A World of Puzzles for Christmas

Einstein Puzzles has created a multiverse of worlds for you, your family and your friends to explore.

There are bright, busy worlds for toddlers; magical, mischievous and adventurous worlds for older children; Australian landscapes and cultural events for adult puzzlers; and colourful, familiar and sometimes poignant worlds for older adults, people who are less mobile and those living with dementia.

Every puzzle is a doorway into somewhere different.

What’s Different About an Australian Christmas?

In the Northern Hemisphere, Christmas belongs to winter—to cold evenings, warm fires and perhaps even snow. Once the celebrations are over, it is back to work and school before too long.

In Australia, Christmas is doubly joyous because it also marks the beginning of the summer holidays.

It means sunshine, beaches and surf. It means country drives, camping trips, backyard cricket, family gatherings and long, unhurried days stretching ahead.

And, hopefully, plenty of time for puzzling.

A puzzle is one of those rare Christmas gifts that can be enjoyed quietly alone or shared around the table. It can provide a challenge, begin a conversation, awaken a memory or carry someone into an entirely imaginary world.

Worlds for younger explorers

For toddlers, almost everything is still new. Our tray puzzles introduce them to colourful worlds filled with animals, vehicles, busy scenes and things waiting to be discovered. The pieces may be large, but the achievement of placing one correctly can be enormous.

Older children are ready to travel further.

They can enter the enchanted worlds of Forest Magic, encounter the larrikin behaviour found in Mischief, spend time around the stables with our new Pony Club Collection, or discover some of our other New Kids on the Block.

These aren’t simply pictures to complete. They are places where children can wonder about life’s adventures, imagine what comes next and invent stories of their own.

Children can also meet some of these characters in our Einstein Puzzles YouTube videos.

Familiar worlds for Australian puzzlers

For adult puzzlers, many of our worlds are closer to home.

Our Australian and Summer puzzles celebrate the scenes and events that help make life here distinctive: landscapes, family gatherings, backyard cricket, bike rides, beaches, dog walking and Christmas beneath a brilliant summer sky.

Our new Apartment and City Living Collection explores contemporary life in and around Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth.

The Waterfront Collection offers a different kind of journey. Its reflections, patterns and changing colours provide a satisfying challenge for people who enjoy discovering the subtle differences hidden within an image.

One of these, Friday Night City Waterfront, recalls nights many of us enjoy now—or remember enjoying in our youth—when the city lights came on and the whole evening still lay ahead.

Worlds of colour, recognition and memory

Puzzles can continue to provide pleasure even when age, illness or dementia makes a conventional puzzle difficult.

Our new Flower Sellers Collection is already proving popular. Its bright flowers, clean shapes and colourful, familiar scenes were created for older adults, people living with dementia and others who need a gentler puzzle experience.

Sometimes completing the picture is important. At other times, the pleasure comes from recognising a flower, noticing a colour or being reminded of a garden from long ago.

These are worlds that can be explored together by family members and carers, without any pressure to finish or find the right words.

Worlds we can share from anywhere

Not every friend or family member will be able to join us around the Christmas table.

Some may be in hospital or aged care. Others may be recovering at home, travelling, or simply living too far away.

Our Jigsaws in Bed collection – available to complete for free - makes a growing selection of Einstein Puzzles available to complete online. A puzzle can also be shared with a friend, allowing people in different places to puzzle together.

It costs nothing, but the time and companionship you share may be a very welcome gift.

Ready for Christmas

We’ve stocked up for Christmas, so our tray puzzles and selected Ready-to-Ship boxed puzzles are available for immediate despatch. We also now offer flat-rate shipping throughout Australia.

Whether you are choosing for a toddler, an adventurous child, a dedicated adult puzzler or someone who would enjoy a gentler puzzle, there is a world waiting for them.

So this Christmas, we invite you to explore the many worlds of Einstein Puzzles.

Some are familiar. Some are magical. Some may bring back memories—and others may take you somewhere you have never been before.