To celebrate National Puzzle Day on January 29, get your puzzle collection ready for a puzzle exchange!
What is a puzzle exchange? A puzzle exchange is when you put all of your puzzles in a container and switch with another family. Why is this great? The puzzles that your kids are doing are "new" to them but you haven't had to buy them. It's a win-win. A puzzle exchange can be done with children's chunky puzzles or with traditional jigsaw puzzles.
Step 1: Find all your puzzles and see if you are missing any pieces. Yes, this step takes time and if you are exchanging puzzles with a lot of pieces, it can take awhile to count all the pieces. My five year old spent a morning building all of our puzzles first to find out if there were any missing pieces.
Step 2: Create a master list of all the puzzles in the container, noting if any are missing pieces. For example: Clock Puzzle - missing the #5. Tape the list to the top of the box to ensure that the recipient knows which puzzles need to go back in the box.
Step 3: Exchange your container with another family and enjoy putting together new puzzles for a few hours.
When visiting events and local businesses, be sure to tell them Macaroni KID sent you... and don't forget to tell all your friends!
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