Cool Jigsaw Puzzles

Ok so we are obsessed with cool jigsaw puzzles for adults and families! If you're looking for good puzzles for your family to do together here are our faves!

We will start by saying this is NOT a sponsored post for this company, we are sharing all the ones we love that happen to all be from White Mountain puzzles. There are several reasons why we think they have the best and such cool jigsaw puzzles for adults and families to do together!

Best jigsaw puzzles for adults

This is why we love THIS brand!

• Nostalgia – we love it when puzzles have pictures on them that remind us of our childhood. It reminds us of stories to share with them.
• Larger pieces – ok we're only 40ish but teeny tiny pieces don't work anymore. SThese aren't like Reader's Digest large print kind' big, but a tad larger than traditional small ones.
• A stand – we share below what the simple paper stand looks like but it helps tremendously when you're trying to see where each piece goes.
• Lots of different colors – we don't know about you but jigsaw puzzles with large areas of the same color drive us nuts! These are good puzzles for kids and adults because the whole thing has different pictures so you're not frustrated.
• 1000 pieces – if you're doing it as a family or a stress reliever you need it to last a while but be challenging. We find this size is best.
• This candy puzzle you see here above was one of our favorites. My kids got into it because, well obviously…it was all about treats! You can find a similar 500 pcs. candy puzzle here if you want to start a bit smaller.

We're always looking for cool puzzles for adults because we do them fairly often now. Let's backtrack to how we even got into doing jigsaw puzzles….. We work from home, and we work a lot (yes blogging is time consuming). Many times we need to force myself to take a break and do something a bit mindless.

Watching t.v. works if there is some reality show marathon on or something (obsessed we tell you). Going to the gym is good but not always our favorite thing to do (ugggg). We was looking for something new.

Which Jigsaw Puzzle is Best

My youngest (10 at the time) said “we should put a puzzle together this summer”. We're always up for ways to connect with our kids. We went searching and we started with this candy puzzle.

All our girls were into it until it was halfway done. Their attention was diverted but we became OBSESSED. We'd spend an hour or so in the evening trying to complete it.

We liked this one in particular for the reasons we shared above. The biggest reason we loved it was because the candy wrappers were mostly old school. Many our kids hadn't heard of.

It gave us the opportunity to tell them stories about what this one tasted like, or where we bought our first package when we was young. We was hooked!! We are on jigsaw puzzle number 3 from them now, this Presidents puzzle here.

Cool Jigsaw puzzles for adults and kids

We took this picture even though we aren't done. We wanted to show you what we love about this brand of puzzles in particular. They each come with a stand so you can see the picture at all times!

It is a small little thing but makes a big difference when you're looking for small details. Much easier than finding something heavy for the top to lean against and try to keep it upright.

Educational puzzles

• This Presidents puzzle is the one we are working on right now. We ordered it because our younger 2 were learning about them. We thought we could use a refresher about their order too.
• Here is another history puzzle focusing on the civil war that might be of interest to you.
• This World War 2 poster puzzle is great.
• This United States puzzle is next on our list to do together.

Best puzzles for kids

• This cereal box puzzle was fun because our kids recognized almost all of them. Several were vintage style cereal boxes, what they looked like when we was a kid!
• These are great 500 piece puzzles if you're looking for a smaller size to start with:
  • Camping puzzle that is a Where's Waldo style with a lot of elements and little things to discover
  • This candy machine puzzle is super fun

Jigsaw puzzles for adults

• It's a way to connect – our kids and husband will jump in too from time to time. When you're working on it you're bound to talk and laugh. Nowadays with all the technology we need a way to disconnect. This is a great way to reconnect.
• It teaches cooperation – you have to work together to accomplish the end goal, finishing the puzzle. We have seen our girls jump in together and decide “you finish that corner, and we will work on this.”
• Puzzles teach patience – this was the first lesson when we started this whole thing. My 10 year old who is a focused and determined assumed she could finish it in one day. She had to learn that this is something for patience. The fun part is working on it here and there.
• It's a stress reliever – maybe reading books is for you, we've never been a huge reader. We like being able to take a break from deadlines for a bit to finish an area. Especially if we are having a rough day, we can succeed at an area and feel better.

They're a conversation piece – we suggest designating a table in your house as the “puzzle table” like you see here. It encourages people to sit down and do it for a bit on an ongoing basis. When people come over we GUARANTEE it will be something to talk about. They will probably join in if they're visiting for long enough (and you let them).

• Doing puzzles is great for your brain – our grandmother and father both suffered from dementia in their later years. Both ended up in memory care facilities where there were always puzzles laying out on tables.

It's proven if you keep your brain active by reading, playing memory games and puzzles you can help your brain. Looking for more family game night games?

• Making Kool Aid paint is always fun.
• Make some slime with shaving cream in any color you like.