Customer Reviews

Infantino Matching Colors and Textures Puzzles

5 star:		(31)
4 star:		(11)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
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My daughter has plenty of toys with fancy lights and sounds that consume tons of batteries so I wanted something quiet. This toy was a good choice. I bought this puzzle when my daughter was 12 months old. She didn't start playing with it until 20 months. She now plays with it almost every day. Sometimes 2-3 times a day.

While she can match more than half of the puzzles at 21 months, she still cannot put the two matched pieces together. When she finds a match, she hands the two pieces to me and I put them together. I reinforce the educational aspect of toy by playing with her. I lay out all of the pieces on the floor and ask her to look for the black cat, yellow banana, beautiful butterfly, etc. When she finds a match, I praise her by clapping my hands. This encourages her to continue to play.

The box itself is also a fun game for my daughter. She's constantly trying to close the flaps and stick that one fish puzzle through the open slit. The box is also well made and has endured lots of pulling and tugging from the toy bin.

I only gave it four stars because this is a "two player" game. My daughter rarely plays with this puzzle by herself.

Get this for your child or as a gift. It is highly educational. It introduces different colors (the basics), as well as patterns (such as striped, swirly, spotted, etc.). And then, there're the different textures (furry, fluffy, rough, bumpy, etc.) which can actually be felt and touched by the child. These descriptive words and pictures are then matched to its corresponding partner (ex: swirly=lollipop, furry=rabbit, pink=pig) by means of locking in two puzzle pieces. The groove-and-tongue pattern is simple and big enough for young ones and every pair of puzzle is different. Great for teaching adjectives, pairs, vocabulary, textures, spatial skills, colors, etc.

We just got this toy today and I was excited to have my son start playing with it when we got home. The product/idea is great. I just thought that there would be texture on each piece so that the child could learn to match by color, word, shape or texture. Only about 4 pieces out of 20 have texture on them.

We have had this puzzle toy since my son was one. (He's 3 now.) It has provided hours of entertainment and education. We started by just showing him a few choices and matching, now he can easily do the whole box himself, and enjoys it. I like the textures, vibrant colors and nice large sturdy pieces. The nice sturdy box to hold them is great too.

This product is pretty good quality. It's made of heavy cardboard and the puzzle pieces fit together well. My daughter, who turns 1 in a couple of weeks, has fun staring at the pictures and tossing the pieces around. Her favorite is actually the box that the pieces are supposed to be stored in. She carries the empty box all over the house. She likes the yarn that makes up the box handle. I'm sure we'll get more use out of the puzzle pieces once she's older.

One thing I felt was misleading- there are not many "texture" pieces. The title of this product is "matching colors and textures", but out of 20 pairs, only 4 have texture. For the child, though, this will not matter-- it's just that I expected there to be more (at least 10 out of 20) textures.

These puzzles are very educational, I only wish they had more pictures that interested my kids. They're 16 months old and although they don't understand the one color piece matches the picture, they love looking at the picture and seeing the word that corresponds. Some of the pictures are of odd things like for example a scarf. What baby even knows what a scarf is or uses one for that matter, so they can't relate to it and just ignore it. They could have at least done shoes or pants or clothing a little more familiar. But for the most part it is a great educational, fun toy and different from the same peg board puzzles that my kids have. Plus it will grow with them through the next couple of years until they could even play memory with the pieces upside down when they're much older.

Pros:
Cute
Good concept
Bright colors
Easy for kids to understand (basic words, colors, and textures)

Cons:
No storage for pieces other than the original box, which no kid this age could open on their own, and they don't even fit in that well, just slop around in it.

Can be confusing for kids, when they try to match up, for example, a green lizard with the color green, they are basically told they are wrong since the piece won't fit, the frog is green, the lizard is rough... but I think making the connection of the lizard being green as well is just as important...

My daughter is 19 m old. She is a little young for the product so far, but likes to see the pictures and the colors and touch the textures. She also tries to but the puzzle pieces together. It keeps her interest and I am very happy I purschased it.

I bought this when my son was 12 months old, we started with the very basics and only used 3 or 4 sets so he wouldn't get overwhelmed. He is now 2 years old and still loves this game, we now play with all the pieces and he loves to match them up and organize them on his own. Not many toys can grow with kids at this stage but this is definitely one of them!

We bought this puzzle set for my daughter for her 2nd birthday. It didnt take her long to master the puzzle. She absolutely loves to pay with this puzzle!

Now, there are 40 pieces total (20 two set puzzles). My only complaint about them is there are three of them that are "similar" - My daughter still gets confused sometimes between then. There is a Gray Mouse, Shiny Fish and Furry Mole - all three adjectives are gray in color.. so she will occasionally pick up the Shiny piece and match it with the mouse.

She is learning how to master putting them together.. but this has been a slow process. In the beginning, she would pick out the pieces and hand them to me to put them together. Now at 2.5 years old, she can do this on her own.

I highly recommend this puzzle set. Several colors, animals and objects to learn, and very educational.