Puzzle time (and a gift idea!)
Sep 12th, 2009 by lapazfarm
We finally got around to doing an activity I had in mind for a long time: making our own puzzles!
We used this book for inspiration:
The Underwater Alphabet Book (Jerry Pallotta’s Alphabet Books)
It is one of our favorites because of the bright, beautiful illustrations, and the ocean theme.
We took a pack of blank puzzles I had stashed for ages and we each chose a picture to copy onto the puzzles. We decided that our Prismacolor markers would be best to show off the bright colors. We really liked the results:
JBug’s coral crab:
Superboy’s triggerfish:
My king angelfish:
This was a very quick, easy, rewarding little activity to do. The blank puzzles come in a pack of 6 from Michael’s or JoAnn for less than 5 bucks, I think. You could put them in little decorated boxes or little drawstring bags for a sweet home-made Christmas or birthday gift. I think I will spray ours with a little clear top-coat to protect them, but that wouldn’t be absolutely necessary.
very cool project! The artwork is beautiful.
I love them, so awesome and I love it for a gift idea too, you’re on a roll T!!!
Gorgeous!!!
This is the BEST!
I absolutely love this idea and my 3 at home will have the opportunity to try this project in the coming weeks.
Just gorgeous – thank you,
k
ooooh, love this!
I’m gonna get some, too!