Community Puzzle

A recent client shared their finished Community Puzzle project which they called the Puzzle "Peace" Project.

"This was the first year of a brand new school (The Expedition School in Hillsborough, NC) and we wanted to commemorate it with a school-wide art project to represent our individuality and the teamwork that went into making it a great first year. It will be hung with the words, "At TES, We All Fit In" on the wall above it.

It fit perfectly on a 4x8 piece of plywood and we used spray adhesive to attach them. Thanks so much!"

Know someone who is graduating soon? The Community Puzzle makes an awesome Guest Book — Give a piece to each person and have them leave a 'piece of advice' for the graduate. Fun! http://www.trainingwheelsgear.com/collections/community-puzzle/products/community-puzzle-events

Community Puzzle - Events Our puzzle makes the perfect guest book alternative for your special day. Invite your guests to sign a puzzle piece and leave you with a 'piece of advice'

Looking for a unique advent calendar this year? Try one of our Community Puzzles! There are 24 center pieces and 24 border pieces. What creative holiday idea would you use the Community Puzzle for?

Winter is here as we finally see snow on the ground here in Denver, CO. Winter is a time we think of snuggling up warm drinks, insightful books, blogs, and articles. Planning what is to come in the year to come. At Training Wheels we take the winter time to reflect on the last year and what we can do in the next year to better the various industries our products are used in. We look to answer the question "What is our piece of the puzzle?"
Community Puzzle is a simple product with a multitude of uses. We always find our warehouse full of extra side pieces from broken down puzzles we sold throughout the year. But sides are important it can mean a completion of an idea, a period on a sentence. But when is it the right time to put a border on the puzzle? What "puzzles" have you completed and put borders on in 2014?

JMU's LEAD Consultants and Kijiji Student Leaders discuss modeling community through their strengths and weaknesses as large team through Build Our House activity!

Building Our House, Part 3 -
Our house is coming together with our strong foundation and support system that has allowed for many great accomplishments. Now lets look at our house features.

In the windows, write what you are comfortable letting others "see." What characteristics or traits do you have that you are willing to share with others? In the door, write a habit or personal quality that you would like to work on or improve (Note that this is NOT a physical quality). In the chimney, write what you do to release pent up tension or to relax. How do you blow off steam?
For our lovely tree beside out house..In the roots write what keeps you "growing" or gives you life - is it work, family or hobbies, etc? Be specific. In the branches of the tree, write what you see for your future. Where do you want to be in ten years? Think in terms of a "keynote address." What would you like the audience to know about your accomplishments in future?
Check out our great photo's of Building Our House in the Training Wheels Pictures right here on Facebook.

Building Our House, Part 2 -
We have a foundation (the stronger the foundation the stronger the house), a chimney (does it have smoke billowing or no?), windows (maybe a few or maybe a lot), a door (double doors, single door, small or large?), and a lovely tree.

Today we will fill in the structure of the house: In the foundation, write your strength, each person has many strengths and they may not always be apparent to others. Along the sidewalls of the house, write the names of at least two of the strongest influences in your life (i.e. people that gibe or have given you support.) and on the roof, write something that you are proud of. (can be person accomplishment like a marathon or how you handled a situation).

A great activity we use to look at the pieces each individual brings to a community is Building Our House. Each individual can choose their level of disclosure and draw or write on the puzzle pieces as much or little as they want to answer the questions asked. Put the piece together and you have a community/neighborhood block. The next two days will give the steps to bring your neighborhood Block to life. Today is set up:
Distribute one to 2 pieces of the puzzle to each individuals. Ask them to draw - Foundation, Chimney, Windows, A door, and next to the house draw a tree with roots and branches. Each of these items have meaning for later.

How would you use your Community Puzzle? The only limit is the imagination! Puzzles are on sale now! http://store.training-wheels.com/copu.html

This amazing Pre-School loves the Community Puzzle for their little artists!

The Community Puzzle makes an amazing canvas for an art project!

A Biology teacher used the Community Puzzle to have students draw what pieces of learning they were getting from his class.