Completed 25th May 2026

 250 pieces

"Raffels Remembered" by Bill Mundy

Wentworth Wooden Jigsaw Puzzle

The *****Hotel still exists in Singapore 

 https://www.raffles.com/singapore/about/

Completed 17th May 2026

  

161 Pieces

Zodiac

A wooden jigsaw puzzle by Artefakt, Philos Series

 

 

Completed 28th January 2026

 Did you ever feel the need to rescue a jigsaw puzzle even though it is not your main theme?

I assembled the amazing shaped wooden jigsaw puzzle (Turtle) a few weeks ago - bought at ALDI and given to me as a gift. After a while I strolled through our ALDI store and saw another wooden jigsaw puzzle with Disney princesses. 2 packs. Price reduced by 50%. Still unsure. 

Last week it was still there, still reduced, but only 1 left. Maybe it was a sign, maybe not, who knows. Now it's mine and I had fun assembling those 181 ornated pieces 

 

181 pieces 

 

Disney Princess

Innovakids 

 

with 10 whimsical pieces related to the fairy tales

 

 

Completed 5th December 2025

  

191 Pieces

Turtle

A wooden jigsaw puzzle made by Innovakids for ALDI 

 including martime-styled whimsies

 

Completed 27th July 2025

 

250 Pieces

 

"Bummi is dreaming"

Photography by Petra Markert 

 

a Wentworth wooden Jigsaw Puzzle with many whimsical pieces

 

 

Would you expect a wave-shaped edge when you receive a box like this? 

What a wonderful surprise :-)

 

 

 

 

May 4th be with you

160 Pieces

"Yoda Baby"

... of course this is Grogu from the series "The Mandalorian" 

Wooden jigsaw puzzle, made in China

No TM manufacturer  

 

with some whimsies

 

 

Completed 25th-27th May 2025 (Meeting at Walsrode)

 I spent the weekend in Walsrode (North of Hannover, Germany) again,

meeting my friends of the german jigsaw puzzle forum. Lots of encounters, great conversations. 

I also had time to do a few small finger exercises again, which I'll show you here.

 

Cedar Waxwing

Illustration by Ann-Kathrin Wirth /The Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Made in USA by New York Puzzle Company

100 Pieces

Curiosi Q-Puzzle LIFE 04

Snails

72 Pieces

Yorkshire - by Emma Ball

Gibsons, 252 pcs

 

Frogs, 54 Pieces

 

A wooden Dragon, 80 pcs.

Manufacturer unknown (made in China)

 

 

Queen of the Stacks - by Phat Dog Vintage

made of recycled paper

Galison 

 A quilt made of 140 square cloth pieces, artistically sewed by 62 participants during a quilting-event in 2010. Made of old football shirts, flags, household and bed linen and other fabrics in the colours black and yellow. Size 3,40 x 2,4 m

 

I took a photography of this quilt in February 2015

 

 

turned it into a 100-pcs.-jigsaw puzzle and gave it to a friend. Now. almost 9 years later, I was able to assemble it.

Blue owl

wooden jigsaw, no trademark, but cute whimsical pieces 

 

A dove and a small elephant

Curiosi, each 33 pieces

 

four birds by Elwin van der Kolk:

Pimpelmees (blue tit)

Huismus (House sparrow)

Roodborst (Red robin)

Koolmees (Great tit)

 

(c) by Concept Studio Blitz (Bekking & Blitz)

each 32 pieces

and yes, I managed to fit in almost 15 pieces ;-)

 

 which is 0,3 % of 5000 pcs.

Completed 2nd November 2024 * Finger exercises

 

140 Pieces

The Thames at Westminster

by Jim Mitchell © Advocate Art

 

140 Pieces

 

 Tauch mal wieder auf (Dive up again)

Otterzentrum Hankenbüttel, Germany

 

 

 

140 Pieces

Harley's Toy Shop

©Steve Read * Licensed by MGL

Completed 1st November 2024 * Finger exercises

Please enjoy some more wooden jigsaw puzzles with mindblowing cuts and amazing pictures :-)

 

34 Pieces

The Puzzle that will freeze your brain

by Clive Branson

 

37 Pieces

The Puzzle that is Mind-Numbingly Cold

Adobe Stock

 

 

 

40 Pieces

"Sunflowers, Provence"

by Clive Madgwick

courtesy of Felix Rosenstiel's Widow & Son Ltd., London

80 + 40 Pieces

Spiral shell

40 Pieces

Hamburg - Verwunschen (enchanted)

by Ralf Degen / Repromann

Completed 31st October 2024 * Finger exercises

 There were several Wentworth Wooden jigsaw puzzles left from the Megamarathon in July and I took the chance to assemble them all. Most of them are made of 40 pieces with spectacular cuts

40 pieces

Sunflower Field

40 Pieces

Sweeties

 

40 Pieces

Hawa Mahal Palace

40 Pieces

Bitter Sweet chocolate

(extra difficult)

 

each 40 Pieces

Antelope Canyon (on top)

Clown Fish (below)

same cut:

40 Pieces

Egg-cellent Disguise