It’s National Puzzle Day! For our final National Puzzle Month puzzle review, we are happy to bring you another Gay NYC Dad favorite puzzle master. Flipsi Puzzles have a pirate ship series! You may remember our reviews of Flipsi Puzzles’s Enchanted Places series, and their Christmas series, but for first time readers, I’ll describe them […]
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The Wonderful Bookshop Jigsaw Puzzle Review by Guest Writer George Gensler! @PeterPauperPres @NYNowMarket #nationalpuzzlemonth #PeterPauperPress #jigsawpuzzle #puzzle #gifted #affiliate
National Puzzle month continues! Our next puzzle is from Peter Pauper Press. You might remember our mention of Peter Pauper Press in our 2025 Holiday Gift Guides. We included their scratch art books in our Arts and Crafts gift guide and our Nostalgia gift guide. Peter Pauper Press, in addition to their many craft activities, […]
Murdle in the Hedge Maze Jigsaw Puzzle Review by Guest Writer George Gensler! @ChronicleBooks @StMartinsPress @nynowmarket @gregkarber #nationalpuzzlemonth #jigsawpuzzle #puzzle #affiliate #gifted
Our second National Puzzle month showcase is on Murdle in the Hedge Maze from Chronicle Books. We are reviewing jigsaw puzzles all month long, so stay tuned. Murdle in the Hedge Maze is one of the best types of puzzles: two in one. First you solve the jigsaw puzzle, and then you solve the murder. […]
Disney Portraits Jigsaw Puzzle from Ravensburger Review by Guest Writer George Gensler! @RavensburgerNA @TheToyAssoc @toyfairny @disney #nationalpuzzlemonth #jigsawpuzzle #puzzle
It’s January and that means it’s National Puzzle month! We’ll be reviewing puzzles all month long. We’re starting out with a Gay NYC Dad favorite: Ravensburger. If you haven’t seen Ravensburger’s Jigsaw puzzle advent calendar yet, check out my review here and you’ll understand why we love them so much: https://www.gaynycdad.com/2025/12/christmas-around-the-world.html.. As with everything Ravensburger […]
Diamond Art Club 2026 Calendar Review by Guest Writer George Gensler, @chocophilenyc @diamondartclub #diamondartclub #diamondart #calendar #2026 #Affiliate #gifted
Have you heard of diamond art? It’s a paint-by-numbers craft, but, instead of paint, you affix colored “diamonds” to the canvas, creating a sparkly effect. It’s not quite 3-dimensional, though they have 3D kits, but it does add a nice texture to the picture. For the 2026 Calendar, Diamond Art Club has created an adorable […]
Gift Guide for Single Parents– Games and Puzzles by Guest Writer George Gensler! @EducationalInsights @thamesandkosmos @ThunderBayPress @theory11 @ActuallyNPH #Christmas #Affiliate #gifted
It’s holiday gift guide season and we’re focusing on gifts for single parents this year. Whether you know someone who is a single parent for a night, a weekend, a week, or always, these gifts are chosen for any of those times. There are several guides, themed differently, so you can choose the type of […]
Gift Guide: Nostalgia Edition by Guest Writer George Gensler! @Crayola @workmanpub @hachetteus @ThunderBayPress @ChronicleBooks #Christmas #gifted #Affiliate
Gift Guide: Nostalgia Edition by Guest Writer George Gensler! The run-up to the end of the year is a great time to reflect, so here are some gifts that will take you back. These are mainly arts and crafts projects that throw back to childhood but are totally acceptable for adults now. For those of […]
Flipsi Naughty Nice Puzzle Series Review by Guest Writer George Gensler, @chocophilenyc @flipsipuzzles #jigsawpuzzle #puzzle #holidaygiftguide #gifted
Flipsi Puzzles have a Christmas series! You may remember our review of Flipsi Puzzles’s Enchanted Places series, but for first time readers, I’ll describe them here briefly and in more detail at the end of this post. Flipsi puzzles are double-sided, so you build the image on the box cover and then flip it over […]
