If you have time to spare, and need to use something to fill it in, there is no better past time than a jigsaw puzzle.
With all the latest video and hand held games on the market, the jigsaw puzzle often gets overlooked.
The famous jigsaw puzzle get its name because it was cut into pieces by a jigsaw in the past.
This is because the puzzle used to be made from wood.
Basically a puzzle is usually a rectangular block that needs to be put together.
The picture on the pieces will let you know which piece needs to go where.
Today a popular hand held video game similar to a puzzle is the game Tetris.
There are at least 4 different puzzles sizes these are, 300, 500, 750 and 1000 piece puzzles.
The biggest recorded puzzle is a 24,000 piece one.
The size of the puzzle you get will depend on what you need it for.
If it is for long term use in your home you might want to get the biggest size possible, so you can finish it over the weeks.
If it's for a journey you may want a smaller puzzle for convenience.
After you have completed the puzzle you can either break it up and start again or frame it some where as a record of your achievement.
The puzzle began to be mass produced in the 1930's at this time it was made using huge hydraulic presses, which meant that only big companies could make them.
Today a puzzle can be made with a less expensive method called the roller press.
It can do exactly the same job as the more expensive systems but at a lower cost.
Manufacturers are continually trying to improve the way a puzzle is put together, this has resulted in a number of different variations in the way they are put together.