Maybe your family’s idea of a scheduled bonding experience is something more traditional, like a board game, or at the bare minimum, a jigsaw puzzle with heterogeneous pieces. But lately ...

A 30" x 22" puzzle board can comfortably fit most 1000 piece puzzles, though daring puzzlers who tackle more than 1500 or 2000 pieces at a time may need a board closer to 35 inches long.

To find the grain on a cardboard or wooden jigsaw puzzle piece, tilt your head and look at the pieces at an angle. The “itty-bitty straight lines or bumps” you see are the grain, Jill says.

Buying a 1,000-piece puzzle is a commitment ... It is, after all, a cardboard poster that you've put together yourself. If you plan on displaying your puzzle after you finish, you'll want to ...

A computer program is used to make sure all the pieces are cut the right way and size. Cardboard based puzzles are cut with a steel razor blade, while wooden based puzzles are cut with a laser.

To play, pick a puzzle from the booklet and set your pieces on the board according to the puzzle’s design. After setup, you’ll notice you have pieces left over. The goal is to fit those pieces ...