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

My son has loved this puzzle since he was 6 months old. I was excited to give it to him at Christmas. He has put it through the ringer in the last 3 months as he plays with it every day. I have thought all along that the clunky animals and barn pieces were wood until I was wiping it down with some soapy rags. Thats when I looked closely where the paint chipped off and saw the edges were getting saturated...it wasnt wood it was pressboard?! I couldnt believe anyone would make a toy that goes into mouths invariably out of something as foul and hazardous as particleboard!!! This is not ok. Now I have to take away my sons favorite toy! I have told my dad about the puzzle and he is cutting out some teak scraps that he has into the shapes and I ll paint them since Im pretty good at that stuff and my dad is a great carpenter. Its worth the trouble for my sons favorite toy, especially since i want to keep this puzzle for future kids too. Why dont Melissa and Doug charge a couple bucks more for pine or poplar...they can use rejected, warped wood...its so frustrating what some companies do to make a buck...its sick when unsuspecting parents and babies suffer from their corporate bottom line. I wont he buying anymore of their puzzles like I had intended to. I will just stick with used puzzles on ebay or something. Such a downer Melissa and Doug! Now I m wary of all kids toys. Bottom line: If you dont care about your kid putting toxic resins and ingesting particle board, or if your child is over putting stuff in their mouths and banging puzzle pieces to bits, this is a fun little puzzle. My son has gotten a ton of play before I had to remove it, I will be having my dad copy the pieces and maybe the whole back as well so my son can continue enjoying this product safely.

My toddler loves these puzzles. They are super colorful and easy to grab.

Nice puzzle. Easy for little hands to hold and play with the figures when not putting it back into puzzle

I love this puzzle. My daughters speech therapist brings it with her when she has her visits. My daughter loves doing it over and over again and she has gotten so good at it. The animal pieces are thicker than the board so they stick out making it easy for those little hands to pick them up. I had to order one because it makes me so happy to see my daughter doing so well with it.

I purchased this set for my daughter here on amazon last year, and again today in a big box store for my nieces birthday and both sets are solid wood with painted on images. Maybe M&D switched to the cheaper plywood and sticker combo for a while and then switched back? I also purchased the zoo animal set for a friends toddler which came as a solid wood with paint set as well. We have the aquarium with large knob set that is the sticker on mdf set, but these chunky puzzle sets are not. My daughter has had her farm puzzle for a year and still plays with it. She enjoys lining up all the animals so theyre standing on our coffee table. Shes quite proficient at putting then back on the board correctly, so I think this set would be better introduced to the 12-18 month age range (my daughter is 2+.)

My grandson played with this the minute he opened it. Great size puzzle pieces and easy to handle. Love it!

Puzzle is durable and fun for little ones. Highly recommend any Melisssa and Doug product

Great product, except mine came with defects on 2 of the animals :( so upsetting really was excited for this. Overall the product is good but be aware that it might come not in a perfect condition especially if youre getting this as a gift.

This was a hit with my toddler! He loves that the pieces are chunky because he can play with them like toys. I like that it’s wooden so he gets the auditory satisfaction of hearing it “clack” into place! Perfect non-electronic gift :)

My 2 year old received this as a birthday gift, but I think she was already a bit too old to be challenged by it. Still, she loved it and got a lot of use out of it initially. She mastered placing the puzzle pieces immediately and she learned to say all of the animals names and the sounds they make right away. Ill save it for my next little one that is due in March and give it to her earlier than age 2.