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Tranquility Puzzle from Spin Master

Calm is an app for your phone that plays soundscapes or music to help you sleep, focus and relax. Kinda like puzzling. So it makes sense that the makers of Calm and Spin Master teamed up to do a number of puzzles that pair with Calm. The images on the puzzle are calming too, even if you don’t have Calm! We found this Tranquility Puzzle for sale used at one of our favorite antique malls. I’ve scored big and often at it. I’d tell you the name but I don’t want to lose on my favorite sources for puzzles. Sorry!

Big Pieces. Big Fun.

We don’t do many 300 piece puzzles. We tend to have mostly 1000 piece ones going. We puzzle so often that I’m afraid if we did only 300 (or even 500) piece ones we’d have to add a storage unit to the house just to keep up with them. When we do a smaller puzzle it always amazes me how big the pieces are. But that doesn’t always mean easier. The darker areas of this puzzle were still quite the challenge. This Tranquility Puzzle from Spin Master was a fun puzzle. And yes, it was relaxing too!

The Last Piece

This 300 piece puzzle was brightly colored and peaceful! The assembled puzzle is about 24″ wide and 18″ high. The pieces fit very well. It was a fairly easy puzzle to complete, though the darker areas were a bit more challenging. The pieces are nice and large, and thick. They’re easy to handle to boot!

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New York Puzzle from Dowdle

Vibrant and whimsical, Dowdle puzzles are popular in our household. And they can be very challenging, especially the larger piece-count ones. Luckily, perhaps, I ran across this New York Puzzle from Dowdle at an antique mall and it only had 300 pieces. “Whew”, I thought, “A Dowdle I can finish in less than a week!”. It’s not that I’m in a race. But the bigger ones take a long time and that day, I wanted something quick. A puzzle that I could sit back and enjoy the final result in a matter of hours, and not days. And this was it.

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A Tale Of Two Cities

Our New York Puzzle from Dowdle was used. And maybe older. I’m not sure. But I do know when I looked for it on Amazon what I found was a totally different puzzle. So apparently, there are two ‘New York’ puzzles from Dowdle? Our version was totally fun. The other looks fun too! But I wanted you to know in case you go searching for the one we made, you might find something different!

The Last Piece

This 300 piece puzzle included a poster. The assembled puzzle is about 15″ wide and 1″ high. The pieces fit tightly. Our puzzle was purchased used. You could tell that the previous owner (or owners!) had some issue with determine where some pieces went as they are dog-eared in spots. The color and image quality were quite good. This was classic Dowdle, and fun to assemble and enjoy in the end!

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Yum Yum Puzzle from Ceaco

We have a few favorite antique malls where we are almost guaranteed to find great used puzzles. They’re not technically antiques, as we tend to buy newer puzzles. But still, we can usually find good quality used puzzles at a good price. Like this Yum Yum Puzzle from Ceaco. It’s smaller than we usually buy, with only 300 pieces, butwe liked the artwork and the price. So it went home with us (along with a stack of others). We’re glad it did too, because this was a very enjoyable puzzle. It didn’t take long to complete, but it was a fun journey and that’s the whole point!

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Thanks. Now I’m Hungry.

The thing about assembling food-related puzzles is that we get hungry. It never fails. Maybe we should stop buying them. But we can’t. Everything in this Yum Yum puzzle from Ceaco looks tasty. Tasty yummy good. Yum Yum in fact!

This puzzle did have a few sections that slowed us down for a bit. The fries for example. And the popcorn. And the burgers too. But not for long. This isn’t an overly-challenging puzzle, but it’s not a total cakewalk (oh, there’s that food thing again!) either.

The Last Piece

This 300 piece puzzle included a nice, large poster. The assembled puzzle is about 24″ wide and 18″ high. The pieces (very large!) fit very well and the colors were nice. The pieces went and fit where they should, so there weren’t any ‘false fits’. The images are fun and, well, yummy!

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Camping Adventure Puzzle from Dowdle

One thing we can always count on from a Dowdle puzzle is a challenge for us. The colors throughout are similar, making it a bit more difficult to know where a piece goes. That’s ok. We’re not in a hurry. And we certainly always enjoy the final result. Although all of the Dowdle works are similar in style, the locations are always different. This Camping Adventure puzzle was full of whimsical items and people, and was another true joy to assemble!

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Go Small. Or Big.

We usually do 1000-piece Dowdle puzzles. Or any puzzle for that matter. But we picked up this 300-piece Camping Adventure puzzle used. I wasn’t going to pass it up no matter how many pieces it had. I will say, a 300-piece Dowdle is quite a bit easier than a 1000! Easier. But not easy! This was still a great, enjoyable challenge! Now, I must go get more Dowdle puzzles!

The Last Piece

This 300 piece puzzle included a nice poster. The assembled puzzle is about 21″ high and 15″ high. The pieces fit very well and the colors were nice. We had very few ‘false fit’ pieces. Everything went and fit where it should. The images are fun. This was a tough puzzle in places, making it well worth the price!

Oh, and it was full of fun things!

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Pete’s Gambling Hall Puzzle from Buffalo Games

After completing a few smaller piece-count puzzles lately, I can see why people like them. We usually do 1000 piece puzzles. I’ve found that the 300s are just as fun, have just as great images and provide just as much satisfaction when that last piece goes into place. This Pete’s Gambling Hall puzzle from Buffalo Games was a lot of fun. There’s a lot going on in it. Just because it’s smaller doesn’t mean it’s not great! And hey, it’s a Charles Wysocki work, and he’s definitely one of our favorites!

Old Times Good Times

We found this Pete’s Gambling Hall puzzle from Buffalo Games for sale in one of the antique malls we visit regularly. You never know what you might find. Sometimes nothing. Sometimes pricey. But sometimes, we hit the jackpot and we end up walking out of the store with a big stack of rightly-priced puzzles. Usually 1000-piece puzzles, but sometimes 300s now too. This was an older puzzle, but the quality was still great, from the cut of the pieces to the colors in the image.

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The Last Piece

This puzzle did not include a poster. It didn’t need one, really. There were 300 pieces in this puzzle. The pieces were thick, and fit well. They were cut randomly, into all sorts of shapes and sizes. This puzzle was a nice challenge and enjoyable to look at. It was around 15″ high and 21″ wide when completed.

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Kraft Mac & Cheese Puzzle from RoseArt

We usually head towards the 1000-piece puzzles at the store. But something stopped me when I saw the Kraft Mac & Cheese puzzle from RoseArt. Maybe it’s because we were hungry (we were). Maybe it was the bright colors (they are bright!). No matter what the reason, we had to have this 300-piece puzzle. We got it at Five Below, so the price was right ($3!). So it came home with us!

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Big Pieces, Big Colors, Big Fun

This Kraft Mac & Cheese Puzzle from RoseArt was quite fun to complete. Well, almost complete. The pieces are really big. The colors are amazing. In no time we were enjoying the mac-and-cheese wonderfulness. Well, almost. This bought-new puzzle was missing a piece. You can see it in the upper right. Or not see it. Maybe someone took a bite out of the puzzle!

I contacted the manufacturer (they have a website on the box). Very soon after they emailed me a few quick questions which I answered and sent back. In a matter of days we got a new puzzle! I wasn’t expecting that! This puzzle is apparently no longer made, so they couldn’t send the same one. Instead we got another brand new puzzle! Now, THAT’S customer service!

The Last Piece

This puzzle contains 300 pieces. The final puzzle is about 24″ wide and 17″ high. The pieces are large, cut into fun shapes, and fit well together. The image is colorful and detailed. Our bought-new puzzle was missing a piece but the manufacturer quickly sent us a replacement puzzle, more than making up for it!

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Disney Tsum Tsum Puzzle from Ceaco

You never know what puzzles you might find in an antique mall or flea market. Sometimes you go bust. Sometimes you find magic. I came across this Disney Tsum Tsum puzzle from Ceaco in an antique mall in El Paso, Illinois. For $2 no way was I going to pass it up. The picture looked fun. Even though I had no clue then what a Tsum Tsum is, I had to get it.

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Lots of Interesting Faces

There are all sorts of wonderful characters in the Disney Tsum Tsum puzzle from Ceaco. Fortunately, though, they are all facing forward. If they’d been oriented randomly we’d still be working on this puzzle weeks after starting. The colors and the faces were all that saved us from a long time of puzzling.

This was a really fun puzzle. It is one of our all-time favorites. It is an older puzzle. I was not able to find it available new online, though I did see a few used ones on eBay. Ceaco makes a similar puzzle that is still available (below).

What’s A Tsum Tsum?

Heck I didn’t have a clue what a tsum tsum is. Well, after a little research I found that it’s a very very popular toy in Japan, mostly, but also elsewhere. Pronounced ‘(t)soom (t)soom’, the toys are highly collectible. And kinda cute, I have to admit. And they make for a great puzzle, too!

The Last Piece

This is a 300 piece puzzle. It did not include a poster. The assembled puzzle is about 19″ wide and 19″ high. The pieces are thick, fit well and the image quality on the pieces is good. The colors were great and bright. The characters are whimsical. This puzzle was fun to assemble and was a joy to look at when completed.

Got questions about puzzling? Are you new to this great hobby? Check out our FAQ and guide to puzzling!

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