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Liz Archenberry
> 3 dayThis puzzle was gifted to my 4 yo while he was in quarantine for over a month. He is a kid who loves puzzles and animals and has a lot of stamina for doing things over and over again. He has done this puzzle likely hundreds of times by now. He does one side then breaks it apart and does the other side. . . . again and again and again. He times himself doing it. He does just the middle pieces with no edges. He does just the edges with no middle pieces. Sometimes he takes an animal to start with and then gives me an animal to start with and we have to race to see who can get the most pieces connected to their starting animal before our pieces need to be connected. Sometimes he sorts all the pieces by animal before starting and sometimes he sorts them all by puzzle shape. Who knew there were so many ways to use a puzzle. Considering the use this puzzle has seen, it has held up remarkably well. I did have to glue one of the heads of a puzzle piece that ripped off and there are a couple pieces where the picture is starting to separate from the cardboard. Ive seen other puzzles hold up a lot worse with a lot less use, so wouldnt dock any stars for that. I bought a different version of the Mudpuppy Two-In-One puzzle for him for Christmas - more for me than for him as I have also probably done this puzzle with him over a hundred times myself and would like some new scenery. I find doing this puzzle to be actually pretty enjoyable - its easy enough to not be frustrating or feel like work, but challenging enough and big enough that it isnt completely mindless for an adult to do either.