Seashell Puzzles

• Pieces: 550
• Size: 18" x 24"
• Artist: John and Jackie Leatherbury Douglass
• P/N: 30504

This gorgeous puzzle includes over 70 bird species, both common and exotic, found on the Southeast Atlantic Coast from Cape Hatteras, NC all the way down to Key West, Fl.  Suitable for framing.

• Pieces: 550
• Size: 24" x 18"
• Photographer: Peter Doran
• P/N: 40572

These days, many beachcombers are looking for sea glass. Defined as glass that has been tumbled by natural wave action to the point where there are no sharply-defined edges and all surfaces exhibit a frosted or etched appearance, sea glass is created when debris from glass objects end up in the ocean, breaks into pieces, and is smoothed by the action of waves and sand. The best times to look for sea glass are during spring tides and during the first low tide after a storm. The color of sea glass is determined by its original source. Most sea glass comes from bottles, but it can also come from jars, plates, windows, windshields, ceramics or sea pottery. The most common colors of sea glass are kelly green, brown, white(clear), and purple(clear).

• Pieces: 550
• Size: 24" x 18"
• Photographers: Peter Doran
• P/N: 40576

Seashells are the external skeletons of a class of marine animals called mollusks. The external skeleton helps protect the creatures from predators, strong currents and storms, help camouflage the animal, and do many other things. Seashells are primarily made of calcium. When a mollusk dies, its shell is left behind and then sometimes the shell is taken and used as a home by other sea creatures, such as hermit crabs. After the animal that created the seashell dies, the shell often washes up onto the shore, or remains in the tide pool where the creature lived.  A great beach puzzle!