My son had a Kindergarten assignment–to bring in 100 of something, for a celebration of 100 days of school.
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He decided he’d make a puzzle. I took him to my workshop to laser-cut a 100 piece puzzle out of 1/8th inch Baltic birch.
He was incredibly patient and simply delighted by how awesome laser cutting is.
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We used an online jigsaw puzzle generator to make the design. It worked well enough, but the pieces weren’t really distinct enough with the settings that I used.
Next time, I would tape the puzzle together after it had been cut. Solving a blank two-sided puzzle of “wood grain” was not fast!
After we solved it, my son colored it with markers. It turned out great!