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As the kiddo gets older and older (but I stay the same age, strange how that happens) it’s fun to watch him develop his own likes and dislikes. It’s also pretty cool to see him drawn to the same things that Dad-oo or I were drawn to as kids. Like his fascination with guitars, which obviously comes from Dad-oo, since it makes terrible sounds when I try to play.
One of the things that I loved as a kid was puzzles. Every style, every subject, it didn’t matter as long as it was a puzzle. I loved making something out of nothing. I think it might just be tied in to my creative side. You can imagine how thrilled I am that the kiddo is taking after me in this love. The sassyness that he also gets from me, I’m not that thrilled about.
To keep things interesting for him, and to keep our budget happy, this week we created our own puzzles. The fantastic about this is you can make them as easy or as complicated as you want. And the kiddo was able to pick out the photos himself.
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Materials
Photos from a Magazine
Cardboard or Heavy Paper (cardstock)
Spray Glue
Scissors
Step one, let your kiddo pick out photos from magazines that he likes. Step two, glue the pages to the cardboard or heavy paper. Step three, cut the pages onto various shapes as simple or as complicated as your kiddo wants. That’s it, you’re all done! As you kiddo gets older you can easily and quickly make new puzzles to match their skill level. And this is perfect for families with kids of different ages, since you can easily customize the difficulty of the puzzle.
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Eli had a blast with this, although he preferred to scatter the pieces around at first. But after we worked at it for a while, he started to get the hang of it. If his yelling out “puzzles” is any indication, I think we’ll be getting a lot of use out of these.
