Did you just buy a jigsaw puzzle from Wholesale Puzzles for the first time today? If so – it’s a good idea to have a strategy for putting together that jigsaw puzzle. Without a plan of attack – some jigsaw puzzles can become a very daunting task to assemble. Here are a few strategies I’ve used over the years as I’ve put puzzles together:

1. Start with the outside edges. It’s easy to go through all your pieces and separate the middle pieces form the pieces with strait edges that form the outside. Then I assemble the frame of the puzzle – and it helps put everything into context as I begin the middle.

2. Find common colors. The next thing I like to do is separate pieces into like colors – it makes assembling portions of the puzzle a little easier.

3. Find lines or shapes. Another great way to assemble portions of the jigsaw puzzle is to look for lines, shadows, highlights, or shapes that extend through large portions of the puzzle, and focus in on those shapes first. Lines especially can help bridge the separate color sections you’ve been working on.

Those 3 jigsaw puzzle assembling tips should help you out your first time around. Do you buy jigsaw puzzles regularly? If you’re an experienced puzzle assembler – what other strategies have you found to be useful?