3D puzzles can be a pain in the neck !

A few weeks back I saw a 3D picture puzzle that my nephew had. Having seen such a 3D puzzle for the first time I was hooked ! I borrowed it from him and last week finally started putting it together. 

The puzzle is quite interesting and challenging and my family ended up playing with it whenever they could. They spending as much time as they did is a surprise in itself :)

Vital stats 

Pieces : 500

Time taken to complete : 4-5 days

Puzzle picture : 3D

At the start I thought we would have to look at the picture very closely to put the pieces together. I sorted the pieces with obvious colour differences.  However, as we worked on the puzzle edge, we realised that the pieces had so many colors and shades which couldn't be seen at a first glance. I actually ended up looking at the pieces from various angles before I could decide where a piece might fit. 

Due to lesser pieces in green trees and yellow of the Tiger's face, the picture started appearing quite quickly. For the rest, I had to sort the pieces by shape. Once that was done, we could complete the rest in just 2 days.

This 3D Tiger puzzle taught me that the 3D puzzles can be a pain in the neck 🐯!!

If anyone interested, Amazon has a few such 3D picture puzzles from National Geographic.

Despite the challenges of 3D picture and different color shades that you can see depending on the angle you look from, this is still the fastest puzzle we have put together so far.