Puzzles
By Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (125257)
Gainesville, Florida
August 15, 2025 3:00pm CST
When I was a child, one of my favorite things to do when visiting my grandmother was to put together jigsaw puzzles. It seemed we always had a puzzle to work on, and I can remember spending hours talking to her as we put together our puzzles.
As such, I've always had a love of puzzles, and it's something I also did with my own children as they've grown up, and I've always looked at it as a great bonding activity.
These days, it's my daughter who seems to be the puzzle fanatic--especially Disney puzzles--and I'm pretty sure she puts together at least one puzzle a week. I might be exaggerating a little on the frequency, but she does always have a puzzle started at any given time. And she's one of those people that likes to save her completed puzzles and glue them together once she is finished. She's got dozens (if not more) completed puzzles under her bed, and lately she's been framing her puzzles so that they essentially turn into artwork. I've never been that way myself, but I can understand wanting to show the results after putting in so much time and effort to complete a puzzle.
We have a huge living room with cathedral ceilings, which means lots and lots of wall space to hang artwork. I told her she could have some dedicated space on one of the walls to hang her Disney puzzles once she completed and framed them. She also has framed puzzles hanging on all four walls of her bedroom.
I wasn't sure I'd like having puzzle "artwork" hanging on my walls, but she did a nice job with her most recent puzzles, and I admit I really like the look.
Do any of you like to put together puzzles? And if so, do you ever glue your puzzles to save them, or--like my daughter--frame them to hang up?
We bought a new puzzle recently when we were at Disney World, it is a Haunted Mansion puzzle, and I think I will frame it and hang it in my bedroom when we are done putting it together. Currently, my daughter is working on a Little Mermaid puzzle that is proving to be very difficult. But I know she's up for the challenge.
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@Deepizzaguy (113086)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
15h
When I was younger I used to play with puzzles to pass the time
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@moffittjc (125257)
• Gainesville, Florida
14h
It definitely is a great way to pass time. We used to like to do puzzles on rainy days, and especially when hurricanes would hit and you were stuck inside for lengthy periods of time.
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@DaddyEvil (156681)
• United States
16h
When I was a kid, mom and I would sit and work on puzzles a lot... When Pretty was little, she and I put a lot of puzzles together. We never kept any of them. Once they were done, they got taken apart, put back in the box and given to friends or taken to a local thrift shop so someone else could try their hands at putting them together.
Neither one of us has put puzzles together in years and years. We're both either online or reading.
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@moffittjc (125257)
• Gainesville, Florida
14h
We have a lot of people at work who do the same thing you did...put puzzles back in the box and give them to others. We always have 2 or 3 boxes of puzzles in the break room that people bring in with a note that says to take them home.
I will admit that in today's fast-paced, tech-heavy world that it seems harder than ever to find time for puzzles, but somehow we've always managed to find at least a little time to work on them. Sometimes, we can only commit to 10-15 a day, so there are times when it takes forever to get a puzzle completed.
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@DaddyEvil (156681)
• United States
14h
@moffittjc Puzzles were always fun when I have somebody to talk with while putting them together, but by myself, I'd rather read books.
@moffittjc (125257)
• Gainesville, Florida
17h
I always looked at it as a way to teach the kids patience, as well as a clever way to spend time with them (especially when they're teenagers)
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@Juliaacv (54360)
• Canada
16h
These puzzles look great.
She did a wonderful job on framing and matting them.
My husband does puzzles.
He did a scene for each season of the year, and glued them together.
I put the appropriate puzzle out on the coffee table to enjoy as a mat under the plant arrangement that I have on that table.
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@moffittjc (125257)
• Gainesville, Florida
14h
That's an awesome idea your husband had to do puzzles of the different seasons of the year! And you put them to great use out on the coffee table! I should try the same thing. I think we currently have 4-5 puzzles in boxes waiting for their turn to be put together, but I could add seasonal puzzles to the collection!
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@Tampa_girl7 (53171)
• United States
17h
I have always loved jigsaw puzzles, but take them apart and put them back in their box after I get them together.
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@moffittjc (125257)
• Gainesville, Florida
17h
That's how I've always been, because then you can pull them back out later in the future and put them together again. The only time I like glueing a puzzle together is if it's one I buy specifically with the intent of hanging as wall art when I'm finished.
Do you ever have issues with pieces missing when you try to work a puzzle you've put together before? It doesn't happen to me often, but it has happened in the past a few times. I think when my kids were little they'd get into the boxes, and well we all know that when kids are involved things tend to disappear. lol
@wolfgirl569 (120849)
• Marion, Ohio
17h
I enjoy doing puzzles but never save them. That's just something else I would need to clean
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@moffittjc (125257)
• Gainesville, Florida
17h
I agree. Plus, if you put together a lot of puzzles like my family does, you're going to have a lot of glued/framed puzzles all over the place taking up space! I only like gluing/framing a puzzle if it has special meaning to me.
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@wolfgirl569 (120849)
• Marion, Ohio
16h
@moffittjc I don't even do favorites. I buy a lot of my puzzles at thrift stores and then donate them back
@RasmaSandra (87994)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
17h
I used to but that was a long time ago,
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@moffittjc (125257)
• Gainesville, Florida
17h
Is there any reason why you couldn't do a puzzle again now or in the future?
@JudyEv (360931)
• Rockingham, Australia
10h
My sister does a lot of jigsaw puzzles and has some of them framed and hanging on her walls. They look nice enough but it isn't really for me.
@Traceyjayne (4360)
• United Kingdom
16h
I have a couple of friends who do a lot of jigsaw puzzles, one frames them nd hangs them on the wall….thebither passes them in to others when she has finished with them. They both get annoyed when there are pieces missing as the buy them from charity shops.
@lovebuglena (47338)
• Staten Island, New York
16h
That’s a cool idea. Not sure I’d want to do that though as then I can’t put the puzzle together again.
@LindaOHio (197924)
• United States
5h
It's been several years since I worked on a puzzle. I never glued or framed them. The puzzle wall looks great.
@sw8sincere (5963)
• Philippines
9h
That’s such a sweet tradition puzzles really do bring people together. I’ve done a few but never glued or framed them; I usually just take them apart after. Your daughter’s idea of turning them into art sounds wonderful though, especially with Disney themes.. they must look magical on the walls!
@MarieCoyle (47266)
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13h
I love those really hard puzzles. Some years back my oldest girl and I put together a huge Gone With The Wind puzzle. It took awhile! Then she wanted to frame it so we managed that. It hangs at her house, we had a lot of fun putting it together and spending time together.
Good for you, Dad, for letting her express herself and hang her puzzles. They grow up and soon are gone, as we know. 
