Kobold Toys Shure Puzzle & $25 Gift Certificate ~ Holiday SPLURGE {Review & Giveaway #21}

Kobold Toys has a wonderful selection of toys to encourage imaginative and creative play. They search around the world for the best toymakers with the highest quality standards.You will find brands like  Haba, Plan Toys, Automoblox and Chicago company Shure, a  leading designer and manufacturer of fun, creative children products.

We had the opportunity to experience the quality of Shure products with this Chunky World Construction Puzzle which retails for $19.99. Besides being a fun construction theme (sure to win my 3 year old’s Bob the Builder & Might Machines loving heart), the puzzle is also colorful and bright.

A favorite feature of mine is the double sided, chunky wooden pieces. The solid wood pieces are 1/2″ inch thick, laminated and oh so smooth. The fact that the image is on both sides adds an entirely new diminsion to my 3 year old’s play. He is already very good at puzzles and I wondered how much of a challenge this puzzle would be, even though the suggested age was 3+. Because it is double sided if the piece is facing the wrong way he must flip it around which increases the difficulty. My son also likes that he can play with the pieces themselves as they do stand alone.

Of course when my older son gets a puzzle, his 21 month old brother immediately wants to get in on the action as well. With the matching artwork underneath each puzzle piece and the sheer size of the pieces, he can easily put this one together, assuming that all the pieces are facing the correct way. If they are wrong, he does get frustrated. His older brother helps him out when this happens and since the puzzle is so large, they can easily work together. I couldn’t ask for a better puzzle and I’m thrilled that this is something they can enjoy at the same time.

Kobold Toys also has some other great Shure products including this My Pets Puzzle & Book for $14.99

and these Daisy Girls Wooden Blocks which are currently on sale!

While browsing Kobold Toys, be sure to check out their Favorite Holiday Gift List to get some fantastic ideas including these two wonderful products, a Bloco Dragon & Reptiles Set and a Children’s Globe with Booklet.

Kobold Toys offers free shipping on all orders over $40 and pay flat rate shipping of only $3.99 if is is less $40.

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