This year for Christmas, a couple of dear friends gifted me something that I never would have thought to get for myself – and I love that it shows how well they know me. (Thanks Cody and Jim!!! ❤) If you are new here and didn’t already know, I have a love of the story Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. So much so that my first book (All Falling Things – which found a home with Scarsdale and will hopefully have a launch date soon!) is loosely based on this story.
The gift? A 3D puzzle based on the story. (❁´◡`❁) I opened this Christmas morning and couldn’t wait to put it together – so I did that night. There were SO many tiny pieces – and whoever designed it really had an attention for detail. If you’ve never put one of these together, it starts by setting up the smaller set pieces, and I had such delight in seeing them all come together. (If you’ve ever wanted to attempt one of these and have been too intimidated – don’t be. The instructions are super easy to follow!)
Once all the smaller set pieces are put together, it’s time to assemble, as they called it, the scenes. In this case, the setting for where Alice fell down the rabbit hole and the setting of her actually falling. (They even included her kitty looking after her!) Once the two scenes were together, there was some wiring to put in place for the LED lights. Then – time to assemble it into its ‘book’. (There was even a mirrored piece that runs the length of the back, which makes the forest look like it extends even farther back!) Once all was said and done, it was a blast to put together – even if I felt like I had bruised the pads of both of my thumbs. 🤣
There is a motion censor at the top that turns on the lights for a bit whenever it senses someone walking near it. I can’t help but smile every time it catches my attention. (I may have spent some time looking up other 3D puzzles after I finished…) I never would have thought before to buy one for myself before, but I absolutely enjoyed the entire process.
[One thing I will note, about this kit at least, is that it would be rather difficult to put together with small children involved – there is a level of fine motor skills required to place and snap the pieces together that tiny hands would find rather difficult. ]
Ami Maxine 