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Enchanted Christmas Puzzle Review- Ravensburger 500 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle for Adults for Holidays

10:05 am By Canadian Puzzler

Enchanted Christmas Puzzle Review

Puzzle Company: Ravensburger
Number of pieces: 500
Completed size: 20 x 14 inches
Puzzle Artist: Demelsa Haughton
Overall rating: 7/10

Puzzler Notes: easy-medium difficulty (medium because there is a lot of gray in the image!), no reference poster included, I gave it a lower rating not because of quality I am not a big fan of digital images.
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Enchanted Christmas Puzzle Review

This is a lovely, well made holiday puzzle! The 500-piece size makes this puzzle a manageable size to do. bright digital images in traditional red , green and gold colours, featuring a Christmas tree loaded with presents. Ravensburger is top of the line, there always satisfying click with their “soft click technology”, an interlocking fit for a satisfying puzzling experience.

Filed Under: Christmas Puzzles, Holiday Puzzles, Puzzles, Ravensburger Puzzles Tagged With: christmas tree, Demelsa Haughton

“Village Tree” Christmas Puzzle by Cobble Hill | Puzzle Reviews

11:48 am By Canadian Puzzler

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This was an unexpectedly enjoyable Christmas puzzle to do!
“Village Tree” 500 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle

Puzzle Company: Cobble Hill
Number of pieces: 500, 1000
Completed size: 26.625 x 19.25 inches
Puzzle Artist: Persis Clayton Weirs
Puzzle Score: 7.5/10 puzzle pieces!
Difficulty Level: Easy-Medium
Notes: Portrait (vertical) orientation. High-quality, hi-resolution reference poster included random cut jigsaw pieces, matte linen finish on puzzle pieces.

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“Village Tree” Puzzle by Cobble: Review

At first glance, I thought this puzzle might be a bit “dull”. I wasn’t sure about the colour palette or the busy green pattern of the Christmas tree featured in the town square. I was so happy to be wrong! Coloured ornaments, twinkling lights and fun outdoor scenes to make this Christmas jigsaw puzzle “sparkle”.

There were so many design elements in this puzzle to keep it interesting! varying patterns in the rows of houses, the pretty gradient of yellow/ blue skyline and lots of fun textures throughout. Several village scenes, like warmly dressed, figure-skaters, happy carolers and a horse-drawn -sleigh brought me back to fond memories of childhood and snowy holidays.

I found this to be a medium difficultly level of a puzzle. The large area of the green Christmas trees made it a little challenging. I rated it at 7.5 because of the beautiful illustration by artist Persis Clayton Weirs and of course because of the outstanding quality of Cobble Hill puzzles. It rated a bit lower because I don’t normally enjoy “portrait” puzzles- they are sometimes hard with my terrible eyesight.
The pretty Christmas colours, the lovely artwork and the quality of the puzzle made for a great Christmas puzzling experience!
I give this puzzle a 7.5/10!

Have you done “Village Tree” puzzle? Do you have a favourite Christmas puzzle you like to do over the holidays?

Filed Under: Christmas Puzzles, Cobble Hill Puzzles Tagged With: christmas tree, Cobble Hill, Persis Clayton Weirs, portrait, review, skating, sleigh, vertical puzzle, winter

“Christmas Town” Puzzle Review | Cobble Hill

5:20 pm By Canadian Puzzler

Christmas Town puzzle

“Christmas Town” Puzzle Description and Summary

Puzzle Company: Cobble Hill
Number of pieces: 275
Completed size: 24″x 18″ inches.
Puzzle Artist: Linda Nelson Stocks
Puzzle Score: 9/10 puzzle pieces!
Notes: Reference poster included, larger-sized pieces for easy handling, random cut jigsaw pieces.

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“Christmas Town” Puzzle Review

I loved everything about artist Linda Nelson Stocks’ illustration of “Christmas Town”. This is an absolutely charming scene of village life and was so pleasant to put together. Victorian-era neighbours and children gather together to play and laugh over the Christmas holidays.  The artwork is painted in oils, which give it its rich lustre. The puzzle features a beautiful holiday colour palette of lush greens, cherry reds, yellows, soft blues and sparkling whites painted in a folk art style.

I normally don’t do 275 piece puzzles, however, I literally could not resist this image. I fell in love with the heartfelt and nostalgic illustration! It was even more gorgeous when it all came together as a completed puzzle. Cobble Hill uses high-quality inks in their puzzles and the image reproduction is excellent.

I sat down with a hot cup of cocoa and finished on a perfect snowy Saturday morning and felt one with the little sledding kids and running dogs in the “puzzle” snow.

This was easy-medium difficulty. I give “Christmas Town” a 9/10!!!!

Filed Under: Christmas Puzzles, Puzzle Artists & Illustrators Profile Tagged With: artist, christmas, christmas tree, Cobble Hill, easy handling, nostalgic, snow, top 10, victorian, village, winter

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