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Liberty Puzzles inspires community, piece by puzzle piece
2/23/2026 | 1m 31sVideo has Closed Captions
Behind the scenes at Liberty Puzzles
Twenty years in, Boulder-based Liberty Puzzles continues to grow. But the process and ethos remain the same.
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Liberty Puzzles inspires community, piece by puzzle piece
2/23/2026 | 1m 31sVideo has Closed Captions
Twenty years in, Boulder-based Liberty Puzzles continues to grow. But the process and ethos remain the same.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipMost people have never seen a wooden jigsaw puzzle, even to this day.
Probably.
And we sort of went on a leap of faith that they could become popular again.
They're very difficult to make.
Wood is inherently imperfect.
And so that's a constant challenge.
Our hallmarks is to fit as many whimsy pieces as we can, because there's sort of little pieces of art within the art.
And they're fun for customers to come across and find as they're looking at all the pieces laid out on the table and see how they all relate to the image.
They are called whimsy pieces because they are so-called cut on a whim by the person cutting the puzzle.
So these were all hand-cut with scroll saw, and in the generation right before that, they were cut by hand with a jigsaw.
And that's why they're called jigsaw puzzles.
The original idea for Liberty Puzzles was jigsaw puzzle as social vehicle.
So it's not just a puzzle that you're doing on the table.
It's a way of bringing people together because really, you can sit around the table and talk and do the puzzle at the same time, and your phones are off and music's playing and everyone's having just a great time.

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