How To Make A Puzzle Roll Mat

Once dry roll up around tube and secure with rubber bands.

How to make a puzzle roll mat.

Then take a cardboard tube left over from your giftwrap paper the heavier the better and wrap glue or sew the longer end around the tube. If you want something easier and you aren t a diy er then you can always purchase a puzzle mat complete with the puzzle pieces. Measure a piece of felt so that it is 4 6 larger than the completed puzzle plus a little extra on one side. Don t have felt on hand like i did.

To make the puzzle mat. You put the puzzle together on the large surface of the mat then the felt can be rolled up with the puzzle sandwiched within. A support tube keeps the puzzle mat from collapsing and damaging the puzzle. Square up one end of the felt.

If you know someone who loves puzzles you could pair this with an inexpensive puzzle to make a great low cost gift. It s that simple the puzzle mat was done. A puzzle mat is a great tool to move and store a puzzle in progress. Then making a puzzle mat is even easier.

Measure and mark 36 inches from the squared off end at several places along the felt. You can also make a rolling puzzle mat by using a long cardboard tube and using felt rather than foam. The final step was to line up the ruler along those marks and cut.