Melissa & Doug Jumbo Numbers Wooden Chunky Puzzle (20 pcs)

The title is just me being funny...but seriously!! I have loved every puzzle we have bought by Melissa & Doug...except this one. Though I can understand the thought of making it so colorful being attractive to children, it is eye straining to look at as an adult, let alone a toddler. After you take the letters out it is just a large mass of colors and animal pictures and extremely difficult to see the holes the letters go back into....they kind of just blend in with the mumbled mess of colors and pictures. My son (28 months old) just kind of looked at it and then got up and walked away after trying to fit a couple pieces in spots they didnt fit. And he LOVES these puzzles but it was clear he was as confused as I was trying to look at it. I ended up taking all the pieces out, painting the board all black except for the slots the letters fit into and voila! He loves it! Good puzzle concept...bad graphic decision!

I bought it for my daughter after a friend say her daughter was learning from it and YES my daughter love it!

The puzzle is great but we are disappointed that the puzzle was scratched up when it arrived. It was in two layers of plastic and the plastic wasn’t damaged. This leads me to believe it was damaged before it was packaged.

It took me quite a while to finally come to the decision to buy this puzzle, because the design looks distracting in the pictures. It arrived this afternoon and the board looks great! Since the board is big and the letters are stroked, my 17-month-old had no problem completing the puzzle on her own even on her first attempt. The puzzle is of excellent quality too! So glad I ordered it!

The size is great for little hands.

Now that my 3yo is in school he loves sitting down at home to learn too.

3 kids later had to replace my 5year old Melissa and Doug alphabet puzzle due to a horrible flood. Always great quality.

Love it for my 3 year old grandson. Durable and sturdy. Great buy.

My daughter loves this puzzle. We bought it for her at 18 months and she is now 2 and can name every letter. The only drawback is it gets a little messy when shes done playing with it because of all the pieces. I just put them in a small storage container.

Melissa & Doug make a lot of great puzzles. This one is also very well-made. Unlike some of their other chunky puzzles, the puzzle pieces are not painted. Instead, the printed letters are glued to the pieces. The glued paper hasnt peeled at all, though, and these pieces wont chip like the painted ones do. I gave this puzzle to my daughter at 22 months. It wasnt too much of a challenge, and she absolutely loved it. For each letter, there are pictures of two things that begin with that letter. We often talk about the letters while she does the puzzle. Some pieces may be choking hazards for little ones, but its otherwise a great toy for toddlers who love puzzles.