Farm Cottage Puzzle from Cardinal

We usually find ourselves making 1000 piece (or more puzzles). But that doesn’t mean we don’t love smaller puzzles just as much! We found this Farm Cottage Puzzle from Cardinal (now Spin Master) in my parent’s storage room. It’d been there for a bit. Who doesn’t have puzzles stored away somewhere? So we grabbed it and brought it home to enjoy ourselves.

Pretty Scene. Pretty Challenging.

This Farm Cottage Puzzle from Cardinal was sorta deceiving. Usually a 500-piece puzzle doesn’t take us that long to finish. This one took a bit longer. It had its challenging spots. That’s good. I’d say we got our money’s worth but we got it for free!

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The Last Piece

This puzzle contains 500 pieces. The final puzzle is about 24″ wide and 18″ high. There was no poster included but we did it get used, so perhaps the original came with one. The pieces are fit fairly well. The image is well-done and fun to look at.

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Animal House Movie Poster Puzzle from Spin Master

We’re still kind of new to puzzling so we’re learning as we go as to what puzzles exist. We’re constantly discovering new artists, new companies, new designs (like round or clear puzzles). We were in Bushert’s Antiques in El Paso, Illinois, when I came across this Animal House movie poster puzzle from Spin Master. I thought, “Wow how cool is that!” and grabbed it. We both love the movie Animal House and thought this would be a great flashback to the many characters and scenes in the classic. And it was!

Great Memories. Challenging Puzzle.

There was one part of this Animal House movie poster puzzle from Spin Master that was more challenging than the rest: the white background. The edges really threw me for a loop. Many pieces fit in more than one place. And they fit well, making it very difficult to spot the incorrect pieces. The rest of the white was challenging too, but nothing like the edges. Once we got past that the rest of the puzzle was pretty easy and fun. It was definitely a joy reminiscing about the movie while we put it together.

Turns out you can also buy this movie poster puzzle in a VHS tape-like box. How fun! You can also find other famous movie poster puzzles.

The Last Piece

This 500 piece puzzle did not include a poster. We really wish that it had. The small box made the small details hard to discern. The assembled puzzle is about 18″ wide and 24″ high. The pieces are large and fit fairly well. The image quality on the pieces is good. The colors were great and the pieces are cut well.

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