16 Cool Puzzles To Do Over The Holidays
If your family is anything like ours, then the holiday season feels incomplete without a good jigsaw puzzle session — it's a good way to feel okay about never leaving the house, as well as one of those family-friendly activities that doesn't end in war. We're extra picky about our puzzles — they need to be challenging as well as attractive — so we've rounded up the best puzzles currently out there to try your hand at.
1. BetterCo. Milky Way 1,000 Piece Puzzle, $24
Amazon
This dreamy galaxy 1,000-piecer goes great with moody classical music and egg nog.
2. Piecework 'Forbidden Fruit' 1,000 Piece Puzzle, $36
Piecework Puzzles
Piecework Puzzles is a recent discovery of ours, and we love it! We hate to say the photo-based puzzles are "millennial-friendly," but, uh, yeah.
MoMA Store
Round edges and an optical illusion make this 1,000-piece puzzle a challenge for even the experts.
4. Eeboo Viva La Vida 1,000 Piece Puzzle, $21.99
World Market
A vibrant, illustrated guide to Frida Kahlo's life.
5. Galison Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Hoffman House Rug Design 1,000 Piece Puzzle, $18.99
Amazon
Architecture fans in the fam? Try out this puzzle based on one of Frank Lloyd Wright's rug designs.
6. Dusen Dusen for Areaware Pattern Puzzle, $25
Areaware
We love Dusen Dusen's crazy fashions and homewares! And we love her graphic puzzle designs for Areaware even more!
7. Le Dejeuner Puzzle by Mickalene Thomas, $27
Artware
This gorgeous puzzle, based on a work of art, would also make a great gift.
8. Christian Lacroix Two-Sided Puzzle, $35
Amazon
Don't scoff at this small puzzle size — yes, it's only 250 pieces, but it's double-sided, so you get two puzzles in one.
MoMA Store
Another non-traditional puzzle in 750 pieces that will test your patience.
10. Nevertheless She Persisted Notable Women 1,000 Piece Puzzle, $19.99
World Market
Girl power!
11. Where's Waldo 1,000 Piece Puzzle, $16
Urban Outfitters
Yes, there are more "beautiful" puzzles on this list, but when our two most puzzle-crazed editors saw this Where's Waldo puzzle, we started salivating.
12. Now House by Jonathan Adler 1,000 Piece Puzzle, $24.99
Galison
Did you say Jonathan Adler? We're in.
13. Klimt Mäda Primavesi Puzzle, $19.95
Met Museum
This purple puzzle, based on a Klimt painting, is 1,000 pieces of dreamy fun.
14. Bits and Pieces Pizza Puzzle, $15.98
Amazon
Out of all the puzzles on this list, we bet if you pull out this 1,000 piece pizza puzzle, you'll get some takers.
15. Hokusai Great Wave 1,000 Piece Puzzle, $14.95
Barnes and Noble
Ride this wave until you can't puzzle any longer!
16. Jiggy "Bathing With Flowers" 800-Piece Puzzle, $48
Jiggy
Jiggy might be the most exciting new puzzle company we've discovered — the offerings showcase the work of female artists from around the world, arrive in sustainable packaging, and come with a special glue you can use if you want to preserve/frame your finished puzzle. (Which you just might because the designs are just so pretty.)