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Free Online Jigsaw Puzzles: Make the Pieces Fit

Improve your mind, create a pretty picture and learn new facts with a jigsaw puzzle. Not just a great way to pass the time on a rainy day, research has shown that putting together jigsaw puzzles helps to keep the mind sharp over time and delay or even altogether prevent the onset of dementia.
  • Exercise your mind with challenging puzzles.
  • Put the pieces to create beautiful pictures.
  • Educate with different facts related to the picture.
Free Online Jigsaw Puzzles: Make the Pieces Fit

The Birth of Jigsaw Puzzles: From an Educational Fad to a Worldwide Phenomenon

The Birth of Jigsaw Puzzles: From an Educational Fad to a Worldwide Phenomenon

The London mapmaker John Spilsbury was the inventor of the jigsaw puzzle game, which was introduced in 1760 as a tool to help children learn geography.

Spilsbury mounted a map on a wood board and then cut it into pieces. A hundred years later the first cardboard jigsaw puzzles were invented, and that format remains immensely popular to this day.

Jigsaw puzzles really caught on during the Great Depression because:

  • Low cost relative to the hours of fun it offered.
  • Jigsaw puzzles came in all shapes and sizes.
  • It helped improved knowledge.

ProProfs Jigsaw Puzzle Instructions

To solve the word searches made on ProProfs, follow the following instructions:

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Solving Jigsaw Puzzles: Tips to Help You Finish that Puzzle in Record Time

Whether it has few pieces or a great many, solving a jigsaw puzzle can harder than it looks. Here are some tips to help you solve these puzzles:
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