Why Jigsaw Puzzles Are the Perfect Winter Activity

Jigsaw puzzles make for great year-round entertainment, but they’re extra appealing when the air is chilly, and the living room is warm and cozy. When unforgiving weather confines us inside, jigsaw puzzles are perfect for staying engaged, challenged, and comfy.  

What else makes puzzles so endearing in the cold season? Well, we have a few ideas

Jigsaw Puzzles Make A Fantastic Family Activity

Much of the cold season overlaps with the holidays: a time when joy, relaxation, and family are paramount. 

Puzzles make a wonderful, cooperative activity for these family gatherings. Alongside shared meals, kids, parents, and grandparents can work together on a puzzle that sparks bonding and wholesome conversation. 

Puzzles can even be advertised as the main event. Consider hosting a full-on puzzle-party with extended family and friends, challenging teams to see who can assemble their puzzle the fastest.

Puzzles Offer Electronic-Free Entertainment 

The last thing you want from a lot of time spent inside is to overdose on screen time. Plus, a winter storm could always temporarily knock out power and leave you dependent on more traditional forms of entertainment. In either case, it’s important to have a variety of activities to choose from.

Plus, there’s no need to worry about saving progress on a puzzle. You can just step away. 

With a puzzle table or puzzle mat, puzzles can also be as mobile as an iPhone or iPad. You can take your puzzle and work on it in bed, on the couch, on the floor beside the roaring fireplace, or wherever you most desire.

Puzzles Accommodate Multitasking

When you’re at home for extended periods of time, there are countless distractions to keep you busy and unable to sit for long. 

While working on jigsaw puzzles, you can get up as many times as needed. In fact, stepping away can give you the break you need to come back and finally locate that missing piece.

Not only can you carry-on conversations with guests and family while organizing and searching for puzzle parts, but you can get chores completed in between sections and individual pieces.

Puzzles Help Stave Off Winter Blues

Winter is darker, and less sunshine can cause seasonal affective disorders and depression. 

Despite the season’s outside dreariness, certain activities keep our brains active and healthy. Jigsaw puzzles are known to help relieve stress and release dopamine—imperative for boosting our mental health and sharpening mental dexterity.

So, when we can’t soak up tons of Vitamin D while exercising outside, we can still do something healthy for our brains and bodies—a jigsaw puzzle.

Winter Puzzles Are Beautiful

Are you convinced of the special benefits of jigsaw puzzles in the winter? Our puzzles’ images especially capture the magic of the season, so start shopping now for your favorite scenes! Here’s a helpful guide to piece counts, if you’re unsure where to start. 

With a variety of jigsaw puzzles for adults and kids alike, MasterPieces has the best puzzles, board games, and other activities to help you joyously pass the time this winter season.