Melissa & Doug Farm Wooden Chunky Puzzle (8 pcs) - Farm Animal Toys For Kids, Wooden Puzzles For Toddlers Ages 2+ - FSC-Certified Materials

Paint doesn’t chip easily. Kid loves it.

When I bought this puzzle, it was made of wooden layers and appeared painted. The stylized/cartoony animals were not overly so and they were colored in appropriate to reality. The animals when removed, have the same image beneath it.. so a kid matches a goat to a goat so the challenge is lining the piece up correctly to fit into the space. This makes the set great as a first chunky puzzle, so I will only buy 1 or 2 sets from Melissa & Doug.... The rest I will buy from Janod (my favorites are the zoo and forest puzzles) because kids match colors and animals shapes which is more of a challenge - in other words on Janod boards, the image of the animal is not on the board so kids have to pay attention to the color and shape of the animals to play on the board. I will also be buying the upper and lower case puzzles by Hape that have the back of each letter uncolored so you know which side faces forward. Overall, the farm puzzle is nice. A little bigger than what i think an 18 month old can carry without dropping the pieces and I think the paint may not last forever... but it works as a first introduction to the concept.

Really a cute, beginners puzzle. I bought this for my grandson who just turned 2. The sturdy size of each piece makes each piece perfect for tiny hands. He loves farms and farm animals, so this was a hit! I love that its made of wood, so should last a good long time, barring losing any pieces!

Perfect for a one year old to learn puzzles. Anything from Melissa and Doug is superior quality.

My two-year-old grandson loves this puzzle. The pieces are nicely done, and painted. The puzzle is made of wood. He repeatedly dumps the pieces and puts them in. These pieces also can double as toys by themselves. There is a lot of play value to this puzzle because of this. My grandson will play with it for half an hour at a time. He is not sick of it at all. In fact, if a piece is missing, we have to stop everything to hunt for it. This is a great learning toy, play toy and self-esteem builder. Little ones like that they can figure out easily where the pieces go. This was a winner of a choice for my little guy.

This is a very satisfying puzzle for little ones -- 2-3 years old to start and can continue longer. The animals are easy for little hands, and you can also stand the animals up and play with them outside the puzzle. As I have suggested before, think of a label for each of these M&D puzzles and use a sharpie to label the back...because these puzzles are all made a like and Mom might need help putting pieces back when the puzzles get tipped.

I read several reviews here that said this puzzle was not real wood, that it was not hand-painted, that the animals were actually stickers ... Im not sure what happened with those orders, but the puzzle I got is absolutely real wood and painted, not decorated with stickers. I docked a star because I received the puzzle with a pretty significant scratch on the goat. It didnt appear to happen during shipping because the plastic wrap wasnt torn, so maybe just a quality control issue. There was also some bubbling in the paint on the pig. That being said, I will order puzzles from this brand again. The pieces are nice and heavy, and thick to make it easy for little hands to grasp. My daughter is almost two and doesnt quite understand puzzles that arent just simple shapes, but she loves naming the animals and telling me the sounds they make. Overall Im happy with this product, and Im hoping the issues with scratches and bubbling in the paint were a one-time issue.

This is a super quality puzzle. The pieces are thick and sturdy. Weve tossed them around a LOT. The background has some fun features to points out (butterflies, clouds, lake).

I got it for my frinends one year old baby and after a while, I saw the color of some parts where gone, since the baby was puttimg it in her mouth. I guess it is not good for babies

My granddaughter carries the pieces around the house with her. Very well made. Love the chunky pieces. They are easy for her to take out and put back in the board.