My first altered puzzle

[New England Eeyore]

I thought I'd share my first attempt at an altered puzzle.

I found these cute wooden 7x7 puzzles in the Dollar spot at Target:

I kept it very simple for my first try - a theme of my favorite Disney characters, using only scraps and embellishments and I gave myself a time limit of one evening. I'll definitely be doing more of these!!

 

[I'mNoPrince]

That looks great .

 

[lewdyan1]

That is cool! I have never seen one done before! This should be our next cyber class!

 

[fireplug]

That is SO COOL! Great Job!

Squid

 

[ddavis860]

That looks SO CUTE! Great job!

 

[MazdaUK]

That is fantastic! If you can get the puzzles cheap enough (say from a $ store) you could use up spare stuff for bazaars etc.

What paint did you use?

 

[AlexWyattMommy]

That is so cute!!
Would love to try that with a Christmas theme.

 

[maria34a]

Wow! I really like that! For your first time it looks like your a pro at it!!!! Great job! Also good for you for being so brave for trying it out first!!!! It looks so cool!!!! I will have to try one now!!!!

Maria

 

[New England Eeyore]

Thanks everyone!

I totally agree about it being a great craft for bazaars, etc. I'm already thinking about gift ones I could make.

I used regular acrylic paint. Unless it's black, it won't cover the numbers on the pieces (because I did paint those too to see how they came out) but it was fine for the frame.

As far as a cyber class I can give you instructions right now - it's super easy - paint the frame if you desire, then trace around each piece onto whichever patterned paper you'd like. I found it easier to embellish the paper piece then attach it to the puzzle piece itself. Then put it all back together!

 

[lewdyan1]

Did you cover the pieces with a gloss? And did you glue them in?

 

[New England Eeyore]

I haven't done either yet, but I will glue them into the frame when I want to hang it on the wall. Right now they're locked into each other so I can lift the whole thing out of the frame. As far as a gloss I thought about it, but no I didn't do that either. It's "bumpy" so Modge-Podge wouldn't work. I think I have some clear sealer type spray down the cellar somewhere, I'll have to do some digging.

 

[ksjayhawks]

Wow! That is so cute!

 

[AlexWyattMommy]

Oh, if MY SS is lurking, this would make an awesome "hand-crafted" last SS gift. Hint, Hint, Hint, Okay forget subtle, PLEASE make me one.

 

[MazdaUK]

You could probably use the spray sealant/varnish gamers use (Warhammer etc.) - I think it comes matt and shiny, but anyway it would help protect some of the embellishments. Or would it make things too stiff?

 

[kaddjr]

Oh my goodness that is toooo cute! I'm gonna have to try this, so I'm adding the puzzles to my ever growing black Friday "things to get" list.

 

[Mickster]

I bought myself a puzzle today. I am going to try to alter one! Thanks for the inspiration.