Fire Truck jigsaw puzzle

How cute is this?  Here is one of the submissions I got from last week.  Hand cut, old fashioned jigsaw puzzle by me and art work by 4 yr old Elijah!  (approx 5" x 6")  Thanks Elijah, it will be on its way very soon.

Children's Artwork Wooden Jigsaw Puzzles

I have been experimenting with cutting old fashioned wooden jigsaw puzzles lately. Here is one I made of Tommy's artwork for him. He calls it Colours, Colours, Everywhere.  It has 15 pieces but is a little tricky with the randomly shaped pieces I made. Perfect for the 4 year old who thinks he is a puzzle master:)


I need some more practice with these so I will make a free 4 x 6 jigsaw puzzle for the first 2 people to email me (mamaswoodshop at gmail.com) their child's artwork. Colourful pictures with thick color lines will be easier to put together so the child can match the colors as well as shapes. It also makes a good Father's Day gift so if you are thinking along this route, feel free to write a message and make the picture trickier! I am sure it will take a little while for your young artist to create something and then for you to scan it so I will let you know here once I have received the first 2 submissions. Hurry!

A, B, C, D, E, F, G....(singing out loud)

I made another old fashioned wooden jigsaw puzzle.  This one for the sole purpose to teach letter recognition.  I didn't want to cut it out like the mass produced grid cardboard puzzles but I felt I needed to to get what I wanted in terms of the learning....and it worked.  Each peice is cut so that it has one letter on it and it is pretty much cut along the color lines.  We discovered, the puzzle is best put together by singing the alphabet in crazy voices very slowly and finding the corresponding letter in the pile. (- All this while laughing and having two tiny girls jump on and off your back.)  Thus, the letter recognition practice that I was looking for.

Jigsaw Fun

I made another one of these puzzles! You haven't seen them yet but I used to make them about 10 years ago! Some of you will remember. I glue a free advertising postcard (yes, there are some good ones) to the plywood and then cut it up! It is 4x6. This one has 28 pieces. I wonder if my 4 yr old can handle it....