Wooden puzzles - harder ones....

[popsycal]

MY little boy, who is nearly 20 months just LOVES his ELC wooden puzzles. But now it has got to the point when he either does three at once, does one upside down or makes me count to see how quick he can do it (I think that is why he goes '1, 2' and I have to carry on anyway!!)

We have 3 ELC ones and another letter/number one.
He loves them and still does them but is ready for something a bit more interesting for him.

So! HAs anyone spotted any?
Thanks in advance
Pops

Do you mean the inset kind, with little knobs on, or can he actually stick shaped pieces together?

the first,,,,,
but also the second if you know of any. He is getting better at putting his two piece jigsaws together!

Popsy - have you tried him with little jigsaws. You can get ones with 2, 3, 4 or 5 pieces. Bit trickier than wooden puzzles but still achievable.

Ooops, must read thread - just seen below.

DD is now doing jigsaws with 4-6 pieces which are proving more challenging for her. Got a little set of 3 (4 piece is dog, 5 piece is a rabbit and 6 piece is a cat) for £5 I think it was.

we got some nice 2 piece ones from boots today which he loves matching together - we ended up playing snap!

dd missed out peg ones beyond about 5 pieces. We had a Thomas the Tank Engine one, inherited from ds, which had a lift out James, Thomas , Harold etc but had other pictures hiding behind (Ravensburger from elc, I think) and still plays with number and letter ones at playgroup (Ikea and elc). She swiftly moved on to the multi sized ones in a box (we have a Chad Valley nursery rhyme set and elc transport 4 to 12 pieces for example), pairing puzzles from Ravensburger such as colour matching and mummy/baby farm animals and then floor puzzles from elc or M and S (3d ones are great for prolonged interest and play). Galt ones are supposed to be good too, and the floor puzzles have shaped pieces to put in last so you can do the main bits together and let them finish it off.

hth

oh thanks liz!!
will be on the look out for something like those ones!

We had some nice ones for that sort of age group from Wooden Toys Online . 6 big chunky wooden pieces per puzzle, 2 puzzles to a box, to make Diggers, Tractors, Combines, etc. - look at the botom of the page, where they are described as "duo puzzles"

gill - these are the kind i am loking for.......there are also some harder 'lift out' puzzles there too
thanks

As far as 'real jigsaws' as in the fit-together types, rather than the lift-out types, my boys always found the wooden ones more difficult ... I don't know why, they just did.

Also don't buy cheap jigsaws - the best ones (Orchard Toys & ELC are good) - kind of snap together in a very satisfactory and conclusive sort of way. We found some Ravensburger ones to be poorer quality, especially the 'character' ones.

Happy Shopping!

How about something like these?
{http://www1.mailorderexpress.com/george_luck/george_luck.html} There are a few for 18 mths+

now i am spoilt for choice!!! thanks for that link allegra!!! i really like those too!

Popsycal my ds twins loved wooden puzzles too, they also love those jigsaw books so maybe your lad would too?

We bought a giant wooden puzzle when on holiday in Germany so no use to you, sorry! But they make little stories with the pieces, farmyard animals etc.

Ds twin1 especially loves his Meg jigsaw book (9 pieces so a little tricky but he enjoys trying to make the picture.) Maybe he finds it interesting that there is a story to the picture too?

Selection of M and S puzzles here