How to Make a Puzzle

Puzzles are a fun way to pass the time whether on a rainy day or as a family project. I will show you how to make a custom puzzle. these can be made as gifts or just for fun.

You will need

• Cardboard
• A ruler
• Scissors/ Exacto knife
• Glue
• mod podge

First, you'll need to grab your cardboard and cut out a square. it doesn't have to be precise, we'll measure it out later. Pick what side is smoother and put that face down, well mark the rough side.

Next, you'll need to grab your ruler and decide how large you want your puzzle to be.

Mark out your sides with a straight edge and cut. My puzzle was 12 inches high and15 inches long

Now that you have an exact rectangle, make a grid on the rough side, this is where the pieces will layout. my grid was 18 x 18 but feel free to customize this.

Add circles at random on each side of the squares, this will connect the pieces later.

Find an image! once you find an image put it into rasterbator to spread it over multiple pages.

https://rasterbator.net/

Grab your printed image and make sure they line up, you should then cut the white border off of the outside and one on the inside.

Glue your image onto the smooth side of the cardboard.

cut out the pieces based on the lines we made earlier.

The last thing to do is cover your pieces in mod podge. brush on a giving amount of mod podge to seal in the paper. let dry for 24 hours and done!