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Puzzle is a toy designed for a kind of game that requires persistence and ingenuity to solve various difficulties and amuse people. Now, they can be found in all the cultures, but its evolution started somewhere in the 3rd century BC with the simple square puzzles in Greece. The Chinese ring puzzle followed shortly after. But an object made purely as a puzzle was not manufactured until the Industrial Revolution, when wealthier class of people started using them as educational tools for their children. First of them was a jigsaw puzzle, that was invented to learn geography. In 19th century a tangram puzzle came from China and from then until today, the puzzles are developed for purely recreational purposes.
Books about making puzzles
- Puzzle Boxes: Fun and Intriguing Bandsaw Projects
- New Wood Puzzle Designs: A Guide to the Construction of Both New and Historic Puzzles
- Wooden Puzzles: 29 Favorite Projects & Patterns (Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Book) 
- Crafting Wood Logic Puzzles: 18 Three-dimensional Games for the Hands and Mind
- Animal Puzzles for the Scroll Saw: 30 Projects in Wood 
- Wonders in Wood: 46 Puzzles and Other Novelties to Make and Solve
We dedicated our puzzle plans section to the mechanical puzzles that varies in shapes, sizes and above all in difficulty levels, so there can be found quite demandig ones that only experienced puzzlers can solve, and also the simple ones that are quite easy and appropriate for children.
Many children simply enjoy playing with puzzles, especially the mechanical puzzles that require physical manipulation with the thought for solution. While playing, the children are developing their logical thinking, concentration and deduction skills.
In the end, the process of puzzle making can be challenging activity for all family members, who can try to solve puzzle together and gain great family bonding experience.
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