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| Welcome to the Top Puzzles website
the place to come for all your puzzling needs. Puzzles
make an excellent birthday present or special gift and are
fantastic for children, teaching skills such as patience,
problem solving and spatial awareness. Research also
suggests that doing a puzzle regularly is good for the
health of our brain. So what's stopping you, check out
some of the great puzzles on our site, we hope that there is
something that will whet your appetite. We also love our monster puzzles and have added a special page devoted to puzzles with over 5000 pieces. So if you are looking for a challenge then go to our monster puzzles page now! Whether it be a traditional wooden jigsaw or a 3D puzzle we have something for everyone. |
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PUZZLE OF THE MONTH![]() The puzzle of the month for March is "London a view to the west" by Ravensburger. With 1000 pieces this jigsaw puzzle gives you a sweeping view of London from Tower Bridge in the foreground through to Battersea Power Station and beyond. The puzzle includes a leaflet which helps you to recognise famous landmarks shown on the puzzle. Measuring 70 x 50 cm this is a great puzzle for lovers of London! |
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| Floor and Wooden Jigsaws | |
| For wooden puzzles we can highly
recommend Wentworths Jigsaw puzzles. Wentworths make a beautiful range of wooden puzzles. From animal to sporting puzzles Wentworths has an exhaustive collection and they even produce puzzles featuring traditional whimsy pieces. Ever wondered what whimsy pieces are then find out in our puzzle history section. Please click on the link opposite to go their site. |
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The ideal starter jigsaws
for young puzzlers.
Interesting Puzzle Fact - Did you know that jigsaw puzzles were originally created by painting a picture onto a flat rectangular piece of wood and then cutting it into small pieces with a jigsaw. That is where they get their name. |
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| 3D Puzzles | |
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From Star Wars to Big Ben
there is a 3D jigsaw for everyone.
Interesting Puzzle Fact - John Spilsbury a mapmaker and engraver is largely credited with commercialising jigsaw puzzles around 1760. |
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| Brain
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| Looking for the ultimate test for your
brain then these are for you. Exercise for the Brain? According to The Alzheimer Society Of Canada doing jigsaw puzzles is one of the many activities that can be done to keep the brain active and may contribute to the prevention of Alzheimers. |
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| Personalised
Jigsaws |
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Looking for that personal
gift for a wedding, birth or special occasion then try a
personalised jigsaw.
Interesting Puzzle Fact - Most puzzles come in 300, 500, 750 and 1000 piece sizes. The worlds largest commercial jigsaw is made by Ravensburger and has 32, 256 pieces. The previous record holder had 24,000 pieces. |
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| Monster Jigsaws and World Record Holders |
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Ever wondered what it
would be like to build the worlds biggest jigsaw?
Now's your chance. Ravensburger have created the worlds
biggest jigsaw with 32,256 pieces and you can own this
Guiness World Record holder. Follow the link below
to own a piece of history.
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| Alternatively
if you want to work your way up to the world record holder
why not try the previous world record holder as a warm
up. At a whopping 24,000 pieces this is still a
monster challenge. |
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