Melissa & Doug Wooden Jigsaw Puzzles in a Box 2-Pack for Preschool Boys and Girls – Pets, Vehicles

These are very nice puzzles that don't fall apart easily. The pictures are bright and interesting. The backs of the pieces are marked so that even if they "somehow" get mixed up, they can easily be sorted into separate puzzles by either children or adults. Each set of puzzles is in a plain wooden box with four compartments. The pieces for one puzzle can be taken out and worked on the lid of the box, which slides in and out of place. The box measurements are less than 8 x 8 x 2.5 inches. Although the pictures are on the bottom of the box, they are very small (less than 2 inches), and obviously difficult to see while working the puzzles. They are also on the piece of cardboard that is part of the throw-away wrapping. If you want, you could cut those out and store them with the puzzles, but I'm not sure that is necessary. I'm planning on including these as gifts in Samaritan's Purse Shoeboxes. Unfortunately, the wooden box takes up a lot of space, so I will place each puzzle in a small bag so that I can fit more items in the shoebox. Even if I included all of the puzzles, they would only take up half of the space that the box takes, but I think I will put just two puzzles in each shoebox. At two bucks each, I believe that this is a good deal for wooden puzzles.

My 3-year-old granddaughter made these puzzles every time she came over for weeks and weeks. She has now moved on to bigger puzzles, but still comes back to them sometimes. They have given her hours of pleasure and learning. I love that it is easy to keep the puzzles sorted because the pieces are stamped with a different little shape (on the backs of the pieces) for each different puzzle. The storage box is perfect, and my granddaughter is able to get them out, put them all together, and clean them up neatly herself without any help.

We've been using these puzzles for approximately the last 6 months, almost daily during therapy with kiddos to work on turn-taking during cooperative play (i.e., building a puzzle with a friend). They're colorful and durable, easy to grasp, and don't have any rough edges. Perfect for our needs.

Excellent well-made product that has provided hours of entertainment for our grandchild.

My 27mo loves these - the pictures are super cute and good for beginners. The pieces are sturdy and hold up very well.

Great puzzles, but once you take the packaging off there is no pic of completed puzzles for your little one to look at.

My grandson loved these because he could feel successful right away but still have some challenge.

Our Grand Daughter is almost 3 and with a little demonstration on the 1st puzzle she was able to solve the other ones mostly on her own. She enjoys playing with them.