Sunday, January 11, 2015

National Puzzle Day on 29 January 2015

The National Day for Jigsaw Puzzles is on Thursday 29 January 2015!

Emily is a big fan of Wasgij puzzles, while I'm always on the lookout for Mini Golf jigsaw puzzles and we've found quite a few on our travels.

Last year a long quest was ended when we managed to find an elusive Jan Van Haasteren Mini-Golf jigsaw puzzle while on a day out in Derby!

Last year a long quest was ended when we managed to find an elusive Jan Van Haasteren Mini-Golf jigsaw puzzle while on a day out in Derby!
Finding a Crazy Golf jigsaw puzzle at Poyntons in Derby Market

Some of the recent jigsaw puzzles we've bought are below.
  
A Gerold Como Collection 'Golf' jigsaw puzzle that contains a lot of crazy elements
A Gerold Como Collection 'Golf' jigsaw puzzle that contains a lot of crazy elements

A crazy golf jigsaw puzzle by Page One Design
A crazy golf jigsaw puzzle by Page One Design

A Ravensburger jigsaw puzzle that includes a crazy golf windmill on the golf course
A Ravensburger jigsaw puzzle that includes a crazy golf windmill on the golf course

The Golf edition of the 'World's Most Difficult Jigsaw Puzzle'
The Golf edition of the 'World's Most Difficult Jigsaw Puzzle'

'The Golf Course' 1500 piece Jigsaw Puzzle by Jumbo & Jan Van Haasteren
'The Golf Course' jigsaw puzzle by Jumbo and Jan Van Haasteren

Back in March 2012 we visited Abbots Langley, Herts to attend Jigfest 2012 and we were quite tempted to enter the doubles competition at last year's British Jigsaw Puzzle Championship.

Emily at Jigfest 2012
Emily at Jigfest 2012

The team at Putterfingers put(t) together a great puzzle related blog post in 2013, you can read it at "5 Reasons a Crazy Golf Puzzle is Great Fun!"

While not exactly to do with jigsaws, but puzzle-related, our friend and fellow minigolfer Paul Godding runs the 7puzzle company that develops maths-related boardgames, card games and puzzles.

The latest addition to our collection of wacky golf puzzles. A 1500 piece Jan Van Haasteren / Jumbo
The latest addition to our collection of wacky golf puzzles. A 1500 piece Jan Van Haasteren / Jumbo

The completed Jan Van Haasteren Golf jigsaw puzzle
The completed Jan Van Haasteren Golf jigsaw puzzle 

Check out the links below for more jigsaw puzzle-related blog posts and websites.

Related blog posts:
- Jigsaw Puzzles
- Finding the Jan Van Haasteren Crazy Golf Jumbo Jigsaw Puzzle in Derby
- The British Jigsaw Puzzle Championship 2014
- Jigfest 2012!

Links:
- The Official UK Puzzle Club
- Jumbo Jigsaw Puzzles (makers of Wasgij, Jan Van Haasteren's and more)
- Ravensburger Puzzles
- The Yorkshire Jigsaw Store
- British Jigsaw Championship
- #NationalPuzzleDay

4 comments:

Lemony said...

I do like a good jigsaw puzzle :)

donna brown said...

National Jigsaw Puzzle Day is January 29, 2015 and I can't wait! We make custom photo puzzles within days...
The Missing Piece Puzzle Company
www.themissingpiecepuzzlecompany.com

Richard Gottfried said...

For National Puzzle Day 2015 here's a snap of the completed Jan Van Haasteren Crazy Golf Jigsaw Puzzle by Jumbo that Emily completed (I helped a little bit).

Richard Gottfried said...

For National Puzzle Day 2015 Emily started doing the wacky crazy golf jigsaw puzzle by Jan Van Haasteren...

...she has reported that it's tough! There are 'edge' type pieces on the inner of the puzzle!?