Educational Puzzles

Develop dexterity, problem-solving and reasoning skills, hand/eye coordination, color, shape, size identification, and more with these big, bright, multicolored WOODEN JIG-SAW PUZZLES. The pieces are light in weight, large in size (about 3/4" thick for easy handling), and interlock loosely so even pre-schoolers can assemble them easily. All are precut, safe, sturdy, and water-resistant. The colors are non-toxic stain-like impregnated finishes. The Elephant is approximately 7-1/4" high, 8-1/4 wide, and is available in (3) color choices, Pink, Blue, and Gray.

This Elephant Puzzle design was my very first design of any of the toys that we started manufacturing in 1974 within "THE PUZZLE-MAN TOYS" line . Its conception was based on my childhood. In 1947, when I started kindergarten, my teacher was telling us stories about animals of the world. My favorite was the elephant, because of its size and character. But most importantly was how we were taught to imitate the elephant. We were shown to clasp our hands together, and to hunch over, hanging our arms down, with clasped hands swaying back and forth, left to right, to imitate the swaying trunk of the elephant. This was cool. I have shown this to my kids and then my grandkids. So, in my design, the trunk is down, because this is how a child sees the elephant, even though many adults believe that the elephants trunk should be up for good luck.

This toy has the following qualities and capabilities:
Non-Toxic (safe in child's mouth).
Interlocks loosely (very easy to attach one piece to another).
Water-Resistant.
Washable in the Sink or Play With in the Bathtub.
Heat Resistant.
Can be Hot Plates and Coasters.
Decorative & Conversational throughout the house.
All puzzles will hang together on the wall with no hook or gluing. (It will hang from just a small finishing nail in the wall).