• 11.8 x 8.8 x 0.5

• Melissa & Doug Deluxe 12-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle

This 12-piece wooden jigsaw features a bright graphic design and is made from solid wood pieces that easily interlock and fit into a convenient wood tray. A wonderful first jigsaw puzzle! Young children can practice spatial-visual skills, problem solving and fine motor skills. Measures 8.5" x 11".

Customer Rating:
Summary: Puzzle fell to pieces, so to speak
Comment: We love the Melissa and Doug toys and have bought many. We generally find them to be of good quality construction and durable, as well as engaging and educational.

However, we purchased this and the Africa Plains 24 piece puzzle for our grandson for Christmas. When we removed the shrink wrap and started to separate the pieces, the bottom and top laminate layers on the edges of several pieces immediately peeled and/or snapped off. (One of our grandkids puts everything in her mouth and I could see these puzzle pieces causing a hazard if she picked one up.)

We really like the Melissa and Doug toys and have had great experiences with most of them. I'm hoping that this problem is just a fluke with a bad batch of glue; but this happened with 2 different puzzles. I've emailed them to ask them to investigate.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: my daughter loves it!
Comment: My daughter is 2.5 years old and loves this puzzle. She does it over and over again and is still enthralled. Melissa and Doug puzzles are great!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: great puzzle
Comment: My 2 1/2 year-old son loves this puzzle. It has enough pieces for him to enjoy putting it together but is not so difficult that he can't put it together himself. He plays with it for up to 1/2 an hour at a time, taking it apart and putting it back together again.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: A HUGE hit with my busy little one!
Comment: Another great product from Melissa and Doug. This, and the similar On the Go Wooden Jigsaw, were my 21-month-old son's first jigsaw puzzles, and he loved them on sight! Because these puzzles are made of thick, sturdy wood, there are some not-completely-smooth edges. No biggie -- I gave them a little buffing with very fine sandpaper before I gave him the puzzle.

He worked with the puzzle, with a little help from Mom & Dad, until he had literally memorized it and could put it together lightning-fast. Now, at 24 months, he enjoys putting it together wood-side-up, too, so we're really getting our money's worth with this thing.

One thing to note is that, after much love and enjoyment, the paper is starting to wear at the edges. And my son actually managed to tear some of it off the puzzle in a moment of toddler curiosity. However, contact cement pasted the paper back on and all is well again.

The recommended age is 3+, but I think kids much younger than that can enjoy starting to learn how to work jigsaw puzzles. The look of pride when they figure out how to put them together is priceless!

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