When you have a great family reunion photo, you will want to capture the occasion for posterity with a photo or two. How about going a step further and have your photo specially created into a family reunion jigsaw puzzle?
What is a jigsaw puzzle?
Jigsaw puzzles were originally created by painting a picture on a flat, rectangular piece of wood, and then cutting that picture into small pieces with a jigsaw, which accounts for the name, jigsaw puzzle. In 1760, John Spilsbury, a London cartographer and engraver, made the first jigsaw puzzle by attaching a map of the world to a piece of wood and then cutting out the shape of each country.
Most jigsaw puzzles today are made out of cardboard with an enlarged photograph or printed reproduction of a painting glued onto the cardboard before cutting. The pieces are punch-cut with complex metal dies. This produces oddly shaped, interlocking cardboard pieces with part of a picture on one side of each piece to help with the assembly of the puzzle. When finished, a jigsaw puzzle produces a complete picture.
Jigsaw puzzles come in a variety of sizes and shapes. Jigsaw puzzles typically come in 500 pieces, 750 pieces, and 1,000 pieces. Children's jigsaw puzzles come in a great variety of sizes, rated by the number of pieces but are typically below 100 pieces. The puzzles are generally rectangular in shape but can be circular or heart shaped.
Some other interesting facts about jigsaw puzzles
The normal interlocking piece is called a C cut because it is cut in the shape of a C. Some people call these "outies" and the hole they fit into is the "innie". Two C cuts reversed next to each other to form locks on pieces both sides of the cut are called an S cut. Where there is a direct cut between two C cuts, this is called a straight cut. A squiggledy piece? You guessed it - a piece with a hard-to-describe shape.
Did you know that jigsaw puzzle solving can cause family rifts? If two or more people are working on a puzzle together, and one person puts a puzzle piece in an area being worked on by someone else, that person can be called a "piece thief"! This is particularly apt if that person hoards all the pieces (or even hides some of the pieces) on one side of the board or table, preventing others from finishing their part of the puzzle. However, this is not to be confused with a "busy body" who is a person that rapidly tries to fit many pieces into many spots so as to prevent anyone else from being able to place their pieces.
The popularity of jigsaw puzzles has waxed and waned over time with the most popular time being during the Great Depression years. In the 1980s and in 1990, jigsaw puzzle manufacturers sponsored the National Jigsaw Puzzle Championships which were held in Athens, Ohio.
The photo jigsaw puzzle is unique and provides fun for all ages to take part in and enjoy - from little kids to seniors. Family photo puzzles are fun by naturally encouraging family members to interact with each other. It could even become the norm!
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