A great read from Amanda and the team at Grandpa's Toys based in Geraldine, South Canterbury....
Dear Puzzlers,
Holdson is richly proud of our New Zealand 80+ year heritage.... WINTER PIECES 2021
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It is with deep sadness that I have to advise that Simon Holdsworth passed away early hours of Saturday morning (14.11.2020). For many this news will come as a terrible shock.
Our love and thoughts are with Florence, Victoria, Tim and their families at this time.
The man many of you knew with ...
In the lead up to Mental Health Awareness Week NZ (23rd September – 29th September) we think this is a wonderful opportunity to share our thoughts on Puzzling with Mental Illness.
Knowing how good a puzzle is for the brain makes puzzling a beneficial hobby for people of all abilities. It is a low c...
We’re halfway through this series and although we already knew how good puzzling is; we love that we get to share the great news with you! Puzzling is fun to do; it has health benefits beyond puzzling the last piece! Did you know….
To successfully piece together a jigsaw puzzle, both sides of the ...
Since our introduction to this topic last month, we’ve had a lot of fun reading up & sharing fascinating facts about puzzling and its benefits. We’ve shared that puzzling encourages the production of dopamine and in the short-term can relieve stress – but do you know what can happen if you keep puzz...
Just as puzzling has evolved over the last 80 years, so too have the benefits. Both challenging and calming, it is proven that jigsaw puzzles can have a profound effect on our emotional state and well being.
Puzzling has evolved over the last 80 years and nowadays there is a puzzle for everyone to enjoy as individuals or with friends and families. Puzzling is not age defined – you can be 4 to 94 years old and still enjoy the thrill of placing that final piece of the puzzle! Puzzles captivate us, but at the same time they taunt us with a new challenge. Join us in the coming months as we blog fortnightly and share to our fb page our take on Puzzling & Mental Wellbeing. Our next blog will cover Puzzling Calm followed by Puzzling Your Self Health, Puzzling Get-Togethers and Puzzling Wellness. Along the way we will share some really interesting facts about puzzling and mental health….
The Game Industry is experiencing a widespread board game revival; this is great news when you are the Sales Director for a Game & Puzzle company. Market research group NPD has recorded a 20% rise during the past year in sales of ‘tabletop games’. This is the term that covers all types of gaming, such as board games, card games, dice games, miniatures wargames or tile-based games.
