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National Puzzle Day has been celebrated for over 20 years, and every year it has been getting more people interested in puzzles and doing things to exercise their brain. I think for some puzzlers, every day is National Puzzle Day, but for others, it may be the moment that they dust off a puzzle in their pile to enjoy on their own or with a friend. Either way, we have some ideas for how you can make the most of this day.
1. Organize your puzzles! There are a lot of ways to organize your puzzles and we know some of our best puzzlers have closets that look like Jenga, and with the wrong puzzle pulled, that tower is coming down! So you can organize puzzles by brand. Or with some professional organizers, they like to arrange things by colour. Another option is to organize them by size and height. You could even organize them alphabetically, like library books - or take it one step further and group them into themes first, then alphabetically within its theme.
2. Make a wish list of puzzles. You know you've spent time looking online at all kinds of wonderful puzzles and thought that you'd come back for that puzzle one day. Well, start making a list! Spend some time at a local retail store who carries lots of puzzles that you like. Write them all down on a list and keep them in a spreadsheet. Or, if you don't have a retailer near you, window shop online and find all the puzzles that you want. Make a spreadsheet with the name of the puzzle, the piece count, the theme (ie wildlife, collage, scenic), the brand, the cost, where you can buy it, and a quick description of why it attracted you ie "Love the floral arrangement in this one", or "It had metallic highlights on some of the images".
3. Call a friend and set a puzzle date. Why not call your friend up who also enjoys puzzles and talk about doing a puzzle together in the future? You can plan a date where you either collaborate on assembling a puzzle together, each work on your own puzzle (it could be the same image) in the same room, or do it over a video chat app. If you each do the same puzzle, it's kind of fun to compare how each one of you approaches the puzzle! Psst! If you do a Cobble Hill puzzle, please take work in progress photos and share it with us in our Facebook puzzle group, Quirky Together!
4. Time yourself! Puzzles for a lot of people are enjoyed as a relaxing activity and we think that's lovely. But you may have fun challenging yourself to complete a puzzle as fast as you can. Get out that timer and the minute you hit the start button, start opening that box and see how long it takes to complete it! Good luck!
5. Think outside the box. Alright, we may not want to admit it, but puzzles don't just come in boxes. The reality is, National Puzzle Day isn't just about jigsaw puzzles, or even ones specifically from Cobble Hill, but it also includes sudoku, crossword puzzles, word searches, brain teasers, online puzzles, any activity that requires cognitive function, memory and problem solving skills. You can find so many free activities online or maybe you can head to the local bookstore to buy an activity book that interests you. (Hint: keep reading until you get to #8, we may have a suggestion for you).
6. Bust out a puzzle. That's obvious, right? Stop putting off your puzzling and crack open that box, rip open that bag and have some fun!
7. Shop for a puzzle. If you don't believe that takes some problem solving skills, then you haven't met a fanatical puzzler. Trust us, it's not easy to solve which puzzle to buy when you know you need to stay within a budget. So, if you don't have a puzzle in your stash, shop the www.cobblehillpuzzles.com website right now, and get free shipping today with this coupon code: JAN292023. Valid for one day only! We are reducing our stock to prepare for the transition to our new box, so we apologize that there are many favourite puzzle images out of stock at the moment. But there are a lot of great puzzles on sale at 20% off, so shop while it's available!
8. Playable Puzzle Online. Lastly, if you have some time, visit our website's Playable Puzzle for this week called "Earth". You can find the link under the Contact Us menu. Earth is one of the four puzzles in the Elements series by Shelley Davies. This series will be retired this year, so if you like the puzzle, be sure to pick it up while it lasts - it's a great puzzle to enjoy now or save it for Earth Day on April 22nd. But for right now, you can play a 150 piece version online and take it for a test spin. There's even a timer - so you can implement National Puzzle Day idea #4! Look at you go!