Search This Site Enter your search terms Web This Site Submit search form __________________ Buy Jigsaws Buy great jigsaws from PuzzlesUSA and in UK, All Jigsaw Puzzles. Also in Australia from Jigsawparadise. __________________ Accessories Puzzle Conserver Glue from All Jigsaw Puzzles. Puzzle Frame from PuzzlesUSA Roll Up Mat for Jigsaw Puzzles up to 1000pc from PuzzlesUSA. Jigrolls in the UK from All Jigsaw Puzzles. __________________ Halloween Facts Halloween, or Hallowe'en, is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31st. The term Halloween (and its older rendering Hallowe'en) is shortened from All-hallow-even, as it is the evening of/before All Hallows' Day, also known as All Saints Day. On Halloween night adults and children dress up as creatures from the underworld e.g., ghosts, ghouls, zombies, witches and goblins. Common Halloween characters include, skeletons, ghosts, ghouls, witches, vampires, bats, owls, crows, vultures, haunted houses, pumpkinmen, black cats, aliens, spiders, goblins, zombies, mummies, skeletons, werewolves and demons. The most common game is dooking or bobbing for apples, in which apples float in a tub or a large basin of water; the participants must use their teeth to remove an apple from the basin. A variant of dooking involves kneeling on a chair, holding a fork between the teeth and trying to drop the fork into an apple. Another common game involves hanging up treacle or syrup-coated scones by strings; these must be eaten without using hands while they remain attached to the string, an activity which inevitably leads to a very sticky face. Our children, in Scotland, go round the houses together and must tell a story, recite a poem or tell a joke. For that they will get some fruit, nuts, chocolate and perhaps money. Our girls love getting dressed up as witches and going out guising.The houses able to welcome the children will leave an outside light on and carved out pumpkin with a candle burning in it in the doorway. Traditional Halloween costumes of a witch and a skeleton's head Halloween costumes are traditionally those of monsters such as vampires, ghosts, skeletons, witches, and devils. The main event for children of modern Halloween in the United States and Canada is trick-or-treating, in which children disguise themselves in costumes and go door-to-door in their neighborhoods, ringing each doorbell and yelling "trick or treat!" to solicit the usual gift of candies. Halloween is very popular in Ireland, where it is said to have originated, and is known in Irish as Oíche Shamhna or Samhain Night. __________________ Puzzle Benefits Jigsaws give you a great way to relax. Lose yourself in the challenge and keep that brain moving. They are a great way to socialise. Nothing beats that feeling of success when you finish. Gaze at the final puzzle with pride. More benefits.... __________________ Family Benefits Get the family together and have a great puzzling time. Talk, laugh and play together, you will feel closer. More benefits.... __________________ Kids Benefits Kids can learn so much from jigsaws. Shapes, colors, alphabet and numbers,amongst many others. Choose age appropriate puzzles for your child. Pick easy to distinguish pictures, shapes, and big pieces as needed. My daughter was using up to 100pc by age 4 for a picture she loved! Play with your kids and let them feel special! More benefits.... __________________ Seniors Benefits Keep that great brain moving. Socialise with old friends and family over a jigsaw. Enjoy the challenge and the successful completion. There are brilliant large piece puzzles if you need them. More benefits.... __________________ Puzzle Trivia Famous Puzzlers There are many famous jigsaw puzzlers. The Queen, Bill Gates Stephen King and Albert Einstein. I think jigsaws are great for relaxing, and losing yourself in a great puzzling time. Jigsaw puzzles are the best game ever! Solve Jigsaws How to solve jigsaw puzzles by sorting, looking for shapes and patterns. Getting started through to gluing the final puzzle. Lots more quick facts in our Trivia Pages.... __________________ Puzzle History Early indications in the history of jigsaw puzzles are of puzzles from European Map Makers in the 1700s who dissected maps. These would have been rudimentary Jigsaw Puzzles as we know it today. Many believe John Spilsbury, a London map maker, was the person who created the first puzzle from a map of Europe cut along country boundary lines. __________________ Halloween Games Trick or Treat Board Game Rio Grande Games From PuzzlesUSA Ages 8+ 3 to 6 players Players match dice with cards to get rid of their cards. It is fast and furious as all are playing at once. Speed is important, but if you match incorrectly, you gain extra cards. A great party game! Haunted Castle Game Ravensburger From PuzzlesUSA Ages 5+ 2 to 4 players A game of hide & seek with spooks of all sorts: a knight, a pumpkin, a vampire, a cat, a bat, a witch, an owl & a ghost. Be the first to discover which one is missing & collect the most spook cards. __________________