Chocolate Themed Wooden Jigsaw Giveaway #42
As regular readers will know, chocolate on this blog comes in many forms. This time it comes in the form of a jigsaw. A wooden Wentworth jigsaw, entitled Decadence, to be precise. The chocolates depicted on the front of the box look decadent indeed. I can’t help but wish that on completion of the jigsaw those tempting looking chocolates would turn into the real thing. Maybe it will, who knows? I haven’t completed the jigsaw yet. In fact, I haven’t even started it. My table is just too cluttered with Christmas stuff at the moment and with the best will in the world, there is no room for a jigsaw. However, it will be clear by Christmas and I am really looking forward to getting stuck in. I love doing jigsaws. My mother loves them too, so once I’ve tackled it successfully, it will be passed over to her to have a go.
This is not a large jigsaw, being only 250 pieces, but it looks to be a tough one with the similar colours and repeating pattern of the chocolates. That’s lucky, as I don’t like my jigsaws to be too easy. It’s also rather a tactile one as the pieces are made of wood and are actually quite chunky but with a pleasingly smooth finish – no splinters to spoil the enjoyment here. The pieces are also wonderfully quirky, or at least some of them are. On sifting through them I found several shapes suitable for a food loving person: a spoon, a fork, cakes and pieces of chocolate to name but a few. I understand there is even a chocolate fountain dripping with chocolate, but I didn’t come across that one. When I first opened the box, I was delighted to see a drawstring cloth bag containing the pieces rather than the inevitable utilitarian and rather annoying plastic. The box itself is sturdy and is not likely to fall apart with a bit of rough handling, not I hasten to add that I would handle my boxes or anything else roughly. There is no doubt about it, this jigsaw is not only a thing of beauty but also of exceptional quality.
Wentworth Wooden Puzzles have been going since 1994 and have earned a name for themselves for both design and execution. Decadence comes in several different sizes, the largest being 1,500 pieces. This 250 piece version retails at £26.95 and would make a fine gift, Christmas or otherwise, for any puzzle lover.
Tracey Peach
12th December 2013 at 9:28 pmMy Favourite Brain Teaser is Sudoku. It gets the brain ticking over
Tracy K Nixon
13th December 2013 at 4:04 amI love Sudoko and crosswords
Maya Russell
13th December 2013 at 7:31 amI love the Saturday giant crossword in the Daily Mail.
Gill
13th December 2013 at 2:59 pmI love killer sudoku
JaynesDen
13th December 2013 at 5:50 pmCryptic Crosswords and Logic Grid puzzles are my favourites.
Jo Hutchinson
15th December 2013 at 12:45 amjigsaw puzzles without a picture to follow
Libby Ray
15th December 2013 at 1:33 pmI love jigsaws and sudoku and word puzzles like crosswords and arrowords. I always have some kind of puzzle on the go.
Sarahann Tonner
15th December 2013 at 1:37 pmJigsaws!!!
Lisa Sands
15th December 2013 at 2:15 pmJigsaws & Magazine Puzzles 🙂 x
laura banks
15th December 2013 at 2:37 pmwordsearches and suduku
jill36
15th December 2013 at 4:01 pmI enjoy doing Sudoku and crosswords in the Saturday Mail.
jenniwren12
15th December 2013 at 7:26 pmcrosswords
Lindsay Seels
15th December 2013 at 7:51 pm3D Jigsaws
Lana
15th December 2013 at 9:35 pmrubic cube
anthony harrington
15th December 2013 at 10:37 pmSudoku
mellysocks
15th December 2013 at 10:42 pmSudoku,I do them every day.
Caroline
15th December 2013 at 11:36 pmI love the logic puzzles where you have to deduce a story from a series of statements.
John Cheshire
15th December 2013 at 11:40 pmPlaying chess against my laptop
sofia s.
16th December 2013 at 12:05 amJigsaws
Sarah Boorooandtiggertoo
16th December 2013 at 9:46 pmWordsearches
Anonymous
21st December 2013 at 10:42 pmJIGSAWS! @Amezeylady
Hannah ONeill
22nd December 2013 at 10:08 pmJigsaws and Griddlers
faye huntington
23rd December 2013 at 3:49 pmcrosswords and jigsaws 🙂 with love, faye xx
tarcsafalvi
24th December 2013 at 8:16 amSudoku
Ruth Harwood
24th December 2013 at 9:58 amLove love love Jigsaws and puzzles!
soozwales
24th December 2013 at 1:46 pmword search books
Emma nixon
24th December 2013 at 2:15 pmCrosswords
Anonymous
24th December 2013 at 4:49 pmsudoku
(kim neville)
Kathy Cakebread
24th December 2013 at 6:25 pmthe giant crossword in the daily mail
Rachel Gilbey
24th December 2013 at 7:43 pmSudoku, Nonagrams and Jigsaws. All sorts of Brain teasers and word games
Monika Suchonska
24th December 2013 at 9:10 pmjigsaw, rubic cube ( solved it few times)
Anonymous
24th December 2013 at 9:13 pmWordsearch, and I enjoy doing Jigsaws.
Rachel Craig
mata777
24th December 2013 at 9:33 pmJigsaws
Gillian Holmes
24th December 2013 at 9:47 pmSudoko
FantasyMeister
24th December 2013 at 10:07 pmI love brain teasers in video games, sometimes the clues are obvious (pull the glowing lever), some are classic fourth wall problems (“Enter the code from the CD case” – gamers spent ages looking for a CD case in the game but it was actually written on the cover of the case that the game came in)! I was also brought up on Patience, I think it was my mum’s way of keeping me quiet by throwing me a pack of cards, and I still enjoy games of Patience to this day.
Mickie Bull
24th December 2013 at 11:10 pmSudoku and Chinese puzzles
Anonymous
25th December 2013 at 7:03 amCrytic crosswords and Sdoku
Spencer Broadley
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Scott Fallon
25th December 2013 at 8:29 amsudoku and kakuro
carowood
25th December 2013 at 9:53 amUltimate Killer Sudoku
clairew137
25th December 2013 at 11:15 amSudoku
sheridarby
26th December 2013 at 10:06 amcryptic crosswords
Anonymous
26th December 2013 at 10:56 amJigsaws are the best – good luck to everyone
Julie Baxter
26th December 2013 at 3:25 pmsudoku and puzzles
Anonymous
26th December 2013 at 3:49 pmCryptic crosswords
kelli flanagan
26th December 2013 at 4:53 pmThe Rubik Cube
Louise Hart
26th December 2013 at 5:02 pmsudoko
karen
26th December 2013 at 8:04 pmSudoko
shelagh milne
27th December 2013 at 12:01 pmSudoku and crosswords
Luke Smith
27th December 2013 at 2:02 pmMy girlfiend loves jigsaws, she currently plays them non-stop on her ipad so would love to give her the real thing
Sheila Reeves
27th December 2013 at 4:52 pmCryptic crosswords – nearly always get stuck with some of the clues though!
Patricia Avery
27th December 2013 at 7:06 pmSamurai Sudoku and Cryptic crosswords both in The Times. Rarely finish the latter but a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon 🙂
patanne1
28th December 2013 at 10:28 amI love crossword puzzles but I especially enjoy anagram based puzzles
nataleegosiewski
28th December 2013 at 3:02 pmany puzzles love having to use my brain
Gemma Clark
28th December 2013 at 7:30 pmI love jigsaws! We had Wentworth’s ‘The puzzle that made christmas’ and it took all the family nearly 4 hours on boxing day! Brilliant fun!
Zoe R
29th December 2013 at 12:38 amI love word searches and kriss kross
elaine dale
29th December 2013 at 10:17 amlove any puzzles except sudoku, just can’t do them, lol
Keith Banham
29th December 2013 at 3:59 pmdoing the puzzles on brainbashers.com
Jackie ONeill
29th December 2013 at 9:47 pmSudoku
Prodigal
30th December 2013 at 1:24 amI,m rubbish at most puzzles for some reason, but jigsaws I can just about manage, and chocolate is always good!
Holly Smith
30th December 2013 at 2:12 pmHanjie puzzles – they’re so addictive!
soozwales
30th December 2013 at 5:14 pmWordsearch books
Joanne Welsh
31st December 2013 at 5:07 amwordsearches
champaklal lad
31st December 2013 at 12:58 pmword searches
Tracey Gwynne
31st December 2013 at 2:00 pmI love logic problem puzzle books
Janet T
31st December 2013 at 11:43 pmSudoku
Nicola Lynch
1st January 2014 at 8:02 amI have recently revived a love for Scrabble. It definitely makes you use your brain!
dragonfly63
1st January 2014 at 10:20 amJigsaws bring a family together – no-one can resist adding a piece.
Lara Davis
1st January 2014 at 3:00 pmsudoku
Sarah Ridgeway
4th January 2014 at 8:35 amI like Sudoku, really gets the brain working
Lindy LOO
4th January 2014 at 3:21 pmcrosswords puzzles and word finders
Carey
4th January 2014 at 3:34 pmI like sudoku and jigsaw puzzles.
Solange
4th January 2014 at 10:56 pmI love killer sudoku
Anonymous
5th January 2014 at 1:54 pmSudoku by Robby Price
Tracey
5th January 2014 at 6:32 pmSudoku
Cris Curran
5th January 2014 at 7:10 pmI really enjoy doing Sudoku
angie mummy
5th January 2014 at 10:34 pmlove jigsaws
Emma Lewis
6th January 2014 at 12:15 pmI like doing jigsaws, my dad gave me a very difficult one for christmas.
weir shane
6th January 2014 at 2:45 pmI love killer sudoku
Pam Francis Gregory
6th January 2014 at 3:45 pmAny Sudoku
Isis1981uk
6th January 2014 at 8:23 pmI like Kriss Kross’s & Sudoku
Irene Gilmour
7th January 2014 at 12:52 amspot the difference
Kat Glynn
7th January 2014 at 2:16 amI like crosswords and brain training games
Samantha Gregory
7th January 2014 at 7:32 amWordsearch and easy crosswords
Sam P Toms
7th January 2014 at 10:28 amI like Arrowwords and Code Breaker puzzles
Deborah Torr
7th January 2014 at 11:10 amLove a good game of scrabble!
Becca staples
7th January 2014 at 11:17 amLove any quiz games x
jadring
7th January 2014 at 11:19 amI like doing sudoku
clair downham
7th January 2014 at 1:43 pmcrosswords and jigsaws
Lorraine
7th January 2014 at 2:08 pmSudoku – drives me half crazy but they are addictive!
tracey gibbons
7th January 2014 at 3:00 pmmy favourite brain teaser is anagrams
sam
7th January 2014 at 6:24 pmJigsaws are my favorite
Jan Gourd
7th January 2014 at 7:37 pmJigsaws
caroline tokes
7th January 2014 at 8:17 pmlove suduko
ClairejB
7th January 2014 at 8:58 pmI love a good jigsaw but also like riddles and word games. 🙂
NICOLA TERRY
7th January 2014 at 9:59 pmSudoku
Twiddle Dee
8th January 2014 at 4:22 amI like crosswords and word puzzles best
Natalie Gillham
Gabrielle Svensson
8th January 2014 at 8:03 amCrosswords and jigsaws
moomimmel
8th January 2014 at 10:22 ami enjoy puzzle games on the computer
helen0201
8th January 2014 at 12:44 pmwasgij jigsaws 🙂
Hannah
8th January 2014 at 2:22 pmSudoku is my favorite
Dave Jackson
8th January 2014 at 2:23 pmcrosswords
Jennifer Rhymer
8th January 2014 at 4:19 pmI love jigsaws but would I be able to complete this one without trying to eat it? I’m not sure 🙂
Lisa Fletcher
8th January 2014 at 5:08 pmCrosswords
Emily Knight
8th January 2014 at 5:56 pmThe giant Saturday crossword in the Times!
joanna_kow
8th January 2014 at 9:17 pmSudoku and mahjong
Kelly Hooper
8th January 2014 at 9:42 pmI like logic puzzles
rugmaker
8th January 2014 at 9:43 pmLogic problems
Vivienne Wilkes
8th January 2014 at 9:57 pmI love jigsaws and crosswords!
leila hughes
8th January 2014 at 11:21 pmi would buy my very own massive box of chocolates to scoff while doing the puzzle,what a better way to relax… just bliss..Makes me want to do this puzzle right now infact hehehehehe!
Lowri earith
8th January 2014 at 11:39 pmrubix cube
Robyn Logan Clarke
9th January 2014 at 2:54 amSuduko
Erica Price
9th January 2014 at 7:29 amA crossword
kirsty100000
9th January 2014 at 8:23 amI love Sudoku 🙂
elff73
9th January 2014 at 8:57 amsudoku
Richard Turner
9th January 2014 at 10:05 amJigsaws
dwerry
9th January 2014 at 10:43 amCrosswords
Steph Lovatt
9th January 2014 at 10:52 amjigsaws
Laura Claridge
9th January 2014 at 11:22 amLove jigsaws! 🙂
chr1sb3ll
9th January 2014 at 12:06 pmRubiks cube….have never completed one…..but it is my lifes mission to do it (without cheating!)
Matthew Marshall
9th January 2014 at 2:37 pmIt has to be the Times crossword.
lynn neal
9th January 2014 at 3:59 pmCrossword puzzles get the grey matter working!
Angela Allen
9th January 2014 at 4:18 pmjigsaws and crosswords x
taja mckenzie-hughes
9th January 2014 at 5:34 pmwooden puzzle brain teasers
natz101
9th January 2014 at 6:15 pmSudoku! 🙂
antheaholloway
9th January 2014 at 6:18 pmI always do the Daily Telegraph Saturday prize cryptic crossword!
jodie harvey
9th January 2014 at 7:34 pmsudoku is my fave 🙂
krnries
9th January 2014 at 7:40 pmI like logic puzzles 🙂
Gemma Snell
9th January 2014 at 7:48 pmsudoku & arrowords
Anonymous
9th January 2014 at 8:28 pmI like doing jigsaws and crosswords.
Sandy Ralph
9th January 2014 at 8:38 pmi just adore doing jigsaw puzzles
Anonymous
9th January 2014 at 9:01 pmlove jigsaws the kids love to get involved too x
matphil
9th January 2014 at 9:30 pmSudoku
tarbs gill
9th January 2014 at 10:15 pmcrosswords
Sarah rayment
9th January 2014 at 10:22 pmI love all puzzles I do love jigsaws
HelenA
9th January 2014 at 10:22 pmThink probably nonograms are my favourite brain teaser.
Helen Garner
9th January 2014 at 10:58 pmI love the quizzes on Sporcle
Kelly
9th January 2014 at 11:16 pmSudoku
Kel Ellen Hirst
Charlie d
10th January 2014 at 12:40 amDifficult jigsaws 🙂
HayleyT
10th January 2014 at 7:18 amI lov wordsearch, crosswords and jigsaws x
vikkilhamer
10th January 2014 at 7:32 amsuduko is my favourite
Kirsty Mackay
10th January 2014 at 9:47 amSudoko and Crosswords
CHOCOAJ
10th January 2014 at 10:39 amRiddles 🙂
Jacqueline Roberts
10th January 2014 at 10:59 am+Crosswords
laura avery
10th January 2014 at 11:07 amsoduku!
HGrout
10th January 2014 at 1:45 pmWord Searches!
Alison Clark Clark
10th January 2014 at 3:25 pmI enjoy doing word searches maybe as im not that bright lol
Karen K
10th January 2014 at 3:26 pmI like sudoku
claire wilkinson
10th January 2014 at 4:19 pmjigsaws and sudoku
jessica agyin
10th January 2014 at 4:25 pmI love Sudoko
zeenie
10th January 2014 at 5:20 pmi love jigsaws
Helen Craigs
10th January 2014 at 7:21 pmI love to do a sudoku a day!
Mohamed Nihad
10th January 2014 at 7:42 pmsudoku is my favourite
hannahlw85
10th January 2014 at 8:58 pmJigsaws are a favourite of mine
samantha_ripley
10th January 2014 at 9:12 pmsudoku
dena thomas
10th January 2014 at 9:58 pmcrosswords
IRIELADY
10th January 2014 at 10:14 pmSudoku
Lynsie Lynn
10th January 2014 at 11:15 pmI love any Puzzles! But my daughter and I love to sit down and do a Jigsaw Puzzle! 🙂