  - Illustration of underwater sea life
- 48 piece floor puzzle
- Helps develop matching skills
- Recommended Age Range 3 Years and up
 List Price: $11.99 Lowest Price: $7.79 
 Product Description: Piece together tons of fun with this puzzle that features an undersea adventure. This colorful, detailed Underwater-themed floor puzzle is made of heavy-duty cardboard with an easy-clean surface that helps keep the puzzle looking new. 48 pieces. Measures 36" x 24". Editorial Review: Beginning puzzlers build dexterity and problem-solving abilities with this colorful, 2-by-3-foot floor puzzle. A green-and-blue ocean-floor background is crowded with colorful and weirdly shaped marine life, from octopus to crab, fish, and coral. The complex image builds matching skills for sure, as children use the box picture to identify and place each of the big, easy-to-clean, 48 pieces. Alone or with parent or playmate, this scene makes a fun challenge they'll turn to again and again. Glued and matted, it'll also make a wonderful wall hanging. --Ava Natov Customer Reviews: Rating:  Date: 2008-07-06 Great Puzzle Our 4 year old grandson is great with puzzles. The 24 piece ones are very easy for him. We wanted to challenge him, over 24 pcs, but not 100 pcs which he gives up. This puzzle is big and of hard cardboard. Its lots of fun for us watching his expressions when we put it together and talk about the different fish. You can't go wrong with Melissa & Dough Puzzles. Rating:  Date: 2008-07-02 Fun Activity to do with the whole Family I bought this puzzle to do with my 3 1/2 yr. old son, and we love it! He still needs a little help and can't do it by himself, but it has been a fun activity that helps him learn and develop his thinking skills! Rating:  Date: 2008-06-03 Wonderful Gift I purchased this for my 4 year old son and he loved it, he is able to do the entire puzzle himself and loves the size and pictures on the puzzle, I would highly recommend it. Rating:  Date: 2008-05-30 Great way of bonding with your kids! This toy is not only good fun for my son (4 yrs), but also for me. Even my 2 yr old has started showing an interest in puzzles because of the bright, colourful pieces. It helps me relax and unwind, at the same time be doing a fun activity with my children. The puzzle pieces are thick and durable, but will not withstand being chewed upon - so if you have a dog or a younger child who likes to chew on things, it could be tricky!
It takes about 20 mins for me and my son to solve the puzzle from scratch. It is definitely a challenge for my son to do it by himself - he's not yet managed that. I think upto 6 yr olds can find it challenging - it could keep them occupied for 45 mins or so.
Ideal for ages 3.5+ to about 6 yrs (of course it's always fun for adults, but if you're a puzzle fan you probably want to do something more challenging as an adult).
Rating:  Date: 2008-05-14 Fantastic This is a great buy. My daughter is almost 4 and she loves this puzzle, and the other 3 Melissa and Doug puzzles that she has as well. Very durable and excellent price. It's also a great picture to be made into a puzzle for kids because it's pretty easy to link up the pieces with which area of the picture they go to because there isn't much open space and not a whole lot of repetitive colors. Definitely recommend buying this one. |