Customer Reviews

Melissa & Doug Jumbo Knob Wooden Farm Puzzle

5 star:		(36)
4 star:		(9)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

The description of this puzzle says, "solid wood" It's not! It's 2 layers of composite board glued to plywood. The fibers easily scrape off along the edges and can be ingested by your child. The pictures are a laminate overlay that can easily be peeled off. Not a great puzzle if you child is still putting toys in his or her mouth.

I bought two of the Melissa and Doug puzzles and decided to test them for lead before letting my 9 month old chew on the pieces. This type of puzzle came up POSITIVE FOR LEAD using Lead Check swabs! I would rethink buying one of these as lead exposure has been linked to numerous health problems. This company claims to offer safe, non-toxic toys that they rigorously test for the presence of chemicals. I was initially glad to find toys made from "wood" rather than the usual plastic. After finding lead in this puzzle meant for toddlers, I am appalled at how little we actually know as consumers in this country. Please do not give this puzzle to any child! Who knows how many other Melissa and Doug products contain the same materials... they have certainly lost a customer in me!

I love this puzzle! It's beautiful, the pieces fit perfectly, and it is easy for my daughter to figure out. The large knobs make the pieces easy to grasp, and the fact that the picture is painted on the piece and on the board makes it easy to match the puzzle pieces. My daughter plays with it all the time, and it's one of her favorite puzzles. The pieces are big too, so they're easy to keep track of, unlike smaller puzzle pieces that get lost or sucked up in the vacuum.

The only thing I found is that it is important to watch your child play with the puzzle until they're out of the "gnawing" stage. My daughter gnawed off the top picture of the chicken and sheep so that makes me sad since the painting is done by hand, and the pictures are so nice. So now I can only let her play with it supervised, until she stops gnawing everything in sight.

My daughter (13 months) received this toy as a present and really loved playing with it. It's very educational and I loved the wood structure of it. But in just a couple of days the back of the main wood frame started peeling leaving raw edges on the surface and sides. Just what you would need to get a splinter. So now we don't use the board any more. But my daughter still continues to play with the removable pieces.

The idea of this puzzle is wonderful. However it is made incredibly poorly. The edges of the animals and farmer are rough and shed endless wood debris. I have tried wiping the pieces down with a damp cloth, but the edges keep shedding.

I would love to find a puzzle made out of solid wood and not the thousand layers of plywood that composes this product. It's simply annoying and messy, do not spend any money on this toy!

The puzzle is very cute and made from durable ply wood. I really wanted to like this product, BUT the animals are not painted, but stickers were used. My daughter chewed on the pieces and I saw that after a few minutes, the sticker came of at the sides and she probably swallowed parts of it. Can only recommend it if your kid is not putting anything in its mouth anymore. But at that point, it will probably have more fun with more complex wooden puzzle than this.

I've always enjoyed Melissa & Doug toys, especially their puzzles. But the reviewer who said that her puzzles tested positive for lead concerned me. My husband said to get the puzzles anyway and test them ourselves. I got the smaller version of this puzzle (the one with only three puzzle pieces) and the Pets Jumbo puzzle. Both tested negative for lead. I also tested a bunch of other Melissa & Doug toys we have and they all came back negative for lead as well. We really like the Melissa & Doug toys we have now and will continue to purchase products by them in the future.

Bought this for my 17 month old granddaughter and she just loves it. It is so well made and the wooden knobs make it easy for her to use.

I love this puzzle. It is all wood and very durable and sturdy. My 10-month-old is really into farm animals and we have fun identifying the different animals and making the animal noises. He doesn't yet "put the puzzle together," but has fun taking it apart and playing with the different pieces. I have even caught him chewing on some of them and the paint hasn't shown any signs of wear. It is a great first puzzle for little guys. Great choice!

I bought this for my daughter when she was 7mos old. She loves it...the large knobs make it easy for young babies to pick up and manipulate the shapes. She hasn't quite figured out how to put the pieces back, she has however, learned to use the pieces as musical, banging instruments!

I love the quality of this product and plan to purchase more of Melissa and Doug products.