Tip and turn; put together, take apart. Lovable renditions of animals are printed on sixteen wooden blocks. Young learners will delight in assembling and stacking images of a dog, cat, fish, turtle, bird, and rabbit. These sturdy, wood blocks are a versatile and wonderful learning toy for young children. Perfect for the beginning puzzler. Blocks fit compactly in wooden tray for easy storage. Ages 3+. Measures 8" x 8" x 2.25". Made in China.
Product Details:
Product Length:
2.0 inches
Product Width:
8.0 inches
Product Height:
8.0 inches
Product Weight:
2.7 pounds
Package Length:
8.1 inches
Package Width:
7.9 inches
Package Height:
2.0 inches
Package Weight:
2.8 pounds
Average Customer Rating:
based on 16 reviews
Customer Reviews:
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Cheaply Made!Feb 24, 2010 This puzzle is such a great concept and challenging. However, it is so cheaply made that it just isn't worth the money spent. The print is not paint, but in fact stickers. You can't see that from the picture. When mine arrived, you could see the bubbles along the edges where the stickers had be glued on and would lift. (Would love to see Plan Toy or Haba make something like this, as all their products are of fantastic quality.) I have returned this puzzle to Amazon.
Indestrubtible Learning ToolJan 30, 2010 We gave this puzzle to our 3-year-old grandson for Christmas. He loves to construct things. He went back to it again and again and showed progress throughout the day. He will love this puzzle for a long time. It is a plus that there are so many animals to create.
Great Learning Toy!Dec 26, 2009 This puzzle is fun to do and it is great because it has six different animals to put together! My daughter loves it and she also likes to stack the blocks! I would definitely buy more of these!
Cheaply constructed, too difficult for toddlersJul 13, 2009 While Melissa and Doug have a wide range of puzzles that are fun and educational, I am bothered by the fact that they market their puzzles as being made of real wood. In most cases this is misleading because the actual pieces of the puzzle in most cases are made of what seems to be some wood composite that is glued together with who knows what substances. This can be especially bothersome with younger children that may mouth the pieces. In some cases the puzzle pieces are only partially painted (to save money?) leaving the underlying composite revealed and in my experience also shedding.
Being a mom that prides herself on making safety and quality a top priority when purchasing toys for my child, I was especially disappointed with this product. It is a poor quality cheaply constructed toy. The blocks themselves are some king of composite which is covered with 6 different stickers that can be pealed off. The only part of the puzzle that is wood as far as I could tell is the wooden crate that houses the blocks.
As for the educational value of this toy, while it is a challenging puzzle with engaging pictures, it is a very difficult puzzle for toddlers to do on their own. We bought this for our 2 1/2 year old and while I admit that he enjoyed watching us put the puzzle together, the difficulty level is far to high for 2 year olds (and possibly for 3 year olds too). Since their are 16 blocks with 6 sides each with a different picture, their is a very wide range of possibilities and it can be very confusing and frustrating for a younger child and probably an older child as well. Adding to the difficulty is the fact that the completed pictures are shown in a very small format on the back of the the wooden crate that houses the blocks. So you need to either remember each picture perfectly or look at these small pictures in order to put the puzzle together.
I recently returned this puzzle and have purchased a wood block puzzle by Selecta. This is a high quality product made in Germany of all natural wood. They have 4 and 6 piece block puzzles making the difficulty level more appropriate for younger children.
Pets Cube PuzzleJun 02, 2009 We gave this puzzle as a gift and we have heard that it is a big hit!
based on 16 reviews
