Valentine's Day Jigsaw Puzzles
A puzzle is a low-key way to spend Valentine's Day, together or apart. We have eight for the occasion, from roses and a box of chocolates to a café table for two in Paris. They're romantic without being too sweet, and they're all free to play online.
All Valentine's Day puzzles
A puzzle date, even from far away
If the two of you are in different cities, a puzzle room makes an easy date night. One of you signs in and creates the room on the Rooms page, the other opens the invite link, and you build the same board while you talk on the phone. Candlelit Dinner for Two and Café Table for Two in Paris are good for this. Both have plenty of separate details, so nobody ends up waiting for the other.
Which Valentine's puzzle is easiest?
Heart-Shaped Cookies on a Plate and Red Tulips in a Ceramic Vase. Each has one clear subject on a light, simple background. Love Letters and a Vintage Postcard is the sneaky one, with lots of cream paper, faded ink and little bits of ribbon that are easy to mix up.
For kids and classrooms
A puzzle on the classroom screen fills the last half hour before a Valentine's party nicely. Heart-Shaped Cookies on a Plate at 24 pieces works for that, and so does Roses and Chocolates on a Table at 36. The shapes are big and the colors bright, so there is nothing hard to explain. Children can take turns at the board while the rest of the class calls out where a piece should go.
Tips for all that red
Red roses, red tulips, red hearts. When a picture leans on one color, look at the shade and the light instead. Rose petals have dark folds and bright tips. Tulips are smooth and shiny. The door in Valentine Wreath on a Cottage Door is flat paint with sharp lines. Split them up early and the rest gets easier.
How long does a puzzle date take?
At around 100 pieces most people finish in 20 to 30 minutes, which is long enough to talk without it dragging on. If you have the whole evening, go up to 300. That is closer to two hours. Heart Lanterns along an Evening Street is the one for a longer game, with warm lights, wet cobblestones and a row of shop fronts that take a while to tell apart.
Send one as a small surprise
Every puzzle has its own link. Send it with a note and the other person can open it, pick a piece count and start right away. They don't need an account or a download, and if they stop halfway the browser keeps their place.
The Kiss on the famous painting puzzles page is another good one for the day. For spring flowers after February, see the Easter puzzles.