Altoids Tin, Valentines Day Puzzle Gift.

I spent many hours surfing the net trying to find the best and most creative gift for my girlfriend for Valentines day, and came up short. I tried thinking of what she really liked and that's when it hit me, a puzzle. This is a quick and relatively inexpensive Valentines day gift that can be made in a little under 2 hours, and its something that she will love, whether she is into puzzles or not. Its the thought that counts anyway.....right?

Step 1 Materials Needed

1 Altoids tin (Empty...eat the mints first :P )
1 set of scrap book lettering stickers (dollar store....woot)
1 image of you and your sweetheart (any size)
1 sheet of red paper
1 outline of a puzzle
scissors
glue
xacto knife
tape
pen


** For this little project I made my image into an 8x10 but any image size will do.

Comments

[jgdovin]

I have one suggestion that might make this a bit nicer, a thin piece of foam (obviously some sort of firm foam) from dollar store or even walmart craft department in between your picture and your puzzle outline.. That way the pieces lock together and wont fold over/bend/get destroyed.

[italzboi]

I was actually thinking of something like that. Something to make it more rigid, but then that posed a problem for my case. I had also bought an 8x10 picture frame so that when the puzzle was done, she could frame it and hang it up. But i agree, adding something to make it more rigid is a good idea.

[ChrysN]

That is a really sweet gift!

[italzboi]

Thanks. I'm glad you liked it. :)