Product Description

Lift up the puzzle piece for a surprise! Each removable wooden puzzle piece is hiding a special full color illustration underneath. Tell a story, play a guessing game, or find the hidden pictures! 9" x 12". Age 2+.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8654 in Toys & Games
• Brand: Melissa & Doug
• Model: 3298
• Dimensions: 11.70" h x 8.40" w x .90" l, .99 pounds

Features

• Wooden
• Classic Style
• Durable
• Colorful

Customer Reviews

Our 2 year old loves this
I read the review by the parent with a daughter who is frustrated by this puzzle. Any toy, book, CD or DVD is subject to the enjoyment of an individual child.

In our case, our 2 year old boy has enjoyed this puzzle immensely since he was 18 months. The reviewer is correct about the pieces being asymmetrical. For our little guy, it wasn't a big deal. The ones that were easy, he did. The others, we showed him. He eventually learned the concept of turning pieces around. But, that's just him. There are DVDs and books that reviewers swear by and he's not interested.

The puzzle is colorful, well made, and he enjoys the "peek a boo" aspect of seeing what animal is under each piece.

We used this puzzle as a wind-down before bedtime and said "good night" to all of the animals in the pictures before putting the pieces over them. Worked well.

The only problem with this toy was that the dog enjoyed it, as well. A few pieces are now deposited in the landfill, partially digested.

We'll have to get another puzzle.

Peek-a-Boo for 5 year olds
I got this puzzle for my 2-yr-old because she loves farm animals, peek-a-boo, and puzzles...so I thought, what a great combination this would be! But it's a very difficult puzzle and she can't put it together. It looks like simple squares and rectangles, but they are cut a little crooked in such a way that they have to be turned exactly the right direction to fit in the puzzle...so I put it back together every time which defeats the purpose of a puzzle for her.

Difficult but still fun.
It's true that most of these pieces are just slightly off square, so even an adult has to really look at them to know which way they go. My 20-mo. old still seems to enjoy it though. She does the easier ones with more unique shapes and the square ones she asks for me to help, and I am trying to teach her to spin them around and try all the sides to see which way fits. The pictures are cute and playing peek-a-boo with the animals behind the doors is fun. I think that it may be best for a child older than two. If your child really gets frustrated over not being able to do something by himself then this may not be the best choice.