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Your Criteria: Age: All Ages Price: All Prices Gender: Boys and Girls Category: Puzzles & Skill European Birds From: JAMES HAMILTON GROVELY PUZZLES LTD. Other products from JAMES HAMILTON GROVELY PUZZLES LTD.
 This 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle features a group of European birds. ToyDirectory Product ID#: 6683 (added 1/24/2006) . This 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle features more than 150 miniature portraits of famous actors and actresses in their most famous roles. ToyDirectory Product ID#: 6681 (added 1/24/2006) . This 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle features a cartoon map of Key West, Fla. ToyDirectory Product ID#: 6680 (added 1/24/2006) . This 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle features important aspects of the American Revolution. It measures 24” x 30”. ToyDirectory Product ID#: 6679 (added 1/24/2006) . Puzzle & A Book! - Rainforest Puzzle From: BEAD BAZAAR/KID JOURNEYS Other products from BEAD BAZAAR/KID JOURNEYS
 Bead Bazaar/Kid Journeys educational puzzles and booklets teach fun facts about the universe so that children learn as they play. Enjoy this hand crafted wooden puzzle, keepsake magnet, and exciting story into the Rainforest! Children's imagination and spirit soar as they put the pieces together so the story comes alive! This beautifully illustrated puzzle, story, and keepsake magnet is a wonderful addition to any home!
Puzzle & A Book benefits children in so many ways: ToyDirectory Product ID#: 6489 (added 1/10/2006) .  Put together a Supermarine Spitfire that measures over 2 feet long. It comes with 735 foam-backed pieces, 25 cardboard supports, 1 decorative cardboard stand, and an instruction guide. When finished, this challenging 3D puzzle can be suspended or displayed. It's a puzzle and a model all in one. ToyDirectory Product ID#: 6336 (added 1/5/2006) . Age Range: 10 and up Launch Date: October 2005 Gender: Boys And Girls
Turn the crank, rotate the gears, push the levers. Us the catapult, explode it, or fly it. From grilling sausages with a pulley, gears, rubberbands and a candle, to firing a cannon with a basketball, these wacky brain-teasers will light a child's imagination with creative and addictive fun. This game “provides quality education while also being entertaining and fun for kids,” Project Manager Beatrice LaBarge told TDmonthly. It received a Greatest Products of 2005 iParenting Media Award. Launch date: October 2005. ToyDirectory Product ID#: 6232 (added 12/29/2005) . Big Dump Truck Floor Puzzle Book From: CHRONICLE BOOKS FOR CHILDREN Other products from CHRONICLE BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
The latest in the Caterpillar series, this book contains big puzzle pieces in the pages that pop out to assemble into a picture of a big dump truck. Kids can flip the pieces over to assemble a play mat that's perfect for children to use with their own toy trucks and machines. It's two puzzles in one for twice the fun. ToyDirectory Product ID#: 6212 (added 12/29/2005) . School Days, a magnetic marble maze, is a two-sided puzzle with colorful, familiar street signs and school objects. It encourages pretend play and communicative skills as well as entertains with the never-ending fascination of magnets. ToyDirectory Product ID#: 6141 (added 12/21/2005) .  These award-winning puzzle boards come in three designs. The innovative designs gave these tradtitional puzzle boatds a face lift. With coordinating electronic colored light and sound, children can learn to distinguish colors, objects and sounds with ease. ToyDirectory Product ID#: 6032 (added 12/15/2005) . Tangoes Jr. makes the tangram puzzle concept appealing and accessible to preschoolers with developing fine motor and spatial skills. The new game features a unique "playing case" and large, double-sided puzzle cards that offer two levels of play and enable children to solve each puzzle directly on the card. The puzzle pieces are thicker and larger than the original game's and each piece has an easy-grip lip, making it simple for kids age four and up to move pieces around. Tangoes Jr. puzzle cards feature recognizable images in three categories: animals, people and objects, for plenty of variety and widespread appeal. Guaranteeing years of fun and fresh challenges, each double-sided card incorporates two levels of play. On one side, individual geometric shapes are clearly pictured. The player is challenged to match the shapes to create the tangram image shown. On the other, more advanced side, the same image appears, but only in silhouette, offering a greater challenge for more advanced players and adding a memory game element. — “Tangoes Jr. is the first toy to make the ancient tangram puzzle accessible to preschoolers. (It) builds fine motor skills, visual discrimination, cognitive abilities and pre-math and artistic skills,” president Ellen Roth of Rex Games told TDmonthly. ToyDirectory Product ID#: 5963 (added 12/14/2005) . b. dazzle’s new “Planets” Scramble Squares® brain teaser puzzle, one of four Scramble Squares® puzzle winners in Dr. Toy’s “Smart Play/Smart Toys Awards 2006, is truly a universal gift that is Easy To Play, But Hard To Solve!® for children, teenagers, adults and senior citizens of all ages. Each Scramble Squares puzzle package includes a panel of fascinating facts on the subject of the puzzle, as well as a trivia question and hidden answer, all packaged in a unique and handy resealable clear vinyl pouch which can be collected and easily stored in a standard 3-ring binder. This new Scramble Square puzzle, with bold images of planets on it, is no different. The nine squares can be put together in numerous ways, but only one way is the right one for all of the planets to line up correctly. ToyDirectory Product ID#: 5733 (added 11/29/2005) .  In ancient times, the great Oracles proclaimed that whoever solved the mystery of the Gordian knot would rule the world. For 400 years the knot remained a mystery until Alexander the Great solved it and went on to rule great kingdoms. Today the classic tradition of the world’s toughest puzzle continues. This colorful modern variation features just six interlocking pieces but takes 69 different moves to take it all apart. A step-by-step how-to booklet will jump-start the most perplexed and help put the puzzle back together once it is solved. — In a Summer 2011 survey, Mary Porter of The Curiosity Zone in Ashburn, Va., told TDmonthly that "We sell a lot of ThinkFun puzzles. Gordian's Knot sells very well." — As of 7/12/2011 this product had 4.2 out of 5 stars from 34 reviews on Amazon.com. Pros: Challenging and fun; a great value; fun for adults and older kids. Cons: One reviewer said it was not challenging enough; One adult reviewer said it was too small for him too use. — “Gordian’s Knot is an innovative brainteaser challenge that helps kids develop deductive reasoning and problem-solving skills. Players can’t wait to unravel the mystery of the knot,” Emily Peters of Thinkfun told TDmonthly. ToyDirectory Product ID#: 5455 (added 11/10/2005) . The object of this brainteaser challenge is to turn the seven disks sideways in order to remove the puzzle slide from its case. There´s only one place for the disks to turn. Kids will need a clever strategy to unlock the secret code. ToyDirectory Product ID#: 5454 (added 11/10/2005) .  Welcome to the jungle! Complete with alligators, snakes and piranhas, the 40 challenges, ranging in difficulty from Beginner-to-Expert, in this top-selling mind challenging game are sure to bring out your wild side. You must navigate your Hiker through the different challenges by moving planks, connecting them to tree stumps, in order to make it from one side of the river to the other. ToyDirectory Product ID#: 5327 (added 11/2/2005) . The "INSECTS" Scramble Squares 9-piece brain teaser puzzle was recently named a Honor Award winner in the 2005 National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) competition. It was selected because NAPPA felt it is a high-quality children´s toy that provides "smart fun" and good design with children´s developmental needs in mind. Players need only match the pictures on the edges of nine 4" by 4" individual squares in every direction to complete the puzzle. This fun brain teaser is popular with adults, seniors, teenagers and college students as well as children. ToyDirectory Product ID#: 5292 (added 11/1/2005) . Tavern Puzzles evolved from reproductions of hand-forged artifacts that run from basic all the way to Complex (with intermediate and difficult between). Basic designs are often traditional and familiar and have fewer steps. They can look easy, but looking easy is not the same as being easy. The complex designs are characterized by a large number of moves in the solution. Additionally, these designs can also have many "false" moves that do not have anything to do with the solution. False moves must be undone before the correct solution can be followed. Concepts learned at other levels are combined in the complex level. ToyDirectory Product ID#: 5157 (added 10/25/2005) . This puzzle kit comes complete with everything you need to build your own castle. The designs are already on the puzzle pieces and kids just need to pop them out and begin constructing. ToyDirectory Product ID#: 5117 (added 10/19/2005) .  These 358 foam-backed puzzle pieces come together vertically to create a 3-D pirate ship. The kit also includes 13 cardboard supports to steady the ship and a complete instruction guide on how to build. Once the lights go out, the puzzle pieces glow and reveal pirates, sharks and the signature skull and crossbones on the sails. Completed dimensions measure 13.98" x 10.25" x 11.75" (34 cm x 26 cm x 29.8 cm). It costs between $18.99 and $19.99. ToyDirectory Product ID#: 5097 (added 10/19/2005) . 
This 399 piece puzzle is constructed vertically in order to create a 3D haunted house. The foam-backed puzzle pieces easily fit together and come with a complete instruction manual. Once the lights go out, the house is transfromed from a regular victorian house into a glowing haunted house, complete with spooky bones and ghosts. Upon completion, the dimensions measure: 9.5" x 8.25" x 12.75" (24.1 cm x 21 cm x 32.4 cm)
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 5096 (added 10/19/2005) . 
This 327 piece puzzle is constructed vertically to create a 3D church. The puzzle pieces are foam-backed and the kit includes a light module which lights up the church from the inside. Additionally, there are 11 cardboard supports, which keep the puzzle steady, 2 transparencies and an in depth instruction guide. Once the puzzle has been put together, the dimensions are: 10" x 7 1/8" x 13 5/8" (25.4 cm x 18.1 cm x 34.6cm)
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 5095 (added 10/19/2005) .  Just launched in September of 2005, this foam puzzle consists of 81 pieces and measures 3´ x 3´ when put together. Four different puzzles are available, including Creation, Noah & the Ark, Baby Moses and Christmas. Each puzzle comes with a 16-page Faith Parenting booklet that helps parents lead their children through the spiritual lessons of the puzzle mat. ToyDirectory Product ID#: 4946 (added 10/10/2005) . The Zodiac 1,000-Piece Glow-in-the-Dark Puzzle From: RAVENSBURGER Other products from RAVENSBURGER
 Created by David Penfound, a young and talented fantasy artist, this complicated puzzle includes detailed illustrations of the 12 zodiac signs. Measuring 20” x 27” when completed, this puzzle serves as a useful tool when opening up young minds to the world of astrology. — Lorena Lopez, manager at Puzzle Zoo in Santa Monica, Calif., said this puzzle is a hot property. “It sells really well,” she said. “People really seem to like the 1,000-piece [puzzle].” — The “quality of their puzzles is probably the best in the world,” owner Kathleen Tutone of Treehouse Toys in Portland, Maine, told TDmonthly. — Ravensburger, a German-based jigsaw manufacturer, is one of the largest and best-known puzzle-makers in the United States and abroad. ToyDirectory Product ID#: 4901 (added 9/30/2005) .  Children can learn while playing with this colorful 12” x 18” puzzle made of painted wood. The pictures under each piece represent the numerical value. — Kim Walter, manager of Giggles in Stoughton, Wis., said that this is one of her strongest products. “Just fabulous” is how she described it. — “The bright colorful pieces help kids tactilely learn about numbers and feel the accomplishment of solving the puzzle. They sell really well,” noted Susan Waterstreet of Tree Top Kids in Washington, D.C. “We do really well with puzzles,” she added. — All Melissa & Doug products are top sellers at Golden Aspen Toys in Chicago, sales associate Sherri Anaya told TDmonthly. ToyDirectory Product ID#: 4884 (added 9/30/2005) .  Voted one of Parent's Choice Foundation's "Best 25 Toys in 25 Years," Rush Hour puts players to the test, demanding thought and vision. As if the commute home isn’t enough, in these 40 beginner-to-expert challenges, players must navigate a red car through a traffic jam and gridlock to successfully leave the game board. Challenge cards fit neatly into a pull-out tray beneath the game tray. Watch video ToyDirectory Product ID#: 4845 (added 9/29/2005) .
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