plates.They stack and low cost.
I have always bagged my puzzle; separated the edge pieces; sorted by color/texture before I even start. A 1000 piece takes about an hour. I use small snack or sandwich baggie. Been going it this way for over 10 years.
Thanks for saving me a boatload of money with the foam board idea! (my wife thanks you, too!) i am one of those who likes to sort the border and colors right out of the box. When sorting i also like to set aside highly distinguished pieces (i.e. obvious people parts/animal parts/letters) and pieces that happen to fall out of the box that are already connected. 🙂
I don’t understand what the foam core sheet does. It looks like if you tipped it wrong the puzzle would spill everywhere, just like any other stiff sheet of stuff.
I guess I’m an expert. I already do these things.
People do puzzles for fun??
I honestly cant stand them but I have been given many over the years and need artwork for my house so here we are. Lol.
An alternative to foam core might be coroplast. Coroplast is tougher than foam core, and comes in 4′ x 8′ sheets.
After completing the puzzle, I like to mod podge, put in picture frames, and hang on wall! Very nice
Omg, My Cupcake Puzzle I Was doing for Two Weeks 😂😂😂
Don’t dump the whole bag on the table when sorting for edge pieces (or colors) … dump a small bit at a time. Sort.Then dump another and sort, etc. This makes sorting less overwhelming.
Hi all, does anyone have a good lighting option for dull days and nights, in the UK. I was considering a head torch. As I wear glasses, glare can be a real pain. Thanks Dave
My grandson got me a 2000 piece jigsaw puzzle for Christmas he claimes that he didn’t see how many pieces it had😁 Foam boards are very helpful!
I got a 1000 piece puzzle and kept it in my wardrobe and never looked at it until now and I’m really happy I found this video
6:35 ..in what???? Ahahaha
Great tips. So much fun. I use the cookie sheets to put all the extra (non edge) pieces on. After I finish the frame outline I go thru the various trays and ultimately sort according to colors or type or section theme. I also bag the puzzle but will do the smaller bag for the edges. Great idea.
What beautiful delightful girl