Puzzles

Isaak has only asked for a puzzle for Christmas. I went ahead and got him The Robotz Puzzle at Frecklebox. I hope he likes it!

Mica's always been gifted with puzzles since shortly after he started preschool. It's hard to find ones that are challenging enough, yet not too hard. I saw on New Age Mama a product called Stenzzles™ - Dogs Collection . I thought at first, "Oh Isaak would LOVE that." Then I saw the age and read more about it and it's for ages 8 years and up.

This challenging puzzle's goal is to have the creator replicate a colorful image by layering the 8 Stenzzles cards together in the correct order and orientation. To play, the player has to select one of 8 challenges and flip, rotate and layer the cards until your stack exactly matches the challenge image. It's both stylish and clever.

Piczzle

Mica loves puzzles! I do to. I don't have time for them though. :( Maybe I should make time for them. They may help with my brain and preventing Alzheimer's disease. Maybe it's just crossword puzzles that help with that. I make crossword puzzle's for my students exams, does that count? :)

Piczzle is a company where you can add your own photo to a puzzle. This would be so cool to give to Mica for Christmas. The only trouble with puzzles in general is that they go from 100 pieces to 500. That's a big jump. I think he may be ready for the 500. If he gets frustrated, I can help him!

New Age Mama is giving away one puzzle from Piczzle. If I win I think I'll add what I've been working on. Our Christmas card! It's not done just yet, but it's close. I kind of stopped working on it to get other things done. Here it is so far:

Of course, now Isaak has different hair. One can't win. I just have to put the boy's picture in again. See Mica's head, I was kind of sloppy when I put them in. I also have to decide what in the heck to put on the back. So much is new this year. Do I want it wordy, or not? Do I want the wording to go with the train/candy theme? I can't decide.