Melissa & Doug Blues Clues & You! Wooden Chunky Puzzle - Fridge Food (10 Pieces)

I love how this puzzle serves multiple purposes. Each shape is a different color and has a different number of fruits, to practice colors and counting. In addition to that, the pieces are chunky and substantial enough that they can be used for pretend play in the kitchen later. And on top of all of that, its a puzzle! Youre getting so much value/possible uses out of this puzzle. Great design.

On the surface this is a well made little learning board, all of the wood and shapes are really chunky and the board is very thick, just make sure you don’t get any liquid near it, which is a problem with toddlers and young children. The colours are really bright the images on the pieces are well drawn. There are 10 slots with 10 different fruit images and numbers, you slot in the rather chunky wooden pieces that represent the fruit underneath. The shapes are well defined and the pieces are smooth. The board is nice and thick and I think the idea is great, as soon as my daughter got this with the large pieces and colourful images she was trying to fit the pieces in place, brilliant idea and because everything is so big and thick it is perfect for little hands. There is however a big problem for all its thickness and wooden nature it’s let down by the finish, it’s just not robust enough. If your child won’t have this near food or any sort of liquid and doesn’t like to pick at things then it’s fine but if they do this will start to fall apart. The images seem like thin paper in the board and any sort of food residue that’s sticky can’t be cleaned off well. Water or cleaning wipes also cause the images to break apart, it seems like paper on top of the wood but made to look like wood below the shapes. In only a few days our daughter has dropped snacks on it, spilt a bit of water and managed to rip the print and she is not really a destructive child, we have plenty of these wooden puzzles and the rest are fine as the print is in the wood, they might not look as perfect but they are much more robust. Its a real shame as the wood is good quality and everything is so well thought out in the puzzle and the chunky pieces are great for little hands. It is just let down by very poor quality in its stock in print. I also think at £21.49 as of September 2021 its too expensive.

Sturdy puzzle pieces Great graphics Easy to do

We got this for our son who turned 4 in Oct who is crazy about his puzzles which he has quite the collection of already. So adding this to it was a no brainer but yeah it did not have the effect we were hoping to see with his which like I said he loves puzzles he plays with them by choice all the times very similar to this one. This puzzle is large in size so something to consider when purchasng depending on your space it doesnt fit in his puzzle drawer where most of his puzzles are housed when he isnt using them. When you think of the make of this puzzle the brand itself is a nice durable brand as we have had other things from this brand so the puzzle is made well and colorful. Overall as nice as this puzzle was it wasnt something our son was crazy about.

Both my kids play with this puzzle. (1 & 3)

I got this item for an autistic preschooler who loves this puzzle. Its great for teaching him about the different kinds of foods and the different shapes and colors.

This chunky wooden puzzle is ideal for helping small children with counting, food recognition and fine motor skills. Framed with popular character Bluey, there are ten chunky pieces to remove and replace. The picture below let’s you know what should fit that space. The whole thing is sturdy, bright and colourful, so very attractive. The pieces are easy to hold and manipulate into the correct space. My youngest grandchild loves it. She’s not not quite at counting stage yet, but is having fun fitting the pieces in and recognising the various fruits and foods. Thanks for reading my review. I hope you found it helpful. Check out my Amazon profile page for more reviews of children’s books and puzzles and educational toys and games.