Gifts for Your Puzzle-Loving Boyfriend
Puzzles have been around for hundreds of years. They tease the brain and give us hours of enjoyment. The puzzle lover is always up for new challenges. If your guy loves puzzles, here are some ideas for gifts that he would love to receive.
Puzzle Books – Puzzle books allow him to take his love of puzzles on the morning subway train ride, to the lunch room, and anywhere else he may go. Crossword puzzle books or word search keep the mind occupied during periods of time when there is nothing else to do but wait. The puzzle books can be the size of a notebook or small enough for him to slip into his back pocket.
Keychain Games – He can hang his favorite game from the ring of keys he carries. Games like Sudoku, tic-tac-toe, and others can be purchased in these small electronic versions. Just a warning: If he likes to play it all the time, he may ask you to drive.
Traditional Puzzles – We’ve all put together a puzzle as a kid. The most challenging ones were the 500 piece boxes with obscure pictures. You know the ones that made all but the puzzle fan give up. Some sites offer custom made puzzles complete with a picture of whatever you wish when you send them a photograph. Give him a pleasant surprise when he completes the puzzle – a picture of you.
Brainteasers – Remember the games that we used to get out of the bubble gum machine or at the dollar store? They were things like the little black plastic squares with interlocking pieces that contained numbers or parts of a picture. You had to shift them around until the pieces were in the correct order. He’ll love the fact that you searched far and wide to find the puzzle games that first interested him when he was younger.
Rubik’s Cube – This has to be the ultimate puzzle. The only way I could get the thing back to normal was to switch the colored pieces. Along with the cube, there was an orb and a pyramid that came out as well. This gift will challenge him for hours.
