Melissa & DougFarm Sound Puzzle - Wooden Peg Puzzle with Sound Effects (8 pcs)

Ordered this puzzle for my daughter and absolutely do not regret this purchase! She was enthralled by all the different animal noises and trying to figure out how they fit in. One thing I have to say about this puzzle is that the sounds are activated by the shadow of the pieces blocking the light-so the noises will not work in dim lighting. However, that feature is not really an issue for my daughter, who absolutely loves this puzzle, or I, who enjoys a long stretch of me time while she plays with it!!-

I had to edit my review. At first I wasn’t happy because the sound didn’t seem to be working. After reading the back of the puzzle though, I realized it needs bright lighting in order to make the sounds. Now that I know this, I give this toy 5 stars. The puzzle pieces are easy to put in and take out. The colors are vibrant and eye catching. It will be a great tool to help my son learn animals and what’s sounds they make.

Item was well packaged, the board itself is highly durable and sturdy, all the pieces were still attached upon receiving! The whole thing is shrink wrapped (just like the Melissa and Doug items you get from the store) and the animal sounds are so cute. I had purchased this as a gift for my son's birthday. This was definitely one of his more usable gifts he got this year.My 2 y/o loves it. He's started mimicking the animal sounds and it's such a fun one on one activity for us!

Puzzle is cute. The sounds are cute, but it makes the sound when the puzzle piece nears (e.g. hovers over) the spot it goes in. If you place the piece in quickly or slide, it doesn't make the sound. It needed batteries, so I had to remove the wrapper to put these in (has screws holding it in so as to be safe, I guess, for youngsters). So it was a bit disappointing that this gift looked because of having to remove the shrink wrap to install batteries. I was surprised it needed batteries - the web page did not make this clear.

The media could not be loaded. My child loves it. In half a day, she was able to figure out how to put together puzzles correctly. She is 17 months old. This is exactly what I was looking for for her age. The only cons that I noticed is that the animals always start making sounds when the child brings something to it. It could just be her hand or a wrong image of another animal. For example, if you bring a cat to a dog, the cat still barks. This can be confusing for a child who is just learning about animals. It would be nice if, in case of an error, there will be some other sound or something like "oops, it's not right, let's try again".

The 1st puzzle didn't work, u would put the cow in it's place & it would neigh like the horse. They replaced it & it not even 2 months & the 2nd puzzle stopped working. My 2 yr old ggson barely played with it & we've replaced batteries 4 times. Mostly we keep it turned off. Now no animal sounds work ‼️ definitely NOT worth the money ‼️

My toddler loves putting the animals in this puzzle and naming them. He literally holds the puzzle with him all over the house and even brings it in the car because he loves it so much.

Absolutely best product and have been for generations, raised my son with their puzzles and still buying them now for my great grandchildren...