Melissa & Doug Zoo Pet Animals Sound Puzzle – 8-Piece Wooden Peg Puzzle with Light-Activated Sounds, Music Learning Toy for Toddlers and Preschoolers Ages 2+

This puzzle is great quality and my 14 month old enjoys it. However it randomly makes noises all the time - I could be across the house and I’ll hear a sheep or a dog making noise from the puzzle. Best to just keep it turned off if your little one isn’t playing with it.

Really nicely made puzzle!! Was perfect for a 2 year old. The pieces making noise when you move them is a great bonus!

Updating my review from one star to five because lo and behold, it was user error. I thought the puzzle was activated by magnets/metal, not light. I read the back more clearly and realized I'm just a big dummy. The puzzle works great in bright natural light and my 14 month-old daughter (who is clearly smarter than me) is absolutely obsessed with it. *(Original review)* I'm normally a big Melissa & Doug fan. Within an hour of opening this item (a Christmas gift for my daughter), the puzzle stopped making sounds when placing pieces. For a little while it made random sounds (not matching the animal), now it does nothing. I tried replacing the batteries, and it moos when you switch it on, but that's all. Seller wouldn't let me exchange for a new one.

This is a great puzzle. I've purchased it 3 times in the last 15 years. Not because I needed to replace it, but because I always thought I was done having kids andvgave it away when my child grew out of it. Melissa and Doug toys are made to last. Some of them could even be heirloom quality. It does make animal noises when you shut off a light. My toddler laughs every time. She loves farm animals and this puzzle is perfect. It helps teach farm animal noises and is educational.

These Melissa & Doug style puzzles are a hit in our house. They are great introductory puzzles to help little hands learn manipulation of objects and the sounds make things more engaging. As a learning toy, they are appropriate for younger toddlers, but can still be enjoyable and entertaining for older toddlers. In our house, the near 2-year-old is learning how to place the pieces and is learning the sounds of each animal. (It's nice to have sounds beyond just the basics. Sure, they learn the farm animal sounds from Old MacDonald, but this gives us a bit more variety...which is REALLY nice when you have toddlers who like to repeat things ad nauseum ALL. DAY. LONG. We own THREE of the puzzles in this collection: vehicles, zoo, and farm. I would love to review them separately, as I would give two out of the three a 5-star rating. As it is, I have to give it a 4-star for a MINOR issue. This is purely due to some construction error in the particular piece we own. For some reason, our zebra is mildly haunted and will occasionally make sounds randomly if the puzzle is left unattended on a table. This is the only piece out of the three puzzles that does this and it doesn't happen all the time, so I just shrug it off. Especially since THERE IS AN ON/OFF SWITCH on the back. (Thank you ever so much to the designers who put that in...some days I need a few sound-free minutes.) Another reviewer commented that you couldn't play the puzzle in silent mode. For all of the versions we own, this is not the case. I can switch those babies off at any time. There is a small sound delay when placing multiple pieces, so you won't hear the sound of a second piece until after the sound from the first piece finishes. This can be a little frustrating for toddlers on initial use, but I've found that it helps them learn patience. A few times playing with these puzzles and they quickly learn the quirks. It's totally a nonissue for us. So...other than our poltergeist zebra, I give these puzzles a huge thumbs up. And hey...if you need a little extra surprise in your day, maybe random animal sounds can just add to your ambiance. For our house, these will get plenty of miles and I am very happy that we have them in our toddler puzzle collection.

A great gift for our 2 year old grandson. Quality was exceptional and very sturdy!

Wood on the back chipped after 6 months of light use. I bought this for my 1 year old and it took him a little while to actually use it, but after about a month of solid use the back is chipping. I instantly threw it away. Very unhappy because I love Melissa and doug, but if my son would’ve found the chipped wood before me lord knows what could’ve happened. Will be looking at other brands because my son did love this puzzle.

Got this for our great grandson! He loved it! He was 2 years old. Good learning toy

Our 2.5 year old is obsessed with trains so when we get his this he was sooooo excited about it. He's had it for a few months now and still loves using it!

二歳の子供がパズルが好きで、動物にも興味があるので喜んで遊んでいます。 パズルを取り外したり占めると該当の動物の鳴き声が聞こえるのが楽しいようです。 注意点としては、夜寝るのにパズルが外れていると電気を消した時鳴き声が聞こえる様です。 ちょっとビックリするみたいです。

A ideia do produto é muito legal, mas na prática não funcionou. O produto parou de emitir som no dia seguinte que chegou.

my 1yo loves it! GReat for teaching pinching grip and putting objects bak in place! Will buy the others from this edition

すぐに郵送してくれて、プレゼントだったので、とても助かりました。